Rehearsal Venues
MC – Merritt College ‘P’ Building Room P307 – (Directions HERE)
COTC – Church on the Corner, 1319 Solano Ave (@Pomona), Albany (Map HERE)
StPEC – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 114 Montecito Avenue, Oakland (Map HERE)
Unless otherwise indicated, all rehearsals are held at Merritt College.
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
Mondays: 7:00 pm Set-up/Warm-up; 7:25 Tuning; 7:30 Downbeat
Schedule revisions indicated in BLUE
Updated: February 8, 2019
Fourth Concert Set
Musicians Download your Parts:
Tristan site: https://imslp.org/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde%2C_WWV_90_(Wagner%2C_Richard)
Music to print:
Note: When the site opens underneath “Sheet Music” click on the tab “Parts (15)”
When the parts list opens most of the parts are accessed by clicking on “14 more”
Wagner Bar Numbers (download) – Please add Bar Numbers to your parts before the next rehearsal. Read the Wagner doc info for instructions on how to mark your parts first.
The website contains the entire opera (Violin I part is 61 pages). DON’T PRINT THE WHOLE OPERA!
Depending upon your part:
Vorspiel – 1-2 pages at most
Liebestod – 2-3 pages at most
The Vorspiel (Prelude) is the very beginning and the Liebestod is the very end. Example: if your part is
40 pages long the Vorspiel is probably Pages 1& 2 and the Liebestod is probably Pages 39 & 40
Vorspiel (Prelude) – Starts at the very beginning of the opera – bar 1 In 6/8 meter.
Ends at the end of Rehearsal C+29th bar (the bar before Erste Scene. “Mässig langsam.” 3/4 meter 2 flats)
Liebestod – Starts Rehearsal Gg-28 bars at “Sehr mässig beginnend.” In 4 flats 4/4 meter
Ends at very end of opera
Monday, Jan 28 – 7:30 – Strings only – MC
Monday, Feb 4, 7:30 – MC – Tutti 7:30 Shostakovich; 9:00 Wagner
Monday, Feb 11 – 7:30 – MC – Tutti 7:30 Shostakovich; 9:00 Wagner
Monday, Feb 18, 7:30 – COTC – Strings Only
Monday, Feb 25 – 7:30 – MC Tutti 7:30 Shostakovich; 9:00 Wagner
Monday, March 4 – 7:30 – MC – Ibid
Monday, Mar 11 – 7:30 – MC – Ibid
Monday Mar 18 – 7:30 – StPEC – Ibid
Wednesday, Mar 20 – StPEC 7:30 PM Dress Rehearsal – 7:30 Shostakovich; 9:00 Wagner
Sunday, Mar 24 -StPEC 1:00 PM Warm-up
Sunday, Mar 24 – StPEC 3:00 PM Concert
Shostakovich · Symphony No 6
Intermission
Wagner · Prelude und Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
