The Glasgow Schools summer camps in July finished with a concert in the town where the camp took place (or in some cases, like the 1st Orchestra, in a town nearby – Dunoon) that was repeated in Glasgow during the autumn. This meant that those who had been in their final year at school sometimes missed out on the repeat concert – having gone on to University or whatever.
Ballet
On The High Seas
Another TV theme tune for you to identify. I think this was the only music of Khachaturian that I ever played. Lovely music.
Another Pair
After two Romeos and Juliets today we have Daphnis et Chloé.
A Famous Ballet
Those of you who have followed this series of posts will no doubt have noticed a slight bias towards orchestral music with good horn parts from time to time 😂 – today’s ‘big piece’ is another example of that.
With Sand Art 😮
Today’s ‘long’ piece is a little longer than most that I have shared. Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet has become an oft performed piece of music at this time of the year. The version I am sharing was live streamed just a few days ago from Moscow and features the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Spot The Famous Bit
Following on from yesterday – another piece of ballet music – and also another where part of the work is much better known than the whole (and in this video you get to hear the ‘famous’ bit twice as they repeat it as an encore)
Nearly A Missed Entry
Regular readers of these posts (I think there are a few!! 😃) may remember a tale I told about a difficulty that myself and the principal horn had with the opening of Beethoven’s 4th Symphony that reduced us to tears of laughter!!
A Bit Of Light Relief
OK, so a bit of fun tonight and, as it’s Saturday it ought to be something to complete with Strictly 😏
Election Day Relaxation
As it is election day across the pond it feels like we should have some music from there. Going to make it quite a gentle one to calm the nerves 😊
More From The Ballet
I didn’t ever go to the “Third Orchestra” summer course – but I did help them out a couple of times at their ‘repeat’ concert and had worked with their conductor, Stuart Robertson, at the Glasgow Arts Centre Orchestra as well. Although these were “third choice” players the standard was still very good and the repertoire was challenging.