Philharmonia Messages

• Leonard Bernstein:  Overture to Candide
• Moussorgsky:  Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel’s version)
  • Promenade (first one)
  • IX. Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
  • X. Great Gate of Kiev

• For Everyone:  Please be sure to print ALL the parts for your instrument.  For example, Trumpets print both parts for Bernstein and all three parts for Moussorgsky.  Violins print V1 and V2 for both pieces, etc.
• For Everyone:  We are definitely performing those three ‘Pictures…’ movements above, but I would like to go through all the movements at some point, so please print the full part.  We may add additional movements for the performance as well.
• Note for Trombones:  For ‘Pictures…,’ part 1 and 2 are in Tenor clef.  If you don’t know how to read that clef yet, check out this Trombone-specific ‘How To’ video on reading Tenor Clef:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fMgQYBZmcA

• ‘Promenade’ means the very first, opening Promenade.
• ‘Hut’ means mvmt 9 (IX. La Cabane sur des Pattes de Poule, Baba-Yaga, The Hut on Fowl’s Legs).
• ‘Gate’ means the final mvmt 10 which starts at rehearsal 103 (X. La Grande Porte de Kiev, The Great Gate of Kiev).

• Moussorgsky ‘Hut’ – rehearsal 84 to 87
• Bernstein Candide – m10-20, m63-82, and m208-231

• Moussorgsky ‘Hut’ – rehearsal 84 to 87
• Bernstein Candide – m11-21 and m208-231

• Moussorgsky ‘Hut’ – rehearsal 84 to 87
• Bernstein Candide – m10-20 and m216-231

• Moussorgsky ‘Promenade’ – Beginning to rehearsal 1 and one measure before rehearsal 3 to 5
• Bernstein Candide – Beginning to m23 and m178-202

• Moussorgsky ‘Promenade’ – Beginning to rehearsal 2
• Moussorgsky ‘Gate’ – rehearsal 115 to 118
• Bernstein Candide – Beginning to m6 and m47-55

• Moussorgsky ‘Gate’ – Beginning (rehearsal 103) to one measure after rehearsal 105 and rehearsal 115 to 118
• Bernstein Candide – Beginning to m6 and m47-55

• Moussorgsky ‘Hut’ – rehearsal 84 to 87
• Bernstein Candide – m10-20 and m216-231

• Moussorgsky ‘Hut’ – rehearsal 84 to 87
• Bernstein Candide – m240-255 and m258-277

• Moussorgsky ‘Gate’ – rehearsal 105 to 106
• Bernstein Candide – m186-203 and m259-277

• Moussorgsky ‘Hut’ – rehearsal 90 to one measure after rehearsal 92
• Bernstein Candide – m7-22 and m32-49

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Seating Audition spots for Fall Retreat (Saturday 9/27)

See Retreat time and location details at the top of this page.  For Seating Auditions, play the first part for your instrument (if more than one part).  See you on Saturday!

Flute

• Sibelius: 7 measures before B to C
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 42 to m 50

Oboe

• Sibelius: 7 measures before B to C
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 42 to m 44

Clarinet

• Sibelius: 7 measures before B to C
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 42 to m 53

French Horn

• Sibelius: Beginning to A
• Sibelius: M to O
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 13 to m 21

Trumpet

• Sibelius: Beginning to A
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 12 to m 39
• Miranda: m 40 to m 48

Trombone

• Sibelius: Beginning to A
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 12 to m 39

Violin

• Sibelius: 9 measures after A to C
• Sibelius: M to O
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 4 to m 13

Viola

• Sibelius: 9 measures after A to C
• Sibelius: M to O
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 4 to m 17

Cello

• Sibelius: 9 measures after A to C
• Sibelius: M to O
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 4 to m 13
• Miranda: m 74 to m 81

Double Bass

• Sibelius: 9 measures after A to C
• Sibelius: M to O
• Sibelius: Q to R
• Miranda: m 56 to m 73

Welcome to a new season of Philharmonia!

Our Fall Quarter starts on Monday, September 22nd, and our Fall Retreat is Saturday, September 27 from 9am to 12pm (see location details for rehearsals and retreat at the top of this page).

One important detail about our Fall Retreat (9/27):  This is where we will have Seating Auditions for each section.  If you have a conflict or are unable to attend our Fall Retreat, you will not be able to do your audition – and that is ok.  You will be seated at the end of your section for this Fall Concert, but we have seating auditions at the start of each rehearsal cycle.

• The Winter Concert seating auditions will take place at our Winter Retreat on Saturday, January 10 (also in the morning).
• Our Spring Concert seating auditions will take place during one of our regular Monday night rehearsals likely on Monday, April 13 (this will be confirmed later).

I will post the seating audition spots for all instruments on this page the week of our first rehearsal.  Everyone will prepare the first part of their instrument (if more than one).  Information will be shared via email from our BYSO office with a link to your parts the week before our first rehearsal.

For those instruments that have multiple parts (Woodwinds, Brass, Violin):  For our first rehearsal, there are no part assignments.  We will alternate parts throughout that rehearsal, so be sure to print all your parts once they are posted (sometimes you will play 1st part, sometimes 2nd part, etc.).  Part assignments will be made after our 9/27 Fall Retreat based on the seating auditions.

One request:  Each season, I like to include pieces that are suggested by our Philharmonia musicians.  If you have a piece and/or composer in mind that you would like me to consider, please email that to me at philharmonia@byso.org

Looking forward to a great season!

Mr. Kempisty, Philharmonia Conductor

As an example for our new Philharmonia musicians and families, below are pieces we performed last season.  Philharmonia typically performs the professional-level, original work as written by the composer which was the case for all of these except the Wicked musical highlights.

George Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1

Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, Allegro con fuoco (Fourth Movement)