Noted! I will do my best to sort it asap (I am quite cross with the shop, since they showed the item as already being on order and due in stock shortly, which was the only reason I went ahead with the order .) And honestly, whatever gets picked it will be easy stuff, I promise!

I used to be able to cope with more difficult stuff but having not had it out of the box for a year......

I'll try and scan those pieces in later, Dawn. Been a bit busy etc., so sorry

Me too Will try later today or tomorrow..... Fri morning at the latest I promise!!

I may have fallen asleep on the sofa at around 8:30 yesterday and hence not been able to scan in the pieces

You seem to have enough performers Skylark. So here's what's missing from Leeds Jan 10.



Do with it what you will.

I wondered where it had got to - I might have known you'd have it


Thanks for returning it

I hope you get some new PJs for Christmas, then you won't have to wear the same ones as at Dyrham

I will try and have my camera ready next time....

I haven't got the new PJs yet but I've got my bed socks all ready

Here's some pjs/

I've sent an acknowledgement out to everybody whose form I've received. I'm some forms missing from people who I know are either wanting to accompany or wanting to take part in an ensemble. As it says on the concert web page, ensembles cannot be allocated a slot until forms have been received from *all* the participants in the group. The missing forms are also affecting the allocation of accompanists and the possibility of offering extra slots.

If you haven't received an acknowledgement and you're planning to come, can you please email me (not PM) to let me know if you've sent your form off and it's got lost, or whether you haven't yet sent your form.

If anyone has any queries, please feel free to email me (not PM).

Many thanks.

Skylark

Love the PJs that Bev has got for you, Skylark, but not sure about the socks .

Thanks for the acknowledgement e-mail.

While Skylark is waiting to allocate slots, are there any other flutey people who would like me to organise a flute ensemble? (only if a slot becomes available, as it is not on anyone's form yet)

Flute ensemble sounds good

Um. I don't really know the Prelude. I've played through it a couple of times, but I've never learnt it - just kind of sightread it through.

From the Suite Antique, I was thinking of either the Aria or the Rondeau. The latter isn't as fast as it looks because it's a quaver beat (it's written in 5/8). Have a look at the piano part and let me know what you think of these. They're in the same suite (same book) as the Prelude is in - movements 3 and 6.

If you don't like the look of either movement I'll send some other possibilities your way from the list above.




I was actually being hopeful when I did my form, and I put 'flute ensemble' down as one of my four slots!

Thanks for your patience everybody

The good news is that there will be room for some more slots, and there's no bad news

A flute ensemble will be lovely - thanks for offering to organise this, Gerald

If anybody has any changes to their form, or wants to do another duet or ensemble, would you please send me an email so that I've got all the changes/additions in one place that I can quickly access. If anyone has asked for an accompanist, I should be able to confirm who will be accompanying by early next week.

Many thanks

Great news, skyers! Thank you so much for doing this. xx

Yes, that is great news!

OK flute ensemble is on. So far I have

Babybird2
Flossie
Me

Anyone else want to join us? Nova? Emsoboe? Celeste?

That's good news, and thanks for all your organising. We could have a 6 hands one piano again (different piece) if the other two are willing. They know who they are.

Hi Skylark, if I fancy popping along on the day to watch I hope that would be ok, what do I need to do in advance?

Hi Oldnotes, you had Panthera and mwl1 last time for your brilliant performance of The Secret, but I think you may find that Panthera is not coming this time.

I have a spare pair of hands if you find yourself short of two hands .

Have you got any ideas for the flute ensemble?

Any other clarinettists going? Could we do a clarinet ensemble? I don't have any music for more than 2 though..... etc

Yes...

...and I also have some music in mind . [OK Skylark, you can tell me not to be naughty if you like!]

It depends on how many parts we can have played. At the moment we have just three names, but I have music for three, four and six parts that I could provide (some examples to tempt you to join in )

3 - Tchaikovsky "Danse des Mirlitons", Pachelbel "Canon"
4 - Grieg "Morning", Telemann "La Caccia"
5 or 6 - (anon) Londonderry Air

I will wait a couple of more days to see if anyone else wants to join us.

Unfortunately your posting came in the day after I had a play-through of the Prelude with Bev's daughter Kate, so her book has gone home again now. But I will get a chance to look at the two pieces from this suite next Tuesday, so will let you know Flossie .

