• 02-29-2008, 12:19 AM
    3-LockBox
    I just went to my first symphony
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    But it was still pretty impressive. I'm going again.
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  • 02-29-2008, 04:16 AM
    Brett A
    What did they play?
  • 02-29-2008, 04:25 PM
    bobsticks
    Hey 3LB,

    Out of curiosity, what part of the country are you in? It might be that there are some recordings readily available of whichever ensemble you had the pleasure of viewing.
  • 02-29-2008, 10:44 PM
    3-LockBox
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    They played:

    The Fairest Of The Fair by J.P. Sousa

    Radiant Joy by Steven Bryant

    North from Brooklyn Bridge (for clairnet and symphony band) by Michael Daugherty

    exerps from An Alabama Song Book by Donald Grantham

    Wedding Dance from Hasseneh by Jacques Press
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