Symphony Happens

BACK STAGE PASS!

We saw/heard the Fort Collins Symphony on the 4th of July at City Park. They were quite marvelous then, and we just knew we would hear them again soon. It turns out we had our chance last night! There was a late announcement that Lincoln Center was allowing a select few to come backstage to listen to a rehearsal and actually BE ON STAGE for part of the rehearsal!!

Here is music director Wes Kenney telling us about the music we will be hearing tonight. He will direct the orchestra and we will be right there with the musicians as they play the 'National Anthem', John Williams' '1984 Olympic Fanfare' and Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Dance of the Tumblers'.

We sat in the row behind the violin section and in front of the woodwinds. No photography was allowed, but my camera was set on movie mode, and it was collecting a few frames! Here Mr. Kenney is addressing the cello section.

Now he is asking the violin section to be a little more 'andante' on that last part!

The sound was amazing! We never experienced symphony like this before!

We were on stage for about 30 minutes. After that, we were allowed to listen to the rest of the rehearsal in the music hall. I took a few pictures from there as well:

They are really quite good!

The harp player was on break at this moment! We never heard her play! We will have to check the FoCo Symphony out again real soon!