Christmas Concerts in the Provinceof Soria.

Soria Symphony Youth Orchestra (J.O.S.S.) gave three concerts in the province of Soria this Christmas. The concerts were given on December 20^th, 21^st and 22^nd in the evening. The first one was given in Soria on the 20^th at 8 o'clock in the Avenida Theatre. The tickets cost 5 Euros and the benefits went to UNICEF.

1st Part;

• Franz Schubert: symphony nº 3 in D

Allegro Maestoso
Allegretto
Minuetto
Presto Vivace

2nd Part:

• Trish-Trash Polka, Opus 214, Johan Strauss (junior)
• The marriage of Figaro, overture, KV 492 , W. A. Mozart
• Kaiser Waltzer, O. 437, Johan Strauss (junior)
• On the beautiful blue Danube, O. 314, Johan Strauss (junior)
• Radetzky March, O. 228 Johan Strauss (senior)

The concert on the following day was given in the centro cultural of Olvega at 7 o'clock and it was free. The pieces played were the same, but many people went to see it too.

The last concert was given in Burgo de Osma, in the Centro Cultural San Agustin at 20:30. As the wind instrument musicians were missing, the concert was only for strings. The pieces played were:

1^st part:

• Intermezzo from the opera Goyescas for string orchestra of E.Granados
• Concert in D for violin and orchestra of Felix Mendelsson:

o Allegro

o Andante

o Allegro

2^nd part:

• Adagio for strings of Samuel Barber
• Quintet for clarinet and strings in A, KV 581 of W. A. Mozart

o Allegro

o Adagio

o Menuetto & Trio

o Allegretto con variazioni

All the concerts were directed by Vicente Alberola. He also played the solo clarinet part in the quintet by Mozart. It was a greatly played. The solo violin part of the concert in D of Mendelssohn was also greatly played by Teimuraz Janikashvili Kobulash. The best of all is I appeared in the photo of the local newspaper (in the left corner). It appeared in the Heraldo de Soria on 21^st December 2008. You can listen to us playing at this link.