An invitation to a LilyPond powered concert

[Jan Rosseel]

Dear LilyPonders,

 

In about two weeks’ time, SCORA will make its premiere with the Leuven Alumni Orchestra (Leuven, BE). Dates are 14 December (20:15) and 15 December (15:00)

 

SCORA is a synchronised system for letting orchestra’s play from displays/tablets. The rendering is based on Lilypond, for various reasons. One of them being the quality of the rendering for which I do get very positive feedback.

 

I have 5x2 free tickets available for members of the LilyPond community who might want to see the system in action. Tickets are given out on a first-come-first-serve basis, and can be claimed at address@hidden. Given the cost, and that we are playing for a full house, I do expect you to show up if you claim tickets ;-) We don’t like to have empty seats.

 

Some links:

Short company intro: www.scora.net

Orchestra: www.lao.be

Some reading on our joint project: http://www.kuleuven.be/english/news/leuven-alumni-orchestra-swaps-sheet-music-for-tablets

 

It’s an interesting concert, even without taking into account the SCORA system. The program:

·         Hugo Alfven – Midsommarvaka

·         Sergei Rachmaninoff – 3^rd piano concert (!) with Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort (laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2006) as pianist

·         Jean Sibelius – 5^th Symphony

 

For the curious: yes, we have entered all that music in LilyPond. A daunting experience, especially the Rachmaninoff piano concerto. I need to figure out copyright issues (Rachmaninoff died just 70 years ago) to see if I can make the sources (or part thereof) available to show what LilyPond is capable of.

 

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JanR