(The) Philharmonic

 

Philharmonic: The Orchestra

Kathleen S. Robinson, Conductor and Music Director

 

The Philharmonic is a full symphony orchestra with a complete compliment of winds, brass, percussion, and strings.  Its instrumentation includes the normal string ensemble and up to four of the following: flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, and percussion.  A single tuba player and E-flat alto saxophones are included as well. (CLICK HERE for a profile of Philharmonic musicians and audition requirements.) The Philharmonic rehearses and performs Grade IV transcriptions of orchestral masterworks as well as original works composed for student symphony orchestra.  The orchestra rehearses each Tuesday at the Fine Arts Center from 4:30 until 6:00, and performs Middle School Orchestra Festival, the January Winter Orchestras Concert, and the April Spring Orchestras Concert.  HIGH SCHOOL MEMBERS OF THE PHILHARMONIC RECEIVE A ONE-HALF HONORS-LEVEL CREDIT THROUGH GCYO AND THE FINE ARTS CENTER.

Concerts and Repertoire for 2007-2008

INSTRUMENTATION
Each repertoire item lists the wind instrumentation and the quantity of strings included with the set of parts. Woodwinds and brass instrumentation is indicated as follows: 2222/4231 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons / 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba. Principal auxiliary instruments (piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon) are linked to their respective instruments with either a 'D' if the same player doubles the auxiliary instrument, or a '+' if an extra player is required. Instruments shown in parentheses have been designated as optional, and may be omitted. Thus: 3D1.2+1.3D1(+Eb).3+1/8D4.4+2.4.2, timp, perc, 2 harp, str indicates 3 flutes with one doubling on piccolo, 2 oboes plus 1 English horn, 3 clarinets with one doubling on bass clarinet plus 1 optional Eb clarinet, 3 bassoons plus 1 contrabassoon / 8 horns with 4 doubling on Wagner tubas, 4 trumpets plus 2 cornets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, and strings.

 

The Philharmonic 2007-2008

Basic Calendar

August

Tuesday, 8/28: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 1

September

Tuesday, 9/4: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 2

Tuesday, 9/11: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 3

Tuesday, 9/18: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 4

Tuesday, 9/25: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 5

October

Tuesday, 10/2: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 6

Tuesday, 10/9: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 7

Tuesday, 10/16: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 8

Tuesday, 10/23: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 9

Tuesday, 10/30: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 10

November

Friday & Saturday, 11/2-3: The Philharmonic Middle School Orchestra Festival

Wade Hampton High School

Concert: 11/3, 4:00 P.M.

           Repertoire:

           Toccata

           Frescobaldi, Girolamo  (Arr. Hans Kindler)

           Instrumentation: 3.2.2+1.2/4.3.3.1,timp +1, str; Duration: 6:00

           Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor

           Accolay, Jean-Baptiste (Arr. Robert Klotman)

           Sara Rogers, soloist

           Instrumentation: 2222/2220, perc, str; Duration: 10:00

           Overture to Zampa

           HEROLD, LOUIS J.   1791 - 1833  

           Instrumentation: 1+1,2,2,2/4231 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 8:00

Tuesday, 11/6: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 1

Tuesday, 11/13: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 2

Tuesday, 11/20: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 3

Tuesday, 11/27: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 4

December

Tuesday 12/4: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 5

Tuesday, 12/11: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 6

Tuesday, 12/18: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 7

January

Tuesday, 1/8: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 8

Tuesday, 1/15: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 9

Tuesday, 1/22: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 10

Tuesday, 1/29: Concert cycle No. 2, rehearsal 11

Thursday, 1/31: Winter Orchestra Concert, Wade Hampton High School, 7:30 P.M.

           Repertoire:

           Symphony No. 85 (1st movement))

           Haydn, Franz J. (Arr. Mayhew Lake)

           Instrumentation: 2221/4200, timp, str; Duration: 8:00

           Bassoon Concerto B Flat, K-191 (1st movement)

           MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS   1756 – 1791

           Chris Askew, soloist 

           Instrumentation: 0200/2000, str; Duration: 8:00

           Egmont Overture

           BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN   1770 - 1827   (Arr. Henry Sopkin)

           Instrumentation: 2*222/4200 TIMP STR; Duration: 9:00

February

Tuesday, 2/5: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 1

Tuesday, 2/12: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 2

Tuesday, 2/19: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 3

Tuesday, 2/26: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 4

March

Tuesday, 3/4: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 5

Tuesday, 3/11: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 6

Tuesday, 3/18: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 7

Note: Tuesday, 3/25, falls within the School District’s Spring Break

April

Tuesday, 4/1: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 8

Tuesday, 4/8: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 9

Tuesday, 4/15: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 10

Tuesday, 4/22: Spring Orchestras Concert, Wade Hampton High School, 7:30 P.M.

           Repertoire:

           Hungarian March (Rakoczy March)

           Berlioz, Hector (Arr. Clifford Page)

           Instrumentation: 2*222/4321, timp + 3 str; Duration: 6:00

           THAIS: Meditation
           MASSENET, JULES   1842 - 1912  
           Instrumentation: 2222/4000 TIMP HRP STR VN SOLO; Duration: 4:00

           Finlandia, Op. 26 No. 7

           SIBELIUS, JEAN   1865 - 1957  

           Instrumentation: 2222/4331 TIMP + 2, STR; Duration: 9:00

Tuesday, 4/29: Hold for orchestra event

 

 

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