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Festival Overture

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Subject: Festival Overture
From: Graham Hastings <gohast@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 22:22:06 +0000
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> I am pretty sure that it's (in English) called both Festive 
> >Overture and Festival Overture. I have done it in a few symphonies but it 
> >doesn't get programed a lot. I think one of the reasons it doesn't get 
> >programed is that it's somewhat short for the amount of work a symphony 
> >has to do to play it. With only 4-5 rehearsals, and a lot of time to fill 
> >on the average symphony concert, trying to get everybody to competently 
> >buzz through the "tempo-de-tear-ass" stuff at the end takes too much 
> >rehearsal time. Also, as an overture, there aren't a whole lot of solos 
> >that can gracefully follow it.  It, um, "kicks."  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  
> >Great piece, though. Is the brass band arrangement anywhere NEAR as good 
> >as the orchestral original?  Beth in the Soo

Thanks for all the posts regarding bass treble clef.  Funny about the 
overture above, the oechestra I play in is doing it tomorrow, on 1 
rehearsal!  Should be interesting.
Graham Hastings
Principal Trumpet
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Dublin

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