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Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Music Director & Conductor
Welcome to the March set!
"Franck & Forthright"
José Pablo Moncayo "Huapango", Aleksandra Pakhmutova Trumpet Concerto featuring Philippe Brunet
Cesar Franck Symphony No. 2
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
Mondays, 7:15-9:30, 1/5-2/23; Rife Center, Bethany Village
325 Wesley Drive, Mechanicsburg
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Jan 12 7:15 Moncayo, 7:45 Franck mvt 1 & 3
8:30 Break, 8:40 Franck strings only
Jan 19 TBA
Jan 26 7:15 Pakhmutova (orch only), 8:00 TBA
Feb 2 8:00 Pakhmutova with Nick (stand-in soloist, Messiah University)
Feb 9 8:00 Pakhmutova with Nick
Feb 16 8:00 Pakhmutova with Nick
Feb 23 Complete program with Philippe, concert order (times TBA)
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CONCERT WEEKEND
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2000 Chestnut St, Camp Hill
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Saturday, Feb 28 Dress rehearsal 10:00-12:30 (approximate times TBA)
Sunday, March 1 3:00 Concert (Pre-concert lecture 2:15)
Resources
FRANCK CUTS
• Mvt 1
cut K to 8 before "Lento"
cut "Lento" to 7th bar of R
• Mvt 2
play through first 2 beats of 8 bef D (no winds or timp entrances), cut to beat 3 of 6 before E
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cut 14 after F to pick-up of 3 after M (key change)
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Rit bar of N, cut to Tempo I before P
• Mvt 3
cut 8 after G to 6 before I (staggered entrance: strings only first 2 bars, woodwinds 4 before I, brass 2 before I)
Huapango cuts
Reh 15-Reh 18
2 before Reh 31-2 after Reh 36
Season Schedule, 2025-26
Masterworks Sunday Concerts 3:00, Saturday Dress rehearsals 10:00-12:30
Monday rehearsals 7:15-9:30
Full program details HERE
Fall set: works by J Strauss, Howard Shore, Francesca Caccini, Barber, Mozart
Rehearsals start 9/8, Dress 11/1, Concert 11/2
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Educational set: "Vacation with the Orchestra"
Mondays: 11/17, 11/24, 12/8
Thursday dress: 12/11, Friday 12/12 9:30, 10:45, 12:00, Saturday 10:30
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Winter set: works by Moncayo, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Franck
Rehearsals start 1/5, Dress 2/28, Concert 3/1
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Spring set: works by Vaughan Williams, Huang Ruo, Fela Sowande
Rehearsals start 3/9, Dress 5/2, Concert 5/3
"Lord of the Rings" video from November concert, courtesy of Kathy Heym (click image)
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