Hi Gerald - feel free to take my place if you want, but oldnotes and I were talking at the York recital and I offered to do it... (Matthew and I are 'the other two' )

Also, up for the flute ensemble.

No that's OK, Celeste, I am already looking forward to hearing you three play a new six-hands piece!

Glad you will join us on the flute, though. So now we are four....

Emsoboe will be happy to join the Flute ensemble if slots allowed. I'm sure she'll be pleased to have been asked.

Edit to above post: I don't have any music for more than 2 clarinets but suspect there is a small chance I could maybe accquire some..... (teacher's supply permitting)

Yes, you can count me in if you don't already have enough people. I wondered if Flossie would like to do the violin duet we were going to do? Let me know if you would like to and I will sort out some music.

N

Music Stand (my son) plays the clarinet - he's just taken grade 6. I'm sure he'd like to do a duet or something.

It'll be nice to see you again - I'll email you




Oooo feel free to be naughty any time Gerald



Thanks for offering to put this together Dawn I've got a few quartets - I'll post what I've got in minute and you could either use those or your teacher's


Edit. OK I've got...

4 Bb clarinets:

Moon River
Haydn's Divertimento in C
Largo from New World*
Borodin's Polovetzian Dance
Schubert's Deutsche Tanze and Schottische Tanze

3 Bb clarinets plus Bass (has anyone got a bass clarinet?)

Intemezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Prelude to La Traviata

If a clarinet duet wanted to look at doing the Duet from the Pearl Fishers, I've got that one.

And I've got 3 clarinet trios arranged from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker.


*Largo lasts 2.15 minutes - don't know how long the others last.



I think the clarinettists are:
Babybird2 (next year maybe )
DawnF
emsoboe
MusicStand
nova?
skylark (I don't mind if I don't take part if there are too many - I'm usually tied up with chatting, eating, socialising making sure it all runs smoothly

Are there any other clarinettists?

I don't play clari

Doh! When I saw you'd written on your form a duet with "DawnF (clari)", I thought you must have seen the light FLUTE/Clari duet then!

Thanks for the offer of the music Skylark. As I have no idea what my teacher has and even if it is on offer at all I'll accept your kind offer but.. I have to plead ignorance and say that none of them sounded familiar apart from Moon River. What standard are we looking at for top part? and are all parts of an equal standard or is there a range of abilities catered for???

So re the slot situation....

Can all these clarinettists take part?? Was Flossie mentioned in this list? I know she plays....

If so...Who would like to be part of this?

Moon River sound good???

or one of the others?

If you post or PM me with regards to your interest I can liase with Skylark.

As for me organising it.... Well as far as I'm concerned it's a chamber group which makes us all equal parties.

And or the record, I'm more than happy to play with players of whatever level - Please don't think "Dawn's a better player than me so I won't bother..." I'm more than happy to play with whoever's interested regardless of level reached - if appropriate music can be found.

Edit: I lied! I do know one or two of the others too - Largo and have heard of La Traviata though I can't say I know the piece....

Emsoboe has 4 slots already, she hasn't played Clari for ages and has a lot on over the next few weeks. She would probably be more comfortable playing in the Flute ensemble but that's not desperate either.

Skylark, does the 4 slots rule still apply to these extra slots/groups?

I met up with nova yesterday and Moon River was her favourite too

So clarinettists are:
DawnF
emsoboe
Flossie
MusicStand
nova
skylark
Any more?

.... I'll email you, Dawn




No, now that I can see that there's not quite as many coming as at the summer concert, I can allocate some extra slots - see post below





PS. There's a few people I owe people emails to but I'm going out shortly for most of the day - I think I'll have to catch up when I get back...

Oops, my bad

OK, I will choose a piece for the flute ensemble that does not require emsoboe to play a part, but if she wants to join in then maybe she would like to double up on one of the other parts.

It seems Skylark has put her in the clarinet group, though.....

Edit: Just had an e-mail in from Skyers to say the following:

>Hi Gerald
> I'm in a bit of a rush and I'm out for most of the day, but just to
> confirm that anybody can play in whatever ensemble they want to play
> in (if there's a part for them obviously!) I would rather everybody
> played in everything and double up some parts if possible, than miss
> anybody out. Feel free to post this message if it helps but I can't
> go back on the board now - sorry for the rush but I have to go!!!


