We made a lot of progress today, especially on American Salute and the Dittersdorf concerto.  We also made significant musical progress on the Schubert symphony and the overture.  We’ll schedule more time for the Grainger next week so we can understand it better.

Following are plans for next week:
    American Salute – Work out the beginning to rehearsal F, then put the piece together
    Schubert – Finish cleaning the development section, add the recapitulation and coda, then put it all together
    Iphigenia – Work from top to bottom, stopping and fixing where necessary
    Dittersdorf – Work from top to bottom, stopping and fixing where necessary
    Irish Tune – Play through, working to balance parts and understand harmonic intricacies

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

See you next Sunday!