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From:  Craig Tompkins <craigtompkins@t...>
Date:  Wed Jun 14, 2000  8:49 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] repertoire w/orchestra request


LYNDA313@a... wrote:

> I've been asked to sing with a Houston, TX area community orchestra with whom
> I have performed in the past. The performance is their holiday concert in
> early December, and they've asked that the literature be appropriate to the
> season. What the conductor has told me is that he needs:
>
> 1. a piece for choir and orchestra,
> 2. a piece for soprano (me) and orchestra, and
> 3. a piece for soprano, choir, and orchestra...to make up a group in the
> second half of the concert. Can anyone think of an appropriate work or group
> of works that might fit this bill? Thanks for any ideas you might share.

Hi Lynda:

Apart from the obvious Messiah/Christmas Oratorio/l'Enfance du Christ, I wonder
if there is anything by John Rutter that might work in your circumstances. My
brain is not up to speed right now so when I think of some more ideas, I'll send
them along!

Cheers,
Craig, Burnaby BC



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