And now it is my distinct privilege to introduce to you the 2022 WSMA High School State Honors Orchestra and their esteemed conductor, Dr. Barbara Rhyneer.
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We're doing a quick little set change here. Going to transition to a strings and harp piece. By the way, it's just lovely being in here in this hall, looking up at layers and layers of gazers. It's wonderful. We have a treat for you called the "Adagietto" from Mahler's 5th Symphony. It's very beautiful and we just couldn't, I just couldn't help myself programming a piece for just strings and harp, because it's just a wonderful part of the orchestra. Speaking of the orchestra, we did just play a piece by Fanny Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn's sister, which is normally not orchestrated for heavy percussion or heavy brass, but we did add a little bass drum in there for those of you who might be purists. I am sorry. And we added a little extra trombone in there, and I thought it was a nice way to engage a full group, because it's difficult to sometimes program classical pieces with a big youth orchestra, because it doesn't always include all of the players. So I thought, we'll just make the parts and that's what we did. I hope you enjoy our next selection, "Adagietto" by Gustav Mahler.
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It's always amazing to me that the sounds that these people are making with their instruments, this is a lot of work for them at home and practice, and I really have a lot of thanks for the support that is given to them by their public schools, of course, and their teachers, and of course, parents and siblings putting up with long practice hours late at night and the scitchy scratchy instruments that we have, the bold instruments. But wonderful playing. I'm really, really proud of everybody. Everybody here. I'd like to thank, I know there's been a billion thanks already, but we can't thank enough the administrative staff and the staff at the Overture Center for putting this together. It is quite a feat. I don't know if you've ever done anything like this, but it's like getting your relatives together at like Christmas times 5 million, that type of thing.
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But it's amazing what they've done. We have a couple more pieces for you. I hope you enjoy them. The next piece is by a Hong Kong composer. I can't remember his name, but I know it's in the program. And "As the Heart Soars" followed by "Mambo". Bernstein.
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Mambo! Mambo!
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