Sunday's first concert of the Scottsdale Arts Symphony and the Scottsdale Choral Artists drew an almost standing-room-only crowd of about 1500 people who came to hear orchestral music by French composers. The choir was big, 43 singers of all ages. The orchestra was ready to contend with all the bigness of the choir and the wonderful pipe organ in La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church in Scottsdale and they did so successfully.
The showstopping moment in the house (of worship) came in the last movement of Saint-Saens Organ Symphony. The thunderous bass chords of the organ were answered by the equally thunderous chords of the heavy brass and bass viols and celli, while the effeminate violins held their own with the aid of the other instuments, such as the violas, who were ably led by their principal violist, Carolyn Broe. I found the movement vaguely reminescent of the end of Tchaikowsky's 1812 Overture when the Canons go off between the battle of the French and Russian National Anthems. The applause from the house (of worship) was also loud for this piece.
If Brett Robison, the conductor of the SAS, can locate the Rhapsody in Blue music for his next All American Concert, we can all expect another big success for his orchestra.
The showstopping moment in the house (of worship) came in the last movement of Saint-Saens Organ Symphony. The thunderous bass chords of the organ were answered by the equally thunderous chords of the heavy brass and bass viols and celli, while the effeminate violins held their own with the aid of the other instuments, such as the violas, who were ably led by their principal violist, Carolyn Broe. I found the movement vaguely reminescent of the end of Tchaikowsky's 1812 Overture when the Canons go off between the battle of the French and Russian National Anthems. The applause from the house (of worship) was also loud for this piece.
If Brett Robison, the conductor of the SAS, can locate the Rhapsody in Blue music for his next All American Concert, we can all expect another big success for his orchestra.
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