notes from Maestro Landis:
Approximate metronome speeds for June 23rd concert. Note: speeds may be different than those taken on the recordings used in preparing a CD for practicing or studying the pieces. where they are different the speeds listed here will be closer to what will actually be performed.
Thomas: Overture to “Raymond”
Allegro moderato March tempo [quarter note=120]
4 [meno mosso] [quarter note=92]
6 [Andantino] in 4 [tempo di gavotte] [eighth note=108]
13 [slower] [eighth note=95]
15 Allegro con moto [March tempo] [quarter note=128]
2 before 22: Big Ritard [recording doesn’t observe]
22 meno mosso [quarter note=108]
26 piu moto [quarter note=128]
Haydn: Symphony No. 100 [“Military”]
Mvt. I Adagio [quarter note=60] in 4
Allegro [half note=108] in 2 No Repeat
Mvt. II Allegretto [half note=69] in 2
Mvt. III Menuetto [quarter note=116] in 3 Take All Repeats
Mvt. IV Presto [dotted quarter=132] in 2 Take All Repeats
Sullivan: Overture to “Ruddigore” [Geoffrey Toye version]
Grave [eighth note=108] in 6
Allegro energico [bar 5] [quarter note=116] in 4
Letter D [Misterioso] [dotted quarter=60] in 2
Letter E [Allegretto grazioso] [quarter note=112] in 4
three bars before Allegro in 2, reaches tempo at
Allegro [half note=112]in 2
Letter Q slight pullback to half-note=106
Suppe: Overture to “Poet and Peasant”
Andante maestoso [quarter note=60]
7 Allegro strepitoso [quarter note=152]
9 Allegro [quarter note=144]
13 Allegretto [Tempo di Valse] dotted quarter=56 in 1
15 Tempo 1 [quarter note=144]
19 Sostenuto [quarter note=72]
20 Allegretto [same as at 13]
22 Tempo 1 [same as at 15]
Borodin: “On the Steppes of Central Asia”
quarter note=80
Van Anrooy: “Piet Hein” [A Dutch Rhapsody]
There are three basic tempi for this piece: quarter note=88; quarter note=98; and quarter note=108
Allegro giocoso [98]
ritard into Poco tranquillo [bar 46] [88]
Poco piu mosso [bar 70] [108]
a tempo ma tranquillo [bar 85] [98]
Poco piu animato [bar 104] [108]
Poco tranquillo [3/4 time..bar 142] [88]
stringendo after Letter J very fast accel to….
Poco piu mosso [bar 218] [quarter note=160 very fast!]
Ritard into Variation 1
Variation 1 [bar 241] [quarter note=120]
Poco animato [same tempo basically], ritard into
Tempo 1 [bar 304] [98]
A tempo vivo [bar 329] [108]
Variation II [bar 359] [108]
Big rit. at Letter U
Allegro pomposo [bar 405] like the beginning [98]
Piu animato [bar 417] [108] accel to letter W
Molto vivace [dotted quarter=120 to end]
J. Strauss Junior: Artist's Life Waltzes
Andante moderato [dotted quarter=52] [in 2]
Letter B Tempo di Valse [ dotted half-note=62] [in one]
letter double a [aa] gradual accel. to end
Chairs will be provided, but you will need to bring a music stand to all rehearsals and concerts.