Monday I went to orchestra instead of to the rehearsal for the Dalai Lama event. Attendance was sparse because many people were at the other rehearsal. We read through most of the music we're playing for our next concerts, and it will be fun!
The theme is movies. We're even playing the world premiere of a suite of music from "Year of the Comet". Now I've never heard of the movie, so when I looked, the movie itself has very bad reviews but the music doesn't. I'm listening to some of it on Hummie Mann's web site and the music is gorgeous - orchestral celtic music.
The program is:
Star Trek Through the Years - Custer
Prince Igor Overture - Borodin
Outdoor Overture - Copland
Fantasie Brillante - Borne
On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Strauss
Movie Suite from 'Year of the Comet' - Mann
Our Town - Copland
Raiders March - Williams
We laughed when we played the Star Trek theme - someone started reciting the opening monologue in the appropriate spot.
This program is going to be a lot of fun to play! And it's much easier than the last program, which is a good thing because my travel schedule has gone haywire; I'm going to miss about 1/3 of the rehearsals as well as the first concert (and I thought my travel was supposed to be cut back because of tightening budgets!)
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