FREMD WINTER ORCHESTRA CONCERT

CONCERT SETUP

• Most pieces all were standing, but cellos
• Poinsettias EVERYWHERE
• Bright, soft yellow lights on stage
• Standing on stairs for last piece

PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 3 (BACH)

• Melody is passed from one section to the next
• Mrs. Caballero is playing with them, no conductor
• Smooth transitions between dynamics
• Had trouble with fast string crossings
• One violin's sound stood out in weaker parts

O COME, O COME EMMANUEL (NAUGHTIN)

• So beautiful, my favorite Philharmonic piece
• Great vibrato from all sections
• Feels perfect for holiday season
• It sounds beautiful, but also sad in a way
• Crazy good dynamic change

TROIKA FROM LT. KIJE SUITE (PROKOFIEV)

• Nice incorporation of brass instruments
• Has a very Christmas-y sound
• Scribes make up a story about a lieutenant to the Czar
• Could make it sound better with more accentuation
• Sometimes theres purposely ugly chords

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

SERENADE FOR STRINGS IN E MINOR, OP. 20 (ELGAR)

• No conductor for such a hard piece!
• It was like watching a movie with the 3 movements
• Sounds like a love/tragedy/war story
• Very happy, excited, forte, then mournful and piano
• Very nice violin solo, you can tell she worked hard on it

*10 MINUTE INTERMISSION*

SYMPHONY NO. 8 "UNFINISHED" (SCHUBERT)

• They played the "Allegro Moderato" which was amazing
• Very creepy and dark sounding beginning like Swan Lake
• Huge pause, then...BOOM!
• Fantastic dynamics and great, fluid chords
• Great use of woodwinds and brass

SYMPHONY NO. 8 "UNFINISHED": "ALLEGRO MODERATO"

BELLS OF CHRISTMAS (KROGSTAD)

• I loved it b/c its basically every holiday song ever
• It changed many up with adding some jazz
• Very upbeat and people were singing along
• The full orchestra sounds amazing
• Heavy incorporation of percussion which makes it interesting

STILLE NACHT (DAVIS & CUSTER)

• All orchestras were lined up on the stairs
• A soulful Silent Night w/ piano and cello solos
• Very peaceful, I think I saw someone crying
• Again, no conductor! Cool! And you can hear santa!
• Kept a pianissimo to mezzopiano the whole song

OVERALL,