Schenectady Symphony virtual performance of ‘Bach to Basics’ announced | The Daily Gazette
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Tenor Brent Weber, left, and pianist Philip Fisher will be guest performers with the SSO. (photos provided)
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The Schenectady Symphony Orchestra has announced its second virtual concert of this COVID-affected season.
Artistic Director Glen Cortese has arranged an all-Bach program titled, “Bach to Basics,” which will feature two of the Brandenburg Concertos, numbers 3 and 5, along with Cantata #160 and his own arrangement of “Sheep May Safely Graze.”
The concert, which is being performed and recorded Saturday night at Proctors, will begin streaming at 10 a.m. on March 15 and be available through the end of the day on March 31.
Schenectady Symphony offers virtual Poinsettia Pops concert | The Daily Gazette
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A producer looks at a screen with several camera angles as the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra records its Christmas concert at Proctors last weekend. (Peter R. Barber/Staff Photographer)
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They didn’t picture the musicians wearing masks or sitting six-plus feet apart on stage.
Yet, this is 2020, so that’s exactly what happened last weekend when they recorded Poinsettia Pops on Proctors’ stage. The virtual concert, which features a dozen songs, will be available for people to view starting Tuesday and running through Dec. 25.
It marks a first of its kind for the orchestra, which hasn’t been able to get together to perform, let alone rehearse, since January because of the pandemic. Making it happen took weeks of behind-the-scenes work, including securing sponsorship.