Today, a friend is bringing me a bootleg CD of the 2011 Ohio Light Opera production of Jubilee. I've aways been curious to hear exactly what the musical director did to my orchestrations since OLO always rescores their productions to fit their orchestra. So, with Jubilee, they cut the saxes, piano-celesta and guitar-banjo and added 2nd Flute, 2nd oboe, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and 2nd trombone. When the Cleveland reviewer gave my orchestrations a poor review, I was fit to be tied.
And the rhytmn section was just bass and drums? For a Cole Porter piece? I'd be interested in that as well. Doesn't make sense
It turns out I was wrong about the piano; it's there but no celesta. The thythm section was two players: drums, marimba, vibes, temple blocks, chimes, bells, etc.
