Extra! Extra!

The crazy and wonderful Janacek Sinfonietta takes 26 brass to play, quite a bit over the usual complement even for a Wagner opera. San Francisco Symphony kindly provided me with the following:

Horns – Robert Ward, Jonathan Ring, Bruce Roberts, Jessica Valeri, Doug Hull (assistant)

Trumpets –

On stage: Mark Inouye, Micah Wilkinson, Jeff Biancalana

On the terrace: Ron Blais, Michael Tiscione, Jeff Lewandowski, Justin Emerich, Scott Macomber, Brad Hogarth, Adam Luftman, David Burkhart, John Freeman


Some position detail for the terrace trumpets:

Balcony   1 Adam Luftman

               2 Mike Tiscione

               3 Jeff Lewandowski

               4 Justin Emerich

               5 Scott Macomber

               6 Brad Hogarth

               7 David Burkhart

               8 John Freeman

               9 Ron Blais

                

Bass Trumpet – Mark Lawrence, Timothy Owner

Trombone – Timothy Higgins, Paul Welcomer, Chris Hernacki, John Engelkes

Euphonium – Matt Tropman, Bruce Chrisp

Tuba – Jeffrey Anderson

Le Martyr de Saint Sebastien has some unusual orchestration too, like three harps and two keyboard players.

Harp: Douglas Rioth, SFS principal; Jieyin Wu and Karen Gottlieb

Keyboard: Robin Sutherland, SFS principal; Marc Shapiro
UPDATE: corrections to some player names, plus more detail about who was where in the trumpets.