March 2, 2005

The Schedule

As a reminder, please remember to bring a music stand with you to each rehearsal. Better to have too many than not enough! Other items which can come in handy include stand lights, power strips, and extension cords

February Concert Recording

Tom Diskin reports the latest concert recording is available. This concert requires two CDs, so the cost is $6. To order, use the order form.

Redwood's Rite of Spring CD

Newer orchestra members may not realize that Redwood Symphony's first professionally recorded CD, released in 1993, featured a highly acclaimed Rite of Spring as well as Stravinsky's Les Noces. The Rite performance was captured in one very, very long recording session (plus a brief extra session to capture the ffff bass drum). Subsequent recording sessions for our later CDs have benefited from a more user-friendly recording process, but this CD was selected for Stereophile magazine's 1997 "Records to Die For" collection! J. Gordon Holt writes:

"...the work has not been properly recorded since Muti and the Philadelphians' electrifying reading on EMI--and even that was hampered by a mediocre recording with restricted dynamic range. Now there's one that does Rite full justice. Don't be put off by the unfamiliar performers; what matters is how familiar they are with the music, and they know it inside out. This is a stunning Rite, and the recording will blow your socks off. The average volume is low to make room for the loud parts, so don't crank it up until you know how loud it's gonna get. The bass drum could trash your woofers!"

If you don't have a copy, be sure to purchase one in the lobby at our concert (or even at rehearsal if available)..

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Alan Hebert will appear in Tátheigh
Saturday, March 12th, 8:30 P.M. (7:30 P.M. lecture)
Tickets $10 (students $5)
Cubberly Auditorium, Stanford campus
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This is a Web version of text from the newsletter "Redwood Symphony Notepad" which is distributed to members of the Redwood Symphony at rehearsals. The newsletter and this online version are edited by George Yefchak.

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