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1:30-4 Rehearsal Program B - Gala Conlon, Norman, Wall, O'Connor, Griffey, Robinson, *** Symphony Chorus BEETHOVEN COPLAND COPLAND 7 Concert Program B - Gala Conlon, Norman, Wall, O'Connor, Griffey, Robinson, *** Symphony Chorus SMITH COPLAND COPLAND BEETHOVEN I'm off this concert! speeches and music my oil and water cocktail good day to stay home

off no concert today bike leaning in the garage legs and ears weary

11-1:30 Rehearsal Ravinia C Conlon MAHLER 2:30-5 Rehearsal Conlon MAHLER BEETHOVEN final symphony the composer says goodbye rehearsal endless

2:30-5 Rehearsal Ravinia A Conlon, Ohlsson SCHUMANN PROKOFIEV WAGNER 8 Concert Ravinia A Conlon, Ohlsson WAGNER SCHUMANN INTERMISSION PROKOFIEV serge prokofiev sometimes the thing of beauty is hard to endure and here's a better one from my friend Max Prokofiev Fifth wonderful woodblock writing viola, less so

off Ravinia stage the acoustical science theater of pain

Concerts this (last )week A Wednesday, July 15 Wagner - “Siegfried’s Funeral March” from Götterdämmerung Schumann -Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 James Conlon, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano B Saturday, July 18 Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man Copland - Lincoln Portrait Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 ( Choral) James Conlon, conductor *** Symphony Chorus Erin Wall, soprano Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Morris Robinson, bass Jessye Norman, narrator C Sunday, July 19 Mahler - Symphony No. 9 in D Major James Conlon, conductor Monday, July 13 off fall behind again Haiku – Bruckner melodies fleeting in the mind

12:30-3 Rehearsal Ravinia C Conlon, Fried TCHAIKOVSKY TCHAIKOVSKY TCHAIKOVSKY 5 Concert Please note: live cannons during 1812 Overture Ravinia C Conlon, Fried TCHAIKOVSKY INTERMISSION TCHAIKOVSKY TCHAIKOVSKY the year that was famous overture battle scarred – mighty number bad time for my ears

off screens beside the stage heads turned see only the thing right in front of them

2:30-5 Rehearsal Ravinia B Conlon, DeYoung, Skelton MENDELSSOHN MAHLER 8 Concert Ravinia B Conlon, DeYoung, Skelton MENDELSSOHN INTERMISSION MAHLER the beat elusive hopeful glance at podium gone before I played

10-12:30 Rehearsal Ravinia B Conlon, DeYoung, Skelton MAHLER bird above the stage singing with the orchestra this year - still not deaf

day off lengthy Adagio right on time – the train whistle never so welcome

2:30-5 Rehearsal Ravinia A Conlon, Bronfman MENDELSSOHN BRAHMS 8:00 Concert Ravinia A Conlon, Bronfman SMITH MENDELSSOHN INTERMISSION BRAHMS parking lot soliloquy slow people walking right in front of my bumper what if I nudge them?

Ravinia week 1 Concerts this week A Tuesday July 7, 8 PM Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 James Conlon , conductor Yefim Bronfman , piano B Friday July 10, 8 PM Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 ("Italian") Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth") James Conlon , conductor Michelle DeYoung ,mezzo-soprano Stuart Skelton ,tenor C Sunday, July 12, 5 PM Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite No. 1 Tchaikovsky - “1812” Festival Overture, Op. 49 (with live cannons) James Conlon , conductor Miriam Fried ,violin Monday, July 6 2-4:30 Rehearsal Ravinia A MENDELSSOHN BRAHMS I'm off concert A. Also, since I'm quite busy these days with non bass blog activities, I'm going to have to limit the amount of writing I do. With that in mind, all posts about this season at Ravinia will be in Haiku form. first day thrumming cicadas heat...