CRELLIN
In Memoriam
WEBER
Clarinet Concerto No.2
Clarinet Philip Arkinstall
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No.3
Conducted by
Keith Crellin OAM
Corpus Medicorum has enjoyed a long and successful association with one of Australia’s master all-round musicians and in this concert we are very proud to play Keith Crellin’s own composition ‘In Memoriam’. We welcome back Philip Arkinstall to play Weber’s delightful 2nd Clarinet Concerto and then the orchestra will complete this second Rebirth concert with Rachmaninov’s lesser known but possibly most mature work – his Symphony No.3.
REHEARSALS - all at Orchestra Victoria Dame Joan Hammond Hall Southbank
Wednesday May 18th - 6:30 - 9:00pm - STRINGS ONLY
6:30 – 7:30 ‘In Memoriam’
7:45 – 9:00 Rachmaninov bits focussing on the Fugue in mvt 3 and the scherzo section of the 2nd movement.
Thursday May 19th - 6:45 - 9:30pm - FULL ORCHESTRA
6.45 – 7.45 Weber
8:00 – 9:30 Rachmaninov
Friday May 20th - 6:30 - 9:30pm - FULL ORCHESTRA
6:30 – 9:30 Rachmaninov
Saturday May 21st - 9:30am - 4:30pm - FULL ORCHESTRA
9:30– 12:30 Rachmaninof
1:30 – 2:30 Weber
2:35 – 3:45 Rachmaninof
4:00 – 4:30 Crellin
Sunday May 22nd - 12:00noon - 3:00pm - FULL ORCHESTRA @MRC
12:00 – 12:45 Weber
12.45 – 1:15 Crellin
1:30 – 3:00 Rachmaninof
CONCERT - 5pm May 22nd at the Melbourne Recital Centre
PARTS -
there are paper parts for ALL desks - RACHMANINOV bound copies of practice parts and original string parts are available. WEBER - original bowed parts. CRELLIN copies of practice parts
CRELLIN - ‘In Memoriam’ strings only (Box folder contains .mp3 file, programme notes and score)
WEBER - Clarinet Concerto 2 - 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 - timp - str
RACHMANINOV - Symphony 3 - 3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] - 4 3[1.2.atp] 3 1 - timp +5 - hp - cel - str (perc: bd, cym, sd, tri, tamtam, xyl)
REHEARSAL NOTES -
scroll to the bottom…..
COSTS -
will need all of you to contribute please…..(students and pros exempt)
$200 - make sure you select Corpus Medicorum
Please send Trish an email when you have paid…. admin@corpusmedicorum.org.au
ORCHESTRA LISTS -
WEBER
violin 1
Richard Keuneman*
Lucy Crawford
Daniel Stefanski
Marissa Loh
Sarah Chang
Annie Chen
Mary Muirhead
Bronwyn Francis
Stephanie Kuek
Viviane Dubosq
TianTian Lan
Vivian Yu
Quynh-Chi Nguyen
violin 2
Sonia Baldock*
Rowan Thomas
Allen Gu
Shu Su
Jarrod Hepburn
Janine Manwaring
Deepak Subramanian
Marcus Choi
William Hoang
Xavier Yu
Igor Jakubowicz
Connor Vincent
viola
Phillip Antippa*
Danny Neumann
Garry Zhu
Jean McMullin
Yota Yoshimitsu
Rod Hunt
Setsuko Minamikawa
Tim Harkin
Natasha Holmes
Kate Cherry
Genna Verbeek
cello
Tony Prochazka*
Rachel Lind
Anita Vinton
Ruth Saffir
Charlotte O’Leary
Barbara Manovel
Jacinta Holmes
Phillippa Clements
double bass
Douglas Rutherford*
Zoë Gladstones
Angel Lee
Tasman Armytage
flute
Irena Laska
Lisa Orme
oboe
Stephen Robinson
Heather Siddons
bassoon
Matthew Maiden
Thomas St John
french horn
Brendan Jubb
Phoebe Smithies
trumpet
Jason Heise
Grace Went
timpani
Erica Rasmussen
RACHMANINOV
violin 1
Richard Keuneman*
Lucy Crawford
Daniel Stefanski
Marissa Loh
Sarah Chang
Annie Chen
Mary Muirhead
Bronwyn Francis
Stephanie Kuek
Viviane Dubosq
TianTian Lan
Vivian Yu
Quynh-Chi Nguyen
violin 2
Sonia Baldock*
Rowan Thomas
Allen Gu
Shu Su
Jarrod Hepburn
Janine Manwaring
Deepak Subramanian
Marcus Choi
William Hoang
Xavier Yu
Igor Jakubowicz
Connor Vincent
viola
Phillip Antippa*
Danny Neumann
