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Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Rehearsal and Concert Schedule 2018/19
Concert dress is all black. Please remember to bring a stand to all rehearsals.
Concert 3 – Sunday 17 February 2019 – St John’s Waterloo – 6:30pm
Mussorgsky Khovanshchina prelude (arr. Rimsky Korsakov) (2.2.2.2-4.0.0.0-timps, tam tam, harp) 6mins
Prokofiev – Cinderella Suite No. 1 (3232/4331/timp.perc/glock.xyl.cel.pf.hp/str)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 (3.3.3.3-4.3.3.1-timps, harp, celeste) 30 mins
Rehearsals (all Sundays):
20 January 2 – 5pm
27 January 10am-1pm and 2-5pm (sectionals in pm)
3 February 10am – 1pm
10 February 10am – 1pm
17 Feb Concert 2.30–5.30pm
Concert 4 – “Spotlight on the Set Works” – Sunday 24 March 2019, 6pm
With Camden School for Girls
St Mary the Virgin Church, Primrose Hill, Elsworthy Road, NW3 3DJ
Soloists – Caroline Welsh and Jaga Klimaszewska (Finalists in ERSO Soloist of the Year 2018)
| Title & date | Length | Orchestration |
| Bach Brandenburg 5, 1721 | 21 | Solo flute, violin, harpsichord plus strings |
| Vivaldi Gloria, 1716
With school choir |
5 mins | oboe, trumpet, strings (2 violins, viola), continuo |
| Stravinsky Overture to Pulcinella | 1 – 2 mins | 2(II=picc).2.0.2-2.1.1.0-string quintet(1.1.1.1.1)-strings |
| Ravel – Pavane for a Dead Princess | 6 mins
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2 flutes, oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, harp, strings |
| Stravinsky Firebird Finale | 3 mins 28s | With Junior String, Wind and Brass, using BBC 10 Piece arrangement |
| Holst Mars from the Planets | 4mins
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With Junior String, Wind and Brass, using BBC 10 Piece arrangement |
| Stravinsky Symphony of Winds | 9 mins
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3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba. |
| Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toit | 3 – 5 mins | 2*.1.2.1-2.2.1.0 + perc [guiro, tambourine, bass drum, cymbals] + strings) |
| Ives Unanswered Question | 5 mins | 2.1.1.0-0.1.0.0 strings |
| Shostakovich 5 4th movement | 10 mins | 2 flutes & piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets & E-flat clarinet, 2 bassoons & contra, 4 horns, 3 B♭ trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 harps (one part), piano, celeste |
Rehearsals (all Sundays):
3 March 10am-1pm
10 March 10am-1pm, 2- 5pm
17 March 10am-1pm, 2 – 5pm
24 March 2 – 5pm, Concert at 6pm
Concert 5 – Sunday 16 June 2019 – St John’s Waterloo – 6:30pm
This concert is part of the Waterloo Music Festival.
Concerto will be played by the ERSO Soloist of the Year
Mahler Symphony No. 1 – 4 flutes (2nd, 3rd, 4th also piccolo), 4 oboes (3rd also English horn), 4 clarinets (B♭, A, C) (3rd, 4th also E♭, 3rd also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (3rd also contrabassoon), 7 horns (F), 4 trumpets (B♭, F), 3 trombones, tuba, 2 timpani, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, bass drum, harp, strings
Rehearsals (all Sundays):
12 May 10am-1pm and 2-5pm.
19 May 2 – 5pm
2 June 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
9 June 2 – 5pm
16 June 2.30 – 5.30.
