Wow, rehearsal last night was killer. Mostly we are doing moventments from various concertos, but the one "big" piece is Chasing Light by Joseph Schw@ntner. He just wrote it last year, and apparently it is his 12 tone period. Also very minimalist. Which is ok, but sightreading was Nas-ty! I love doing new music, but I'm really hoping this one grows on me.
Tomorrow I have the sitzprobe for Secret Garden, lots o EH. Haven't touched it since November. I did this show in 1996 and really liked it then, but this is a HS production. Of course it was community theater (tiny community) when I did it before, so this could be better (at least in some ways!)
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Schwantner can certainly throw the audience for a loop at times, I can't imagine what the musicians suffer playing his stuff. Peggy and I just heard his "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra" last night, with Evelyn Glennie. What an awesome piece and her performance was mesmerizing as usual.
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