Northwest Mahler Festival Reading Sessions: Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Konov
Free (Free)
Alexander Scriabin — Symphony No. 4
Konov — Variations on a Theme of Gershwin
Julian Scriabin — Selected works
Alexei Girsh, conductor
Rachmaninoff – Isle of the Dead
Scriabin – Symphony No. 4 ("Le Poème de l’extase")
Konov – Variations on a Theme of Gershwin
This event is an open reading session where local musicians (professional, amateur, and student) may experience an opportunity to play an orchestral work that they might not usually have an opportunity to. Each reading session is led by a different conductor, thus giving all participants a chance to experience various conducting styles, and is very unique.
Reading sessions are free for all participants and listeners. Donations will be gladly accepted at all reading sessions. All participants must register; listeners do not need to RSVP.
About the Northwest Mahler Festival
The Northwest Mahler Festival was founded in 1995 by three Seattle area musicians, Dan Weiss, Robin Miller, and David McBride, to provide the opportunity for local area musicians, including serious avocational musicians, professionals, and talented students, to experience the large-scale Romantic works not generally accessible to smaller local orchestras, and to bring this music to the public. This includes works for orchestra alone as well as for orchestra and chorus.
Since 1995, the NWMF has held open reading sessions each June to explore this literature. Readings are open to all qualified musicians, and draw as many as a hundred participants from throughout the Seattle region and beyond. While family and friends are welcome to come and listen, the readings are not performances. Rather, each session is spent exploring a given piece of music for the musical growth and enjoyment of the participants. Readings to date have included the symphonies of Gustav Mahler as well as major works by a range of Romantic and other composers including R. Strauss, Bruckner, Shostakovich, and others. A wider range of music including major works by Britten, Honegger, Nielsen, Stravinsky, Szymanowski, and others has also been explored.
The readings have also included sessions devoted towards exploring new music for large orchestra by local area composers. In addition to allowing local area musicians to experience these works, the reading sessions provide a unique opportunity for local and regional area conductors.
About Northwest Mahler Festival
The Northwest Mahler Festival was founded in 1995 by three Seattle area musicians – Dan Weiss, Robin Miller, and David McBride – to provide the opportunity for local area musicians, including serious avocational musicians, professionals, and talented students, to experience the large-scale Romantic works not generally accessible to smaller local orchestras, and to bring this music to the public. This includes works for orchestra alone as well as for orchestra and chorus.
http://nwmahlerfestival.org