AO NOTES 11-23-19

Tchaikovsky
1st mvt.
1. For those with the theme, please don’t hesitate playing the 2 nd 8th note of the 2nd beat.
2. 61 – Violin and viola – stronger entrances
3. 87 – Winds, anticipate entrances
4. 4 before G – violins – forte
5. H – start piano
6. 174 – practice with a metronome – 3 bars
7. L – tempo does not change – keep up
8. M – strings, practice with metronome
9. 274 – stronger string entrances
10. 320 – violins forte
11. 362 – tempo remains and steady
12. 381- watch the 3rd 8th note of the 2nd beat. This is not a 16th note
2nd mvt.
1. Strings – rounder pizzicatos
2. 77 – violas, stay in tempo
3. 85 – violins, stay in tempo
4. 126 – 2nd beat 8th notes for this 2nd theme, not to short
5. D – winds, 2nd beat 8th notes, not to short
6. 164 – allow a little time towards 166
7. 182 – violins and viola – look at your notes
8. 379 – violins, as soft as you can
3rd mvt
1. Brass – remember the beginning tempo for 170
2. Steady pizzicatos. Sometimes rest are a little short
3. D – dynamics – exaggerate
4. D – flutes – I need to hear more notes and accurate rhythm.
5. 170 – watch for tempo in the 1st bar
6. G – strings – are you counting?
7. I – winds, stay on top of the beat!
8. 399 – Dynamics for all!!
4th mvt.
1. 11 – winds – 2nd beat – full value
2. 38 – 4th beat – full value
3. 46 – drop to mf then crescendo
 4. 51 – strings/winds, 4th beat - long
5. 84 – FF
6. C – strings – pp
7. 127 – 4th beats – long
8. 135 – drop to mf then crescendo
9. 140 – strings/winds, 4th beat - long
10. 187 – Brass – not to short on the 8th notes
11. 275 – drop to mf then crescendo
12. 287 – drop to forte then crescendo to ff
Carmen
1
1. A – piano please
2. 4 before B – pp then crescendo
3. C – Strings, observe the rests
4. D – all – aim for 2nd beats please
2
1. Last 3 bars – Clarinet, Bassoons, Trumpets, Cellos – more articulation
3
1. Piccolo, Clarinet – stay on top of the beat
4
1. A – less strings
2. Last 3 bars – winds – hold till string pizzicato
5
1. Winds – look at the last 7 bars
2. Hh
6
1. More bassoons
7
1. 1st violins – practice the theme – off the string
2. B – winds – 16th notes please
3. D – all – 32nd notes please
4. F – all – rhythm – 16th notes
8
1. Theme – strict triplets compared to duplets
9
1. All – triplet 16ths – please be accurate
2. All – more accents on the syncopations
3. E – meno mosso
10
1. E – more flutes
2. L – strings – much less
11
1. Flutes – more swell
2. C – strict 16th notes