What a High!
Just Call Me Maestro, #3
Just Call Me Maestro, #3
Yesterday I conducted the Blyth Festival Orchestra in a joint concert with the Blyth Festival Singers. By ourselves, the orchestra did Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico, Op3 No4 (RV550), which is one of my favourites, and Purcell's King Arthur Suite. I also conducted the choir and congregation in a couple of Christmas carols, including a knock-'em-dead version of The First Nowell (sic). Sean Kim, the regular conductor of the orchestra, couldn't be there, but he had re-arranged the Vivaldi piece, giving some of the solo sections to the flute and to the clarinet, providing a nice blend and balance.
Sean is leaving at the end of this month to resume his full-time studies (PhD in composition), and I have been asked by several people if I would consider becoming their conductor again (I did it for nearly two years 5-6 years ago). I'd love to. But the damned day job gets in the way.
But that one concert sure was fun! As I said, "What a high!"
Next fantasy: to get The Blyth Festival Orchestra to combine with ThatOtherChoir to do Handel's Messiah at Easter some year. Theologically the piece belongs at Easter, not Christmas, and the blend of the two groups would be ideal.
Sean is leaving at the end of this month to resume his full-time studies (PhD in composition), and I have been asked by several people if I would consider becoming their conductor again (I did it for nearly two years 5-6 years ago). I'd love to. But the damned day job gets in the way.
But that one concert sure was fun! As I said, "What a high!"
Next fantasy: to get The Blyth Festival Orchestra to combine with ThatOtherChoir to do Handel's Messiah at Easter some year. Theologically the piece belongs at Easter, not Christmas, and the blend of the two groups would be ideal.
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Monday, December 3, 2007 at 5:49am
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