January 21, 2004

The Schedule

See here.

Delia's Upcoming Recital

Our recent Mahler contralto soloist Delia Voitoff-Bauman and pianist Inara Morgenstern will present a vocal recital on Sunday, February 1 at 3 P.M. in Knuth Hall, College of Creative Arts on the SFSU campus. The location is on Holloway at Tapia Drive, west of 19th Avenue and east of Font Blvd., between Park Merced and Stonestown Galleria.

The program features the premiere of an arrangement by composer John Marvin of Glinka's Aria Ratmira for contralto, with Julie Ann Giacobassi on English horn and harpist Douglas Rioth, music by Brahms and Loeffler with violist Natalia Vershilova, and songs by Henry Purcell and Ned Rorem.

Admission is free.

Number your Berlioz Parts

Please number the measures in your Berlioz Les Troyens parts prior to the February 11th rehearsal. The measure with a fermata in the middle is the 111th measure. There are 167 measures in total.

New Database Manager

Dan Swinehart (trumpet) has graciously volunteered to manager a database cataloging our patron mailing list, subscriber data, donations, etc. Thanks, Dan!

What have you Heard Lately?

Have you heard a new (or not-so-new) CD lately? Would you like to tell the orchestra about it? If so, please send the info and any comments you'd like to share to George (oboe) and we'll publish your recommendation in a future issue. Music of any genre is welcome, as long as you think some members will be interested. [Editor's note: I'd like to collect several of these right away, so we have them handy for upcoming newsletter issues whenever space permits.]

Our first entry was submitted by Peter Stahl:

Johannes Brahms: Choral Works San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Blomstedt, 1990.
The opening track, Schicksalslied, is amazingly vivid and has a huge sonic depth; the musicianship is spirited and virtually flawless. Also of interest: Nänie, the rarely heard Funeral Hymn, and the Alto Rhapsody.

Program Deadlines

For program notes, donor lists, soloist bios, advertisements, etc.

Materials to George (oboe) by Wednesday, February 18
To Press on Friday, February 20

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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