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Orchestral Repertoire
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F419/519 Brass Orchestral Repertoire
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Due to Professor Lenthe's
studio load,
this
course will not be offered
in fall 07 or spring 08. |
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Fall 2006
F419/519 Brass Orchestral
Repertoire
F419 # 19026 (undergraduate)
F519 # 22634 (graduate)
Both course sections meet together as a full
brass section
Wednesdays 4-6pm
in MA452
Professor Carl Lenthe
- Study repertoire (in semester order):
| R. Strauss |
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Ein Heldenleben |
| Shostakovich |
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Symphony No. 5 |
| Tchaikovsky |
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Symphony No. 5 |
| Sibelius |
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Symphony No. 7 |
| Various |
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Overtures |
Students are expected to be well
versed in these pieces before rehearsals commence.
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New this semester:
Brass faculty members
will participate in select rehearsals, as section
leaders for their respective sections. Many thanks
already to those faculty members taking time to do
this!!
- ISO Collaboration
The semester repertoire
is based on the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's fall
repertoire. Tickets to their concerts will be made
available, and a visit to an ISO rehearsal, followed
by a class rehearsal on stage with Chief Conductor
Mario Venzago is in planning.
Class members will be
expected to visit at least two ISO concerts during the
semester, with additional attendance at the ISO
Bloomington concert on 11/12 required.
The full ISO schedule can be viewed
here.
Their performance dates of our semester repertoire
are:
| Sept. 29 & 30 |
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Ein Heldenleben |
| Oct. 6 & 7 |
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Shostakovich 5 |
| Oct. 27 & 28 |
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Tchaikovsky 5 |
| Nov. 12 (in Bloomington) |
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Sibelius 7 |
- Further semester
features:
- "Requisite Rep"
Defining brass moments from the great
literature will be used to
establish and refine a culture of the brass register,
as appropriate in an orchestral setting.
- Select repertoire recorded and posted to Website for review
- Brass Orchestral Repertoire Showcase
*Monday 11/27 at 6:30 pm in MA452*
The class performs semester repertoire for combined
brass master class.
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Spring 2006
F419/519 Brass Orchestral
Repertoire
F419 # 18453 (undergraduate)
F519 # 24203 (graduate)
Professor Carl Lenthe
- "Requisite Rep"
Defining brass moments from the great
literature will be used to
establish and refine a culture of the brass register,
as appropriate in an orchestral setting.
- Semester study repertoire (alphabetical):
Overtures:
Lohengrin I & III
La Forza del Destino
Benvenuto Cellini
Britten - Young Persons' Guide to the Orchestra
Bruckner - Symphony 7
Strauss - Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel
Stravinsky - Firebird
Students are expected to be well
versed in these pieces before rehearsals commence.
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New this semester:
The Brass Class will
collaborate with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra,
observing a Bruckner 7 rehearsal with that group and
then being coached by Chief Conductor Mario Venzago.
- Section Showcases
- Select repertoire recorded and posted to Website for review
- Listening Sessions
- Orchestra forum
Information, exchange, and discussion
on any and all subjects surrounding the professional
orchestral experience
- Brass Showcase
Monday 4/3 at 6:30 pm in MA452
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 Recording
spin 
In Fall 2003 the recording of the brass
section in representative repertoire passages was implemented.
These recordings are posted to the website for review by the participants.
This exercise is valuable in simulating the demands of recording
session work, and also in the opportunity to hear and review the
section sound as a whole, having played in its midst.
Click
here for the recording archive
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Course
Description
F419/519 Brass Orchestral Repertoire
The F419/519 Brass Orchestral Repertoire class is
comprised of an entire orchestral brass section, and meets on
most Wednesdays from 4-6pm in MA452. Major segments of the
symphonic, operatic, and ballet repertoire are covered, and - in
preparation for a professional orchestral career - it is assumed
that each student prepare the literature in advance through
individual study of recordings, score, and parts, as well as
section rehearsals.
Authorization for the course is coordinated
through the individual instrumental faculty in collaboration
with Professor Lenthe. This is usually done in the context of
the orchestral placement auditions at the beginning of each
semester. A final authorization audition may be held on the
semester's first Wednesday, beginning at 4pm in MA452.
The course is designed not only to cover
standard literature as encountered in professional situations,
but also to promote and cultivate a collective ensemble sense as
applicable to the brass registers in symphonic settings.
Expectations of ensemble members include:
-Prompt enrollment in F419/519 (upon authorization)
-A positive, constructive ensemble attitude
-Professional conduct
-Preparation, individually and in sectionals
-Study of recorded samples of assigned repertoire
-Timely arrival at rehearsals, ready to play at the assigned time
-Responsible use of printed materials
Absence from rehearsal must be approved in advance, and an adequate
substitute arranged with Mr. Lenthe. Each unexcused rehearsal absence will
result in a grade reduction of 1/3 of a grade, for example A- to B+. Repeated
unexcused lateness can be treated as an unexcused absence.
