Minnesota Youth Symphonies explore the musical nuances that enhance the overall orchestration. String seating is rotated each trimester; brass, woodwind and percussion rotate from piece to piece. (Badelt/Rickett) "Pirates of the Caribbean"; (Bizet) 'Carmen Suite No. 1 & No. 2; (Elgar) "Pomp & Circumstance No. 1 & 4"; (Gershwin/Sayre) "Selections from Porgy & Bess"; Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"; (Rimsky-Korsakov) "Dance of the Tumblers from “The Snow Maiden”",“Procession of the Nobles: from Mlada; Sibelius: Finlandia; Stravinsky/Isaac: Dance Infernale and Berceuse & Finale; Strauss, J.: Radetzky March; Verdi: “Anvil Chorus” from Il Travatore; (Webber) "Selections from “The Phantom of the Opera"”; (Williams) "Dry Your
Dirck Gerritsz Pomp Japan. After the expedition leader Mahu died during 1598, Pomp was given command of the "Blijde Boodschap" ("Good Tiding" or "Gospel"). Strong and adverse winds dispersed the fleet when it tried to pass through the Straits of Magellan at the foot of South America late in 1599. The "Blijde Boodschap" passed the Straits, but was blown off her course southwardly. According to the account of Jacob le Maire, Pomp observed mountainous land at latitude (64°). If so, these were the South Shetland Islands, and possibly the first European sighting of (isles off) Antarctica. Other accounts, however, do not note this