Ellen,
Here's probably more info than you need/want.
Extracted from the program notes:
"Juliet Quartet", composer Joseph Goodrich, originally written for
violin, viola and four-hand piano, arranged for orchestra by James
Casey Rule. The original piece was commissioned by Ambassador Ryan
Crocker, US Ambassador to Syria, in response to a request of
violinist Timothy Schwarz for a piece that would incorporate a Syrian
melody and an American melody and that would be played on a tour of
the Middle East in 1998. It incorporates the melodies "Lama bada
yatasana" and "All the Pretty Little Horses". It was named for
Juliet Wurr, Public Affairs Officer for the US Embassy in Damascus at
the time.
The orchestral arrangement opens with handbells. It's a quite lovely
piece.
The concert announcement was here:
http://www.visitdelaware.com/event.htm?e=655&s=shopping
Carlisle
On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Ellen Woodard wrote:
And what, pray tell, was the piece?
Ellen Woodard
(a horn player who does a lot more ringing - handbells, that is -
these days)
Carlisle Landel wrote:
So there I was, subbing on 4th for the local community orchestra. (I
got the plea for me to sub with two rehearsals to go, including
dress.) One piece was a premiere of an orchestral arrangement of a
piece that included handbells. It was dress rehearsal and it turned
out that there weren't enough handbell players to cover the parts.
The percussionists were otherwise occupied. The third and fourth
horns were sitting out for this piece, so I volunteered to play the
handbell in G.
Yep.
It's official.
I am now a ringer!
Carlisle
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