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Fall 2005
F419/519 Brass Orchestral
Repertoire
Class Numbers:
19092 (undergraduate)
25197 (graduate)
Professor Carl Lenthe
- "Requisite Rep"
Defining brass moments from the works
of Bartok, Britten, Bruckner, Mussorgsky, Schumann,
Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner will be used to
establish and refine a culture of the brass register,
as appropriate in an orchestral setting.
- Semester study repertoire (alphabetical):
Mahler - Symphony 1
Prokofiev - Symphony 5
Tchaikovsky - Symphony 4
Wagner - Rhine Journey and Immolation scene
Students are expected to be well
versed in these pieces before rehearsals commence.
- Section Showcases
- Select repertoire recorded and posted to Website for review
- Listening Sessions
- Orchestra forum
Information, exchange, and discussion
on any and all subjects surrounding the professional
orchestral experience
- Brass Showcase
Monday 11/21 at 6:30 pm in MA452
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Spring 2005
F419 Brass Orchestral
Repertoire
Section 8138
Professor Carl Lenthe
- "Requisite Rep"
Defining brass section moments,
with excerpts from:
Meistersinger
Lohengrin
Magic Flute
Hansel and Gretel
New World Symphony
- Semester study repertoire (alphabetical):
Mahler: Symphony 7
Rachmaninoff: Symphony 2
Strauss: Don Juan
Wagner: Excerpts from the Ring
- Weekly Section Showcases
- Select repertoire recorded and posted to Website for review
- Orchestra forum
Information, exchange, and discussion
on any and all subjects surrounding the professional
orchestral experience
- Brass Showcase
Monday 4/18 at 6:30 pm in MA452
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Fall 2004
During the Lenthe Fall 2004 sabbatical, F419 Brass Orchestral
Repertoire class will be taught by Peter Ellefson. The class will
meet on Wednesdays from 4-5:30 in MA452. In order to get proper credit,
please change instructor name on F419, 8548, to 000-1258-656, ELLEFSON
P.
Each class will consist of 2 parts. Part one will
be sight-reading of repertoire that is very common and likely to have
limited rehearsal time in a professional orchestra. Part two will focus
on major repertoire with prominent brass parts.
A tentative schedule is:
| Date |
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Reading repertoire |
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Major repertoire |
| 9/1 |
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Auditions |
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| 9/8 |
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1812 Overture
4431 |
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Dvorak 8
4231 |
| 9/15 |
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Candide Overture
4231 |
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Symphonic Metamorphosis
4231 |
| 9/22 |
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Tchaik. Romeo and Juliet
4231 |
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Young Person’s Guide
4231 |
| 9/29 |
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España
3341 |
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Brahms 2
4231 |
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| 10/6 |
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Capriccio Espagnol
4231 |
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Pictures at an Exhibition
4331 |
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| 11/3 |
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Night on Bald Mountain
4431 |
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Scheherazade
4231 |
| 11/10 |
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Capriccio Italien
4431 |
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Bartok Concerto for Orch
4331 |
| 11/17 |
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Roman Carnival
4330 |
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Shostakovich 5
4331 |
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| 12/1 |
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Nutcracker
4231 |
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Ein Heldenleben
8531 tenor-tuba |
| 12/8 |
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Brass Showcase Recital |
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Spring 2004
Curriculum
- 4/7 Brass Orchestral Repertoire Showcase, 4:00 pm in Auer
Hall
- Repertoire recorded and posted to Website for review
- Recorded Mock Auditions
- "Requisite Rep"
- Weekly Section Showcases
- Semester repertoire:
Overtures from Verdi and
Wagner
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Stravinsky - Firebird
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
Smetena, Ma Vlast
Mahler, Symphony 5
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Fall 2003 Curriculum
- 12/3 Brass Orchestral Repertoire Showcase, 4:30 pm in Auer
Hall
- 11/5 & 11/12 Mock Auditions
- Weekly 'Section Showcases"
- Semester repertoire:
Wagner, Overtures to Lohengrin Act I & III
Holst, Planets
Dvorak, Symphonies 8 & 9
Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien
Stravinsky, Petrouchka
Strauss, Heldenleben
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Spring 2003 Curriculum
- 4/23 - Brass Orchestra Repertoire Showcase, 4:30 pm in Auer Hall
- Mock auditions
- Weekly "Section Showcases"
- Semester repertoire:
Bach/Stokowski - Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
Liszt - Les Preludes
Bruckner - Symphony No. 4
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
Strauss - Zarathustra |
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Fall 2002 Curriculum
- Mock auditions
- Weekly "Section Showcases"
- Semester repertoire:
Overtures - Meistersinger Act I & III, Forza del Destino
Britten Young Persons Guide
Tone Poems - Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel
Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony
Hansel & Gretel overture and opera
Overtures - Parsifal Act I, Benvenuto Cellini
Hindemith, Mathis der Maler |
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