Salonorchester Glasgow plays @ Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow
11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 17:15
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Set 1
- Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975): Waltz II from Suite for Variety Orchestra (Moskow, 1950s; compiled by Levon Atovmyan from Shostakovich’s film music; Waltz II originates in music for The First Echelon, 1955)
Story: Became a hit following recording by André Rieu (1994) and inclusion in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Copyright note: Salonorchester, status of arrangements, cover songs; Soviet Union, international conventions (Berne, UCC)
- George Gershwin (1916–1937), words by Ira Gershwin (1896-1983): Nice work if you can get it (NewYork, 1937; arr. Jimmy Lally)
Story: Written for A Damsel in Distress, performed by Fred Astaire with backing vocals by The Stafford Sisters
Copyright note: EU directive (2011/77/EU) changed status of co-written work (lyrics and music of a song) to a single work
- Robert Stolz (1880–1975): Waltzing in the clouds (Vienna, 1934; arr. Art Strauss for Spring Parade, Universal movie, 1940)
Story: Stolz wrote 2000 songs
Copyright note: Music for film, synchronisation
- Gerardo Matos Rodriguez (1897–1948): La Cumparsita (Tango, Uruguay, 1916; arr. Vincenzo Billi, 1926)
Story: Became a hit in 1920s Paris; decades of lawsuits followed
http://www.totango.net/cumparsita.html
Copyright note: Contracts, royalties
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Set 2
- Charles Ives (1874 – 1954), The Unanswered Question (written 1906/08, first performed 1946)
Story: Strings (played off stage) represent “The Silences of the Druids – Who Know, See and Hear Nothing”; Trumpet intones “The Perennial Question of Existence”; Flute (“and other human beings”) hunt for “The Invisible Answer”.
Copyright note: Ives disliked the copyright system. Good music should be non-commercial and widely used. He distributed copies of his music for free. The Unanswered Question will enter the public domain in EU/UK on 1 January 2025 (70 years from end of year of author’s death).
- Art Noel & Jimmy Mesene (1908-1969) (arr. Eddie Dee) We both told a lie
Story: Waltz, recorded by Vera Lynn (1939)
Copyright note: Performers’ rights, moral rights
- Scottish trad (three jigs: Athol Highlanders, Cock of the North, The Hundred Pipers; arr. Edward Huws Jones)
Copyright note: Traditional music
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[encore]
- Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): Barcarolle from Entr’acte (Act IV) of Les contes d’Hoffmann (first performance 1881, Salonorchester arr. W. Lutz, 1952)
Story and Copyright note: Offenbach’s librettist Jules Barbier adapted several stories by the German romantic poet E.T.A. Hoffmann for an opéra fantastique about Hoffmann himself. The Barcarolle introduces Act IV which is based on a Florentine story (moved to Venice). A barcarola is a song traditionally sung by Venetian gondolieres.
Salonorchester Glasgow –
Gabriel Doucet (violin)
Shona MacLeod (violin)
Gabriel Reinés March (violin)
Martin Kretschmer (viola)
Rose Gallaway (cello)Joe Standley (bass)
Sophia Duncan (flute)
Stephen Webster (clarinet/sax)
Sharon Kretschmer (trumpet/vocals)
Ryan Corbett (accordion)
Will Blackstone (percussion)
