[Trombone-l] OT: Sibelius' 7th request

[George Butler]

Hi Howard,
   
  Wow, must be a pretty good community orchestra!
   
  I heard our local orchestra, the Estonian National Symphony, perform Sibelius Seventh almost two weeks ago.  It was a beautiful performance, in contrast to what was happening outside the hall, where the second night of rioting was happening in downtown Tallinn.  Seems that the youth of our minority Russian population here in Tallinn took offense at the government's decision to move a Soviet-era war memorial, from a downtown square to a military cemetary.  They protested by breaking windows and emptying the Hugo Boss and the Giorgio Armani stores, among others.  Eleven hundred were arrested over the two nights.  Moscow is quite unhappy with its little neighbor.
   
  Afterwards, my wife and I went back stage to say "Hello" to the conductor, our old friend Olari Elts.  Olari invited us to his thirty-sixth birthday party back at his apartment, just a couple of blocks away from the concert hall.  It was the first party that I have attended where the host felt obligated to warn the guests, "Don't stand by that window--that's the one that a brick may come through."
   
  I'll check with the section guys here--they may still have the parts--and let you know.  
   
  For those of you on the list who don't know the piece:  the horn and trombone chorale towards the end is the same passage that plays when you open your Sibelius music notation software.  Beautiful writing for trombones.
   
  By the way, I never got around to responding to the list a couple of weeks ago when the topic was P.D.Q. Bach's tromboon.  "Tromboon" is the Estonian spelling for trombone.  (I don't think Professor Schickele knows that, but now all of you do.)
   
  George Butler
  Tromboon Opetaja (Teacher)
  Lasnamae Muusikakool
  Tallinn, Estonia
  
Howard Spindel <howard at sci1.com> wrote:
  Somewhat off-topic for this list, but maybe someone can help me.

My local (non-profit) community orchestra would like to play 
Sibelius' 7th symphony. I'm all for it, of course, since I'd get 
that juicy solo.

The problem is I can't find parts anywhere. Is anybody on list 
associated with a university that might have parts in their library 
that we might perhaps borrow/rent?

Thanks!
Howard


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