Welcome to #SavPhilMusicMonday
SavPhil is committed to keeping the music playing. Until we can convene again and make music together, we will be coming to you! Tune-in every Monday through September 14th for a one-on-one interviews with Maestro Harada and #Savphil Musicians, music, and more!
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August 3 Series Finale!
Sinisa Ciric
Concertmaster
Our final episode is all about the Concertmaster.
Music Selection:
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an exhibition
The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)
The Great Gate of Kiev
July 27 Featured Artist
Marsha Krantz
viola
Without the librarian, we could never put on a performance.
Music Selection:
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an exhibition
Limoges – The Market Place (Important News)
Catacombs – A Roman Sepulcher
“With the Dead in a Dead Language”
July 20 Featured Artist
Mike Daly
Principal french horn
Why does the French Horn play backwards?
Music Selection:
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an exhibition
Promenade
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
July 13 Featured Artist:
Jeana Melilli
Principal flute
Are you familiar with the one-key flute?
Music Selection:
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an exhibition:
Promenade
Tuileries – Children quarreling after play
Cattle
July 6 Featured Artist:
Jimmy Hendricks
Principal tuba
Did you know one tuba player can make the entire stage shake?
Music Selection:
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an exhibition-
Promenade
The Gnome
June 29 Featured Artists:
Andrea Pettigrew, Assistant concertmaster
Brian Seaton, oboe
The marriage of a violin & oboe.
Music Selection: GERSHWIN Piano Concerto, 3rd movement
June 22 Featured Artist:
Clayton Chastain
Principal trumpet
Gershwin’s foggy and beautiful melody is all about the trumpet 🎺
Music Selection: GERSHWIN Piano Concert in F, Second Movement.
June 8 Featured Artist:
Stephen Primatic
Principal percussionist
If you think anyone can hit the drums think again.
Music Selection: MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 – Movement II
June 1 Featured Artist:
Maggie Seay
viola
🐶Bark 🐕bark 🐱meow and 🎻viola!
Music Selection: MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 – Movement I
May 25 Featured Artist:
Keitaro Harada
Music & Artistic Director
What is the role of the Music Director? Find out more as Music & Artistic Director Keitaro Harada is interviewed by Maestro Sascha Goetzel on #SavPhilMusicMonday
Music Selection: BACH Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 : I. Preludio
May 18 Featured Artist:
Carl Polk
Principal trombone
Today’s musical selection is a special tribute to the graduating class of 2020! 📺A Trombonist who rides over 150 miles a week!? 🚲
Music Selection: ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, March No. 1 in D major
May 11 Featured Artist:
Kristen Spiridon
Principal clarinet, Education & Outreach Coordinator
One person provides the opportunity for thousands of students to experience the Philharmonic for the first time in their lives.
Music Selection: LOEWE/LERNER I could have danced all night from My Fair Lady
May 4 Featured Artist:
Ricardo Ochoa
Principal second violin
What is the role of the Second Violin and what music is universally celebrated on May 4th?
Music Selection: JOHN WILLIAMS Star Wars (Main Title)
April 27 Featured Artist:
Andrew Jay Ripley
Principal oboe
What does the Oboe and the Best New Bar of Savannah have in common?
Music Selection: BERNSTEIN Candide Overture
April 20 Featured Artist:
Annette Howell
alto – Savannah Philharmonic Chorus
Do you know the secret behind Handel’s Messiah?
Music Selection: GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
April 13 Featured Artist:
Sandra Nikolajevs
Principal bassoon
Do you know which wind instrument requires the most thumb coordination?
Music Selection:
Promenade
April 6 Featured Artist:
Erin Cassel Idnani
cello
Meet cellist Erin Cassel Idnani and listen to a Savannah favorite.
Music Selection: MERCER Moon River