AN INSTRUMENT CALLED ORCHESTRA

PERFORMERS

Sergi López narrator
Marcel Ortega conductor
Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
Original idea and script: Javier García

CONCERT FOR: Primary schoolchildren from 8 to 12 years old and secondary school students from 12 to 18 years old
REGISTRATIONS AND MORE INFORMATION

A lovely, fun presentation of the orchestra as an instrument, where, little by little, the various sections or instrument families that make it up are introduced, ending up with a musical journey to explore the sonic and expressive possibilities of a symphony orchestra.

PROGRAMME

1st and 2nd Violins · ”Cançó del lladre” (traditional Catalan song)
Violas · “El Rossinyol”(traditional Catalan song)
Cellos · “La Dama d’Aragó” (traditional Catalan song)
Double basses · “El ball de Sant Ferriol” (traditional Catalan song)
String orchestra · “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”, Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G Major, by Mozart. Restatement of the 1st movement.
String orchestra · “Pizzicato Polka”, by Strauss
Harp · Introduction to “Waltz of the Flowers”, by Tchaikovsky
Woodwind · “En Pere Gallerí” (traditional Catalan song)
Woodwind · Pasodoble “Amparito Roca”, by J. Teixidor
Timpani · “Baixant de la Font del Gat” (traditional Catalan song)
Snare drum, Bass drum and Cymbals · Introduction to the “Radetzky March”, by Strauss
Orchestra · “March” from “The Nutcracker Suite”, by Tchaikovsky
Orchestra · “Chinese Dance” from “The Nutcracker Suite”, by Tchaikovsky
Orchestra · “Trepak” (Russian Dance) from “The Nutcracker Suite” by Tchaikovsky
Orchestra · “Perpetuum mobile”, by Strauss
Orchestra · “Tritsch Tratsch” Polka, by Strauss
Orchestra · “Farandole”, from Suite No. 2, “L’Arlésienne”, by Bizet
Orchestra · “Les Toréadors”, from Suite No. 1, “Carmen”, by Bizet
Orchestra · “Radetzky March”, by Strauss