This is a great piece! Awesome bass clarinet solo opening, with the saxophone picking up the melody, and then the full orchestra for a rich 1930s dance-like work. I hope I get to play this one day.
My problem with these kinds of pieces is: what would I play??? Sax? Bass clarinet?
Company! Company!
Company!
Lots of
Company!
Years of
Company!
Love is
Company!
Company!
Company!
How lucky am I that I am doing Company at Northeastern! A Stephen Sondheim show, I have known the music (it seems) my entire life, but had only seen the show once. Not only am I now doing the show, but for 2 weeks straight: Tuesday through Sunday twice!
If you are interested in coming to see the show, get tickets here. It’s a good, solid performance of a hard show. The songs are not simple to learn (varying time signatures, complex melodies and harmonies) and the book is hard to pull off well because it is rather dated. Not many of us today can quite understand what marriages were up against in the early 70’s, nor how wide the “generation gap” really was.
Come see Ragtime ? The Musical, in Concert! It’s tonight, at Marblehead Middle School. This show is fantastic, and even though we’re not doing the show with a full set, we have all of our leads in costumes, some excellent props, and a full orchestra! The chorus is awesome (and huge!), and many of our leads are equity.
I cannot believe how absolutely lucky I am to be a part of this. Please come! It’s a fundraiser for HAWC, so your money will be even better spent.