Wow!  What a great way to end a rehearsal!  Irish Tune is truly a beautiful piece, and you made enormous progress in just a week.  Thanks for a good rehearsal overall.  Thanks as well for your input on your relative comfort level with the pieces.  I’ll adjust the next week’s rehearsal accordingly.  Speaking of next week’s rehearsal, please remember that all string sections have seating auditions next week.

Most of you have made significant improvement on your music.  For those of you who haven’t, and we both know who you are, do your part and get with it.  Other people are depending on you.  Nobody likes a slacker.

Following are some thumbnail sketches of our goals for next week:
    American Salute – Continue working out problem areas and work within larger sections of the piece
    Schubert – Clean up major sections of the piece and play continuously through each section
    Iphigenia – Play through the piece, working to improve confidence, precision, and phrasing
    Dittersdorf – Play through the piece, working on precision, tuning and balance
    Irish Tune – Play through the piece, working to understand the orchestration and harmonic intricacies

The plan for next week is:
    2:30    Tune, warm-up
    2:45    American Salute
    3:30    Schubert
    4:00    break
    4:15    Iphigenia
    4:35    Dittersdorf
    5:10    Irish Tune

Following are You Tube links to help you in your preparation:

American Salute – Boston Pops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MOrZ3i8CnM

Schubert Symphony No.8, 1st movement – Vienna Philharmonic – They take the 2nd ending and do not repeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-sbUvu6Jx0

Overture to Iphigenia in Aulis – Vienna Philharmonic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojeD-Col2ws&feature=related

Dittersdorf Bass Concerto (I don’t have information about the performing group)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA00EGTAKz4

Irish Tune from County Derry – J. Frank Dobie High School Chamber Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFbXSavFFZM

Audition material for next Sunday is as follows:
    Violin 1
        American Salute – m.62 (three before reh. G) – reh. K – 120 beats/minute
        Schubert Sym. #8 – reh. D – reh. E – quarter = 112
        Iphigenia in Aulis – reh. E – reh. F – quarter = 100
        Dittersdorf – reh. 4 through m. 57 – quarter = 96

    Violin 2
        American Salute – m.62 (three before reh. G) – reh. K – 120 beats/minute
        Schubert Sym. #8 – reh. D – reh. E – quarter = 112
        Iphigenia in Aulis – reh. E through m.130 – quarter = 100
        Dittersdorf – m.108 (measure following the cadenza) to the end – quarter =96

    Viola
American Salute – m.62 (three before reh. G) – reh. J – 120 beats/minute
        Schubert Sym. #8 – reh. D – E – quarter = 112
        Iphigenia in Aulis – reh. A – B – quarter = 100
        Dittersdorf – reh. 2 – reh. 3 – quarter = 96

    Cello
        American Salute – m.62 (three before reh. G) – reh. J – 120 beats/minute
        Schubert Sym. #8 – m.291 – reh. H = quarter = 112
        Iphigenia in Aulis – reh. A – reh. B – quarter = 100
        Dittersdorf – m.108 (measure following the cadenza) to the end – quarter = 96

    Bass
        American Salute – m.62 (three before reh. G) – reh. J – 120 beats/minute
        Schubert Sym. #8 – m.295 – reh. H = quarter = 112
        Iphigenia in Aulis – reh. F through m.149 – quarter = 100

See you next Sunday!