Why You'll Love This Concert
Your whole family will enjoy the drama, excitement, and romance that can only be found on Broadway when you sing along with the orchestra in selections from some of your favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals! Who doesn’t love an evening at the theater?
Special Artists
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Leonard Bernstein
Orchestration
2 flutes (doubling piccolo), oboe/English horn, 2 clarinets (1st doubling E-flat clarinet), bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, strings (theatrical instrumentation)
2 flutes, piccolo, oboes, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, strings (symphonic instrumentation)
Notes
Bernstein’s energetic rhythmic style was perfectly suited to the “flavor” of Candide. One would have to go back to Rossini to find an overture that so completely captures the sense of fun that will follow.
Read MoreAaron Copland
Orchestration
flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet/Eb clarinet, bassoon, 2 trumpets, trombone, percussion, piano, strings
Notes
Though Music for the Theatre is not frequently performed today, it set Copland on the path of discovery that would lead him to his greatest and most popular works.
Read MoreRichard Rodgers
Orchestration
2 flutes (doubling piccolo), oboe/English horn, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, harp, percussion, strings
Notes
Their songs and stories have become such an integral part of our culture that it is easy to forget how revolutionary the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were.
Read MoreRichard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Orchestration
2 flutes, oboe/English horn, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion, harp, strings
Notes
Their songs and stories have become such an integral part of our culture that it is easy to forget how revolutionary the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were.
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Redlands Symphony Orchestra concert f...
03/09/15 • by Betty Tyler • The Redlands Daily Facts
Many people who attended Saturday night’s Redlands Symphony Orchestra concert left the University of Redlands Memorial Chapel singing the concert’s praises — after lifting their voices to sing along with the orchestra during the concert.
What a great evening. I didn’t want the music to stop. What a thrill to be part of it... My personal thanks to you for your marvelous insight into the music and the composers. Thanks so much for enriching my life each month.
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Directions to Redlands
Redlands is conveniently located less than 30 minutes from Riverside, Loma Linda, Yucaipa, Highland, and Beaumont. From Hemet, it’s just a short jaunt north on CA-79 and West on I-10. It is easily accessible from Los Angeles 60 miles east along Hwy 10. And from San Diego, it’s a beautiful, 2-hour drive north along I-15 and I-215.
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Sponsored By:
The Wheeler Family Trust
Concert Info
Redlands Symphony 03/07/15 at 08:00pm
Memorial Chapel 1200 E. Colton Ave.Redlands, CA 92373 Get Directions