Curb Dress Rehearsal - January 5

 

The Nashville Symphony Education department has a list of dress rehearsals that are open to students age 10 and up. This is a great option for families who might have aged out of the Young People's Concerts or even adults that want to go to the symphony for $10 instead of regular price! Click here to go to the symphony page and order tickets!

This month the programmed music includes:

Ravel - Watch Here

There are 8 sections to the Valses Nobles et Sentimentales. For students I would have them draw a box of 8 squares and write down the instrument they feel was a prominent instrument in that movement, or what the music reminded them of. The whole piece is about 20 minutes long. You will hear a pause at the end of each section. You can also listen along with the score here. (And a reminder..... no clapping between movements at the symphony! It's not a hard and fast rule, but most concert goers will refrain from clapping until the very end.) In these program notes the author recommends listening for the "mi-sol-la" motif found in Ravel's works! You can also read more about Ravel's life.

Jon Paul Corigliano - Watch Here

Jon Paul is an American composer that turned 85 in 2023. In 2011 he wrote a piece to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.  Read more here. The piece is around 30 minutes and uses voice and the symphony to bring music to 4 different poems. I plan to have each poem printed out for my children to follow along.

You can look at the score and poems here.

Mussorgsky - Watch Here

I have always loved the Pictures at an Exhibition and I'm excited to listen to it live for the first time! There are many guides that have been written to help students and adults appreciate the music so I am going to suggest that you read or print some of these listening guides!

Guide with listening maps: Click here

Composer information and text about each section: Click here

Information about the orchestra and activities to do with the music: Click here

This is always one of my favorite videos to show with The Great Gate of Kiev: Watch here

The symphony director said that all pieces from this work will be played. Here's what we should expect:
Promenade Gnomus Promenade The Old Castle Promenade Tuileries Bydlo Promenade Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells Samuel Goldberg & Schmuyle Limoges Catacombs Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua The Hut on Fowl Legs (Baba Yaga) The Great Gate of Kiev Check out this website for some of Victor Hartmann's paintings that inspired Mussorgsky: https://abstractedreality.com/pictures-exhibition-symbiosis-art-music/