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In Reply to: RE: In my house... posted by Inmate51 on November 04, 2014 at 10:44:42
"I've not seen an orchestra recently which places the first violins to the left of the conductor and the second violins to the right..."Quite common in Europe, and even in San Francisco when Herbert Blomstedt comes to town. I suspect it's because that's the seating for the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig.
Seem to recall the Berlin Philharmonic uses the 'firsts' on the left and the 'seconds' on the right. Been a while since I heard them live in Berlin (with Abado).
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I need to get to Europe again soon!
So, where does the conductor place the double basses and the timpani in those cases? ;)
:)
Looks like the timpani upper middle and percussion is upper left?
Do like firsts and seconds on either side of the conductor as you can really hear in interplay between sections much more clearly in some works.
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra with the basses on the left!
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THat orchestra is backwards!! I have been to a lot of concerts in Europe and never seen a setup like that.
What I want to know is: What the heck is going on there?! There's people playing, people yucking it up, people paying attention, a bassoon player scratching his nose, etc., when the conductor is on the podium!
That is the funniest photo of an orchestra that I've ever seen!
:)
Conductor: "How does it sound with the double basses on the left side?"
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