String Orchestra Page
Reference Recordings
Symphony No. 2: https://youtu.be/k_ufhlkCs7g?si=K9HDbOwL3TH-z_hb
Nocturno Isleno: https://youtu.be/y-ezWQ45DW0?feature=shared
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty: https://youtu.be/RgXxrm51ta4?si=UyRW6oC-wBUwbvUj
Por Una Cabeza: https://youtu.be/fEyq9sncHnE?si=FyOckXhfxo35koo1
Practice Tracks
Symphony No. 2
Nocturno Isleno
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Rehearsal Notes
September 27
Por Una Cabeza
Violins and violas: m. 35-54
Cellos/bass: m. 15-34
Symphony No. 2
Violins: m. 65-92 with the metronome!
Cellos/bass: m. 116 INTONATION
Nocturno Isleno
Violas: m. 17-D, play forte and confidently!
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Violins, violas, cellos: m. 83 and 84
September 20
Symphony No. 2
Violins: practice m. 65–91 with a metronome at 116
Nocturno Isleno
Violas: Practice reh. B–C
Cellos/bass: practice D–1st ending
September 13
Symphony No. 2
Practice m. 65–92
Nocturno Isleno
Violins/violas: practice first and second endings at m. 54
Cellos/bass: practice m. 80–end
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Violins: practice m. 39–61
Violas/cellos: m. 51–84
September 6
Open String Cycle—Detache and Spicatto
Symphony in D
Establish 3/4 feel
m. 1–23: Cello/bass bow stroke; Violins bowing
m. 53–64: establish sixteenth-note divisions and dynamics
Violins practice m.24–64 for next time!
Cellos practice m. 20–22
Nocturno Isleno
Son rhythm: practice clapping
D Harmonic minor scale: work on intonation
Violins practice m. 43–48
Violas practice m. 17–29
Cello/bass practice m. 43–58
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
a new arrangement will be handed out next time