September 19, 201114 yr You have been named Director of a mid-major orchestra in a major with a mid-major budget (16 million.) You need to name your concert repertoire for the next six weeks. The amount of sales will determine the statue of the orchestra (in many ways.) What repertoire will you chose (six concerts)? Have Fun!
September 19, 201114 yr Every major show, 4/year - 1 big crowdpleaser. 1-2 Local contemporary artists. 1 "deep album track" from a 2nd or 3rd tier great (Scriabin, Sibelius, Les Sixes, Big Five etc.), 1 lecturer on unifying theme of show. (2-3 hour show.) Monthly - Large chamber show, 2-4 pieces to reinforce the themes from past/future major show, focusing on one big name and one local artist. (1-2 hr) Weekly - Local artist night. (45-90 min) Oh well i guess that's not quite the droids you were looking for. Cut that in thirds for 6-week schedule.
September 23, 201114 yr Author Not exhaustive but here's a start! Week 1: A Premiere Tchaik 4 Week 2 "A Trip to France" Dapnis and Chloe Parade Noctures Espana Week 3 Beethoven 7 A Premiere Rachmaninoff/Paganini Week 4 Sibelius 2 A Premiere Trombone Concerto Week 5 A Premiere Visions of a Renaissance :phones: Brahms 2 Week 6 Selections from La Boheme
September 27, 201114 yr Week 1: Academic Festival Overture A Major Classical period concerto, probably Mozart Beethoven 5 Week 2: Mahler 3 Week 3: Tchaikovksy: Marche Slave Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 Week 4: St. Matthew Passion (in English) Week 5: Sibelius Tone Poem, a la Finlandia or En Saga New Premiere Concerto Rite of Spring Week 6: Premiere Overture Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Pagannini The Planets
September 27, 201114 yr Hmmmmmmmm... I wish I could get my idea in a good order, but I'm no music director :(
September 27, 201114 yr Week 1 - Symphonies for Statespeople Hadyn - No 48 for Queen Maria Theresa Purcell - Ode TO Birthday of Queen Mary (either selections or the whole thing - depends on what singers they could get) Beethoven - Eroica Symphony Week 2 - The Waltz Johann Strauss - The Artists Life Mahler - The First Symphony Ravel - La Valse Week 3 - Viola Concertos Bach - Chaconne in D minor for Viola - pre- curtain raised. Telemann - Viola Concerto William Walton - Viola Concerto premiere of Concerto Grosso featuring Viola premiere Week 4 - Tone Poems Debussy - Jeux Schoenberg - 5 Pieces for Orchestra Richard Strauss - Don Quixote Week 5 - Overtures and Opera Monteverdi - Selections from orfeo Mozart - Overture to Magic Flute Verdi - a selections from Rigoletto Opera Scena Premiere Week 6 - Endings R Strauss - Death and Transfiguration Tchaikovsky - pathetique Symphony Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra I would love to have had post WW2 pieces but as I am unsure of exactly who their audience is and we have only 6 weeks, I'd have another 6 week cycle a few months later where the focus if 20th/21st century - chamber orchestra and a few large orchestra pieces.
September 27, 201114 yr this is hard, here is my try 1: Brahms 4 Barber 1 2: Haydn: ... Britten: Simple Symphony Prokofiev 1 (and/or) Shostakovich 9 3: Tschaikofsky: Manfred Symphony Holst: st Paul suite 4: Martin: Petite symphonie concertante (for harpichord, piano harp and strings) Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments 5: La Mer a Permiere 6: Bartok: concerto for Orchestra Bartok: 1st piano concerto
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