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Tonight was the Youth Symphony concert, the culmination of the year. D. spent the first half of the concert sitting with the other clarinet player in the front corner of the audience, as they weren't involved in the Hayden trumpet concerto, the percussion ensemble, the cello solo, or the brass concerto. I'm glad they were sitting together and chatting, as they are both rather introverted.
Dvořák
The cello solo was amazing!
Then the full orchestra played the full Eighth Symphony by Dvořák. This was the first time they'd ever played a full symphony, in 82 years - normally it's a movement from one, then a movement from something else, and so on, but our director decided that just like a professional symphony orchestra, they could play an entire work. It was beautiful, too - plenty for the woodwinds to do. Afterwards one woman was raving about "the clarinets!" and I told D. when I got home again (he'd left with J. soon after getting cookies). It really was powerful to hear them play an entire symphony - it brought tears to my eyes.
Dvořák
The cello solo was amazing!
Then the full orchestra played the full Eighth Symphony by Dvořák. This was the first time they'd ever played a full symphony, in 82 years - normally it's a movement from one, then a movement from something else, and so on, but our director decided that just like a professional symphony orchestra, they could play an entire work. It was beautiful, too - plenty for the woodwinds to do. Afterwards one woman was raving about "the clarinets!" and I told D. when I got home again (he'd left with J. soon after getting cookies). It really was powerful to hear them play an entire symphony - it brought tears to my eyes.