Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions

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Posted by goldenthal (A) on April 19, 2015 at 17:06:31

As a mere pianist, I seek your expertise re the following 2 questions:

1. When approaching live performance of a familiar orchestral piece (not to say "war horse"), how much do modern (i.e., current) and, let's say, top-drawer orchestras and visiting (again, highly regarded) conductor rehearse? Remember, they've both been through the piece many times before though not, for my purposes, together. In the modern age, how close does rehearsal come to "minimal"?

2. Altogether different: I have seen, on a number of occasions, orchestral musicians rise to applaud a particularly gifted soloist (though I'll concede that such a response may be limited to that performance of that piece -- still, imagine Schnabel, or Fleisher, or Grumiaux, or Bjoerling). Is there any hint of consensus among you folks regarding Arkady Volodos and whether he'd be likely to provoke such a response (and what's he doing these days, or is that worth knowing)?

Thanks,

Jeremy

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Topic - Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - goldenthal 17:06:31 04/19/15 (16)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - pbarach 19:20:12 04/22/15 (1)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - goldenthal 21:58:07 04/22/15 (0)

Not precisely an answer to your questions. - mwhitmore 16:28:01 04/22/15 (3)

RE: Not precisely an answer to your questions. - learsfool 23:00:39 04/22/15 (1)

Thanks. - mwhitmore 11:13:07 04/23/15 (0)

RE: Not precisely an answer to your questions. - goldenthal 17:14:42 04/22/15 (0)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - learsfool 20:46:54 04/21/15 (4)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - goldenthal 21:16:52 04/21/15 (3)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - learsfool 23:27:27 04/22/15 (2)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - goldenthal 12:18:39 04/23/15 (0)

"The average classical recording nowadays has a minimum of 1,000 edits!" - Chris from Lafayette 09:26:05 04/23/15 (0)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - pbarach 04:06:28 04/20/15 (4)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - hesson11 10:42:04 04/20/15 (1)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - Todd Krieger 17:16:37 04/20/15 (0)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - andy evans 09:15:09 04/20/15 (1)

RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions - goldenthal 21:35:35 04/21/15 (0)

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