“A Season of Symphonies”

The 2015-16 season

Each concert has one significant piece – a Symphony - that is the focus of the
program and lends a theme to each performance.

Concert #1
“Passion”
Proposed date: Saturday, September 19th

Join the Mid-Columbia Symphony as we kick-off our 71st season, “A Season of

Symphonies” with the passionate Symphony No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov. Other
repertoire will include the Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez – a seductive
exploration of Latin dance music – and Ravel’s Bolero!

Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez (10’)

2,2,2,2-4,2,3,1-timp+3-pno-str

Bolero by Maurice Ravel (16’)

2+1,1+1dOb. D’am+1,1+1d1+1,2+1-4,4,3,1-sopsax,tensax-timp+4-hp,cel-str

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov (52’)

2+1d1,2+1d1,2+1,2-4,3,3,1-timp+3-str

Woodwind – 14
Brass – 12
Percussion – 5
Piano/Celeste – 1
Harp – 1
Strings – 40 (12/10/8/6/4)
Total players – 73

We have no guest artist fees for this program.

The Marquez is a rental from Peer Music (approx. $250)

Bolero is a rental from Boosey and Hawkes (approx. $500)
The Rachmaninov is public domain and/or we might own it (Luck’s $300)

Concert #2
“Elegance”
Proposed date: Sunday, November 1st

“A Season of Symphonies” continues with the elegant Symphony No. 40 by Mozart.

Andy Hudson, a dynamic Clarinet player from Chicago, joins the orchestra as soloist
in Weber’s virtuosic Second Clarinet Concerto. The MCS also performs Respighi’s
charming re-settings of Medieval dances and airs.
Ancient Dances and Airs Suite #1 by Ottorino Respighi (16’)
2,2+1,0,2-2,1,0,0-hp,hpsd-str

Concerto for Clarinet #2 by Carl Maria von Weber (19’) – Andy Hudson, soloist
2,2,0,2-2,2,0,0-timp-str

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor by W.A. Mozart (35’)

1,2,2,2-2,0,0,0-str

Woodwinds – 9
Brass – 4
Percussion – 1
Harpsichord – 1
Harp – 1
Strings – 28 (8/8/6/4/2)
Total players - 44

I would like to pay Andy Hudson $2000 plus airfare ($2,400 total).

All of the music is public domain and/or we might own some of it ($500 total for
printing/copying).

Concert #3
“Nationalism”
Proposed date: Sunday, January 31st

Composers have often written pieces to serve as pillars of National identity. Join the
Mid-Columbia Symphony as we perform Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 – a piece
treasured in Finland as a symbol of Nationhood. Two other pieces celebrating
Nationalism in North America will round out the program – Galindo’s Sones de
Mariachi and Schuman’s New England Triptych.

Sones de Mariachi by Blas Galindo (8’)

2+1,2+1,2+1+1,3-4,3,3,1-timp+3(?)-hp-str

New England Triptych by William Schuman (16’)

2+1d1,2+1,2+1+1,2-4,3,3,1-timp+3-str

Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius (43’)

2,2,2,2-4,3,3,1-timp-str

Woodwinds – 13
Brass – 11
Percussion – 4
Harp – 1
Strings – 40 (12/10/8/6/4)
Total players – 69

We have no guest artist fees for this program.

The Sones de Mariachi is a rental from Peer Music (approx. $250).

The Schuman is a rental from Presser (approx. $500).
I’m pretty sure that we already own the Sibelius.

Concert #4
“History”
Proposed date: Saturday, March 12th

The Mid-Columbia Symphony explores the history of the atomic age with a
performance of the Doctor Atomic Symphony by John Adams. Adams constructed the
piece from his opera about the life of Oppenheimer. Another piece about the history
of the American west, Copland’s Billy the Kid Suite, shares the program. This concert
will also feature our annual Young Artists’ Competition winners.

YA winners

Billy the Kid Suite by Aaron Copland (21’)

2+1,2,2,2-4,3,3,1-timp+4-hp,pno-str

The Doctor Atomic Symphony by John Adams (25’)

2+1,2+1,2+1,2+1-4,3,3,1-timp+4-hp,cel-str

Woodwinds – 12
Brass – 11
Percussion – 5
Piano/Celeste – 1
Harp – 1
Strings – 40 (12/10/8/6/4)
Total players – 70

We have no guest artist fees for this program.

We may have additional fees for YA music purchase/rental, but Sandra should cover
those.

Both pieces are rental through Boosey and Hawkes (approx. $1200).

Concert #5
“Faith”
Proposed date: Saturday, May 21st
To close our season, the Mid-Columbia Symphony will perform music that explores
the idea of “Faith”, including Stravinsky’s dramatic Symphony of Psalms and the
majestic Gloria by Francis Poulenc. Other repertoire will offer varied perspectives
on “Faith” - Baal Shem: Three Pictures of Hassidic Life by Ernst Bloch and The
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Alan Hovhaness. The MCS will be joined by the Mid-
Columbia Mastersingers, Mid-Columbia Boys’ Choir, guest Soprano Molly Holleran,
and guest artists on Violin and Accordion.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Alan Hovhaness (14’)

3,2,2,2-4,3,3,1-timp+4-hp-str [accordion, speaker]

Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky (22’)

4+1d1,4+1,0,3+1-4,5,3,1-timp+1-hp,pno-str[no vln or vla]

Baal Shem by Ernst Bloch (12’) [Solo violin]

1+1d1,2,2,2-4,3,0,0-timp+1-hp,cel-str

Gloria by Francis Poulenc (24’)

1+2d1,2+1,2+1,2+1-4,3,3,1-timp-hp-str

Woodwinds – 17
Brass – 13
Percussion – 5
Piano/Celeste – 1
Harp – 1
Strings – 40 (12/10/8/6/4)
Total players – 77

Guest artist fees will be high for this gig!

Mid-Columbia Mastersingers plus Boys’ Choir - $4,000
Soprano Molly Holleran - $1,500 (no travel)
Solo Accordion player - $1,500 [I’m working on getting a guy that I know from
Seattle. This total would be for pay plus travel.]
Solo violin - $1,500 plus travel [I’m negotiating with a friend of mine from Chicago.]
Speaker/Narrator – We get some minor local celebrity to do this for free, or we get
Judge Kathren off of our board to do it for free.
Total $ will be about $10,000

Hovhaness is rental through Fujihara (cheap - $200 or so).

Stravinsky is rental through Boosey and Hawkes (approx. $750).
Bloch is rental through Presser (approx. $300).
Poulenc is rental through Boosey (approx. $750).