Garry Zhu
Jean McMullin
Yota Yoshimitsu
Rod Hunt
Setsuko Minamikawa
Tim Harkin
Natasha Holmes
Kate Cherry
Genna Verbeek
cello
Tony Prochazka*
Rachel Lind
Anita Vinton
Ruth Saffir
Charlotte O’Leary
Barbara Manovel
Jacinta Holmes
Phillippa Clements
double bass
Michael Fortescue*
Douglas Rutherford
Zoë Gladstones
Angel Lee
Tasman Armytage
Malcolm Grenness
Chris Hughes
Flute
Ajay Iyengar
Irena Laska
Lisa Orme - piccolo
Oboe
Stephen Robinson
Heather Siddons
Andrew Kawai- cor anglais
Clarinet
Jeffrey Rosenfeld
Kate Stockwin
Linda Mileshkin - bass clarinet
Bassoon
Matthew Maiden
Simon Alexander
Thomas St John - contrabassoon
French Horn
Brendan Jubb
Phoebe Smithies
James Barber
Julien Robinson
Trumpet
Jason Heise
Catherine Brennan
Grace Went - contralto
Trombone
Cian Makilides
Hugh Brigden
Ben Hunt
Tuba
Sue Bradley
Timpani
Erica Rasmussen
Percussion
Wallace Jin
Christine Flood
Sarah Su
Natalie Grant
Belinda Young-Healy
Celeste
Charles Su
Harp
Erica Chan
REHEARSAL NOTES -
Rachmaninof
Firstly, I know that everyone will have their favourite recording by now but for me, the master still has it. Rachmaninof’s 1939 version is the closest to the score that anyone gets – funny that. There are a lot of recordings that just go over the top in terms of ritenuto and tempos are rather too slow or too fast. They become vehicles for ‘great’ conductors and I think often lack musical strength. Of course there are great performances amongst these but for our purposes, I like to firstly go to the composer’s recordings. I do the same with Beethoven. I am not going to interpret the work as a carbon copy of the composer, but certainly see his markings as a good template and a starting point. The below tempos aren’t set in stone but will give you an idea of where I’m at.
Allegro moderato. MM crotchet = 116
Fig. 1 MM= 96
Poco piu mosso after figure 3 MM = 100
Fig 5 MM = 88 with great flexibility in the rubato bar. This rubatop is more in the early iterations of the second theme than later on but hopefully I’ll be clear.
Violin entry of theme again rubato but moves faster after the entry to get back to MM=88 at figure 7.
Fig 8 MM = 120
We’ll skip the first time bar going straight to violas at the bridge into the development.
This at MM = 116
Allegro molto 4 before fig 14 we’ll start at 144 and as we progress may get to his MM = 152
But clarity is a priority here over speed. There are lots of rubato sections through the development but that will be clear from my baton.
3rd bar of Fig 19 MM = 138
Fig 22 MM = 120 starting a little easier than that but generally circa that number.
Fig 23 MM = 112
Fig 24 MM = 104 returning to recapitulation at MM 96 – 100
Fig 26 2nd and 3rd bar optional cut (half bars actually)by Rachmaninof I really like as it truncates this melody and adds tension to the moment. Interestingly, Eugene Ormandy’s recording keeps these bars in with Rachmaninof’s imprimatur.
Figure 32 This now faster (than the first time) at MM 132
F
Fig 33 MM = 88
Fig 34. Slightly moves forward
Adagio ma non troppo
MM = 50
Fi 44 MM = 60
Fig 47 MM = 152
Fig 62. I beat in 2 back to 4 at 63
Fig 66 again in 2
5th and 6th bars of Fig 68 I beat in 6 with much rubato
Allegro
MM = 132
Meno mosso after Fig 78 MM = 60
Allegro vivace (fugue) MM = 138
Moderato before Fig 95 MM = 60
Allegro vivace MM = 138
Fig. 99 MM = 100 (subito)
Fig 103. MM = 76
Fig 105 tempo moves on
Fig 107 MM = 66
Two before 108 moves on again circa MM = 80
Allegretto (coda) MM = 92
Allegro vivace MM = 152