2008 Fall Concert

The fall concert program !

This concert features lots of romantic composers and Ennio Morriconne.

Schedules
- 1st Concert : Dec 3rd , 7:00pm, Wednesday, Potinger Senior Community Center (Map)
- 2nd Concert : Dec 7th, 6:30pm, Sunday, Kearny Mesa Convalescent Hospital (Map)
- 3rd Concert : Dec 10th, 7:00pm, Wednesday, Grossmont Gardens(Map)

Program
- Russian Choral and Overture by Mozart (1756-1791) Arr. by Merle J. Issac
- The Dream of Scipione by Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Arr. by Thor Johnson
- Variations on a Paganini Theme by Rachmanioff (1873-1943) Arr. by Vernon F. Leidig
- Moods of Rachmaninoff by Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Arr. by Vernon F. Leidig
- Gabriel's Oboe by Enrio Morricone (1928) Arr. by Robert Longfield
- Radetzky March by Strauss (1864-1949) Edited by Clark McMillister
- Second American Folk Rhapsody by Clare Grundman (1913-1996)
- Song Without Words by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Arr. by Roy Phillippe
- Fanfare for the Common Man by Arron Copland (1900-1990) Arr. by Robert Longfield
- Liszt Christmas Suite by Liszt (1811-1886) Arr. by Vernon Leidid

Oboe Soloist : Mr. Harry Grisworld

Marry Griswold was born on Pearl Harbor Day, 1941 in Rochester, NY. He learned to play the oboe in high school and has played in community groups since then. As an undergraduate he studied computer science and research psychology. He worked as a programmer and trainer until his retirement in 2000. Harry is a poet who holds an MFA in Writing degree from Pacific University. He teaches poetry workshops in Solana Beach and his book of poems, "Camera Obscura," was published in 2007 by Wordcraft of Oregon. A new manuscript is nearing completion. For more information about Harry, visit his website, http://www.harrygriswold.com/.


Sergei Rachmanioff

Sergei Rachmanioff, born April 1, 1873 and died March 28, 1943 was a Russian composer, pianist , and conductor. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom which included a pronounced lyricism, expressive breadth, structural ingenuity and a tonal palette of rich, distinctive orchestra colors.

Understandably, the piano figures prominently in Rachmanioff's compositional output, either as a solo instrument or as part of an ensemble. He made it a point, however, to use his own skills as a performer to explore fully the expressive possibilities of the instrument.


A Poem by Harry Griswold

"Gabriel's Oboe"

We know Gabriel's supposed
to blow someday, like Dizzy Gillespie.
Music to take our minds off things
would be fine - if it weren't so final -
if it didn't set off saints marching in.

Morricone has Gabriel blowing
an oboe. Imagine Gabe charming snakes.
It's as odd as Louie tooting
a bassoon. But an oboe's made from
African Blackwood, far more elegant

than brass stamped out, let's say,
in Elkhart, Indiana. And oboe reeds
come from cane raised in France -
I know this because I used to scrape
my own - now I get them shipped down

from up above. Minnesota I mean.
Whatever horn Gabe chooses, I wonder
which song he'll play - and if he'll give
the composer royalties that are due.
Under the sudden circumstances

he could try to skip out without paying.
And don't you wonder if this'll be
Gabe's only gig, if he'll ever blow
that horn again ? What a waste
it would be. Why would.

eternal time strat with music
that gets tossed in a drawer ?


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