Sunday was NCO's Community Play Day 2024 and it seems ot me to be something like a jazz jam. NCO players join with players of orchestral instruments to prepare then perform a few tunes. It's all done in one day, with several hours in two rehearsal sessions and an afternoon concert. AMEB5 is the recommended level for visitors. In the end, about 100 players performed with 44 non-NCO. The works were Sally Greenaway Worlds within worlds and Mussorgsky Pictures at an exhibition. Neither were romps in the park. Sally's looked pretty readable but had some tricky twists that required some tiem. Pictures at an exhibition (the Ravel arrangement, of course) also has its readable sections (Are they movements? If so, they are short) but some mightily tricky passages too. We got caught out on one change of tempo right at the end but otherwise got through the works, if sometimes a little touchy on timing and intonation. But the day was a wonderful experience, great for lunchtime chatter, friendly and challenging to boot and the NCO practice the next night was much bigger than usual. Much enjoyed.
National Capital Orchestra ran its second annual Community Play Day at Albert Hall. Louis Sharpe (musical director) conducted.
This is CJBlog post no. 2,850
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