Class Guide 2021 Class 1: February 4

Orchestra 101 Listening Guide Don’t think of it as You Could Google it, or… homework. Think of it as a bonus! We’re pretty sure Description you’ll hear these selections in a whole new way. We’ll start by tackling a pressing question: just what does a conductor do, anyway? After we’ve Click on the links to shone some light on that issue (with the aid of enjoy Donato’s favorite performances on YouTube. many conductors and orchestras) we’ll take a bird’s eye look at the orchestra from its early days to the Broken link? Just Google present, culminating in a trip through the orchestra’s the piece instead. sections and instruments. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 Outline Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV • Role of the Conductor 232 » Tempo Britten: Young Person’s » Playing Style Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 » Stafng the Orchestra Extended Listening » Instrumental Balances and Timbre Ravel: Laideronette, Empress of » Overall Ethos the Pagodas • The Orchestra Down the Years Antonio Stradella: Sinfonia No. 2 Basel Baroque 2009 » The Earliest Orchestras JS Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 » The Baroque Orchestra in D Major » Johann Stamitz: Symphony in D The Early Classical Orchestra Major, Op. 3 No. 2 » The Classical Orchestra in Maturity Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. » The Early Romantics 101 in D Major “Clock” Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 » The Late Romantics in D Minor » The Early 20th Century Eforescence Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 » Today’s Orchestra in A Minor Wagner: Prelude to Die • The Modern Orchestra Instruments Meistersinger von Nürnberg » Variations on a Theme Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë, Lever du Jour » Demonstration Mason Bates: Alternative Energy, II

Donato Cabrera, music director – Scott Foglesong, instructor – Sunshine Defner, sr. director of education