I may have confused her with my bit about emsoboe, but it seems clear to me that she and anyone else can play in one or more additional ensembles without having to change their original choices for their 4 slots.

So, notmusimum, I will choose a flute ensemble piece that does not depend on Em being in it, but she is welcome to join in when the time comes - OK?

I now have the piano part to Music Stand's sax piece, Skyers, so can scan it in and send it to anyone who's willing to play it!

She would play in the Flute ensemble so long as no one is upset by her having too many slots.

Re: Clarinet ensemble.

I'm going to await Skylark's email:

But you can all play if you want to

and possible music choice : Moon River

So far interesteds are:

ME!!
Music Stand
Emsoboe????
Nova?????
Skylark????

Anyone else? We could double up on parts if necessary.

Please confirm your interest by posting here Thanks.

When I've anything more to add I'll post here.
And we'll take it from there ok??

Just a small query.... Is there a limit to how many extra slots one can take?

I've also been discussing another duet possibility.....
DawnF

Hi guys!

Can anyone who wants to take part in the folk group please send me a PM with your email address in the next couple of days?

You don't have to have registered interest before. We've so far got a flute, a violin, either 1 or 2 singers and probably a piano. Could really do with a guitar, but more fiddles, flutes, maybe a clari would be very welcome.

I'd rather communicate via email though, please.


Also - can those of you who I've said I'll do duets with please send me a PM to remind me of the details? I've been so busy with assignments and things that I've next to no idea what I'm meant to be doing, and I need to get this all sorted before I go back to Scotland on the 23rd.

Skylark - when is the last date by which you need details of proposed 'extra' slots?

And Flossie!!



If people email me with what other duets/ensembles they want to take part in, I'll see what I can fit in. Please bear in mind the rehearsal time on the day, and the fact that everybody has to fit in rehearsals with their other duet/ensemble/accompanying partners as well - a morning's rehearsal sounds like a long time, but it flies by and it's always tight!




As soon as poss, preferably by mid-week.


Please can people email me if they've got any other queries - thank you

Is Flossie definitely interested?? Only had confirmation from one on this list. If people don't want to do this please say and then I'll not waste my time with sorting parts etc.

I could do with an idea of the kind of level interested parties are at before distributing parts. Skylark is emailing me them tomorrow.



I appreciate this Skylark I'm hoping for something simple but effective to minimise the practise time everyone needs to put in.

This is for the Flute Ensemble.

We are going to play "Morning" by Grieg. It is in four part harmony, starting in the key of G major (but there are one or two C# and D# so I hope that will be OK for everyone ). All parts are of equal importance, so they all get a chance to play a part of the main melody, and to play accompaniment notes, with Flute 1 generally the higher notes, and down to Flute 4 on the lower notes. But none are higher than top register E or lower than bottom D. As written it is not particularly difficult but it has none of the ornaments that are in the original so you are all free to add them when your turn comes to take the solo melody .

Unless anyone has a better idea, I propose to allocate the parts as follows:

Flute 1 - Flossie
Flute 2 - Babybird2
Flute 3 - Nova and me
Flute 4 - Celeste, and Emsoboe if she would like to join us. This will make a bit stronger the quieter low notes and I will make sure I can switch to this part if Em doesn't play and we decide that it would be better for the sound of the group.

I have an e-mail address for everyone except Celeste, so if she could please PM me with one I can use to send the part, then I will get them e-mailed to everyone in a printable form. If anyone would rather have a full score than just the one page part, that can be done too (3 pages). Please PM me.

The piece lasts two and a half minutes when taken at a steady pace ("Andante tranquillo") and we fluteys are going to show the claris how well we can play!

Mor poor clari hasn't been played for a while though, because I've been too busy with work. Even my flute's been neglected.

Please could I have both the part I'm playing and the full score. I like to be able to see how they fit together.


I'm happy either way. I'm being brave and doing a violin solo - it seemed like a sensible idea when I did my form.

If you would like to do a duet then I'm happy to, but I'm equally happy to wait until next time. If we do a duet this time it would need to be something that can be put together really easily on the day, because I think practice time for the morning is starting to get tight for me.

Ok, let's leave it then for now.
N

Could you send me the full score as well as the part please Gerald? Thanks