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Winter 2023 • Concert 3
Rehearsal #5
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2023
REVISED rehearsal plan (Alceste out, Mozart in)
7:30 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
– 3rd movement
– 4th movement
8:30 BREAK
8:50 Tchaikovsky 2nd movement
9:20 Mozart: 2nd and 3rd movements.
NOTES:
1) ALCESTE
I will go back to the podium.
2) TEMPO BENCHMARKS
Tchaikovsky
1st movement:
- Allegro non troppo: quarter = 104-120
- Allegro vivo [m 161]: quarter = 144
2nd movement:
- Allegro con grazia: quarter = 126-136
- Note: all repeats are good
3rd movement:
- Allegro molto vivace: quarter = 128
4th movement:
– Adagio lamentoso: quarter = 54, but a really flexible, stretchy quarter.
3) Reference recordings for 3rd movement:
NDR Orch, Manze- NDR is about where I want tempo to sit.
Philharmonia, Rouvali- Be inspired by Philharmonia (1) crispness of ensemble, and (2) articulation (especially in strings)