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

[David W. Buckley]

Interesting to hear about the riots. My wife and I were in Tallin several 
years ago on a cruise and it was apparent from the comments of out tour 
guide that the Estonians did not like the Russians, to say the least. She 
kept pointing out examples of the Russian brutalist style of srchitecture, 
including the city hall. She also mentioned that a number of Russians stayed 
in Tallin and I wondered how they were getting along. Obviously not too 
well.

It appeared to us then that Tallin had a very high level musical community. 
She spoke so proudly of their choir festival and the location was part of 
our tour.

Hope the riots got sorted out.

Dave .

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Butler" <georgebutler2003 at yahoo.com>
To: "Howard Spindel" <howard at sci1.com>
Cc: "Trombone List" <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] OT: Sibelius' 7th request


> 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 th
> e 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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