Rossini's Overture: La Gaza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) with three sections, was written in 1817 according to an internet article (yeodoug.com) for a small symphony, which made sense to me given the size of the Grossmont Symphony, according to the article; "Rossini wrote the opera for a small opera house which had a small pit for the orchestra, hence, he scored the opera for a small orchestra which includes a single trombone". Although the article goes on to explain that Rossini's range of the work is not that high, and he utilized a single trombone, the Grossmont Orchestra used a contra horn (sousaphone) along with a trombone for the part. Prior to reading this article I noticed this part as being quite raspy, but upon further reading of the article I think this was Rossini's intent. Upon further reading I learned that this part is rather difficult to achieve (master) with the higher octave trombone. Upon reading this article and listening to the piece, I think it was written for a small to medium sized concert hall. Along with the trombone and sousaphone, an oboe was also utilized and the entire strings (violins, cello) section played a major part. The piece consisted of three parts, with all three, filled with melodic highs and lows and conversations between the Oboe, horn and string sections. The full symphony would give away to string melodies and solo voiced instruments like the oboe and lower brass. All three movements in the piece carried the underlying melodies with varying tempos between them. The second piece, I particularly enjoyed, was "symphony in d minor" written sometime between 1886 and 1888. This piece also consisted of three movements, Lento, Allegreto, and Allegro Non Troppo. The 1st section started with the lower sections of the symphony, with a brooding tone that gave way to the full ensemble and upper strings turning into a flighting melody of the faster paced violins. The two sections, represented by the lower tones and upper tones, would trade off carrying the main melody. The 2nd section began with f

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