Season 12: AY 2013-2014

Fall 2013
 

Two orchestral arrangements for 20 instrumentalists -- 2 flutes, clarinet, tenor sax, bass clarinet, trumpet, baritone, 3 violins, 1 viola, 3 cellos, 2 pianos and 4 percussionists. 

• Copland’s Appalachian Spring (in its entirety:  700 measures).  Copland wrote Appalachian Spring for a 90⁺-piece orchestra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, harp, timpani, percussion, and strings (38 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, and 8 double basses).  
  • Copland’s Appalachian Spring (2/3 of the piece—471 measures—with a new ending I wrote for OCO’s Fall 2013 Expo performance)
• Debussy’s Petite Suite.  Debussy wrote the Petite Suite for 1 piano, 4 hands.  Henri Büsser, a colleague of Debussy’s, later scored it for orchestra comprising 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion (cymbals, tambourine, triangle), harp, and strings (38 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, and 9 basses).  I then re-orchestrated it for 2 flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax, trumpet, baritone, 3 violins, viola, 3 cellos, piano, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, and timpani (in addition to Büsser’s percussion of cymbals, tambourine, and triangle).

Spring 2014
 

Three orchestral arrangements for 18 players -- 2 flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, baritone, 3 violins, 2 violas, 3 cellos, piano, and 3 percussionists.

• Copland Appalachian Spring. Copland wrote Appalachian Spring for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, harp, timpani, percussion, and strings (32 violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, and 6 double basses). 
• Saint-Saens Le Carnaval des Animaux. The seniors in the orchestra chose Introduction et Marche Royale du Lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion), Le Cygne (the Swan), and Fossiles. Saint-Saens’ original score calls for a 70-piece orchestra:  piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, and a full complement of strings, (i.e., 26 violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, and 6 double basses).
• Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88 (Allegro, ma non troppo). Dvorak composed his eighth symphony for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, and strings (32 violins, 12 violas, 12 cellos, and 8 double basses).