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In Reply to: RE: Orchestral Players -- 2 Questions posted by goldenthal on April 19, 2015 at 17:06:31
I'm not an orchestral player, but in 40 years of attending concerts with major orchestras (e.g, those listed below), I have never seen orchestra memebrs stand to applaud a soloist (although they will sometimes applaud while seated).
Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, Philadephia, Concertgebouw, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic.
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More often, shuffling their feet or refusing to stand when asked to is a sign of the musicians' respect for soloists and conductors. Though rare, I've seen it done a few times.
-Bob
In just about all cases I've seen, if the orchestral musicians aren't standing (as directed by the conductor), they applaud the soloist.... The string players by gently "waving their bows" in applause. The remaining musicians will also applaud if they have a means to do so without risking damage to their respective instruments.
Rehearsal quantity varies with countries - more in USA and Germany, less in the UK as far as I know. Anecdotally UK musicians claim this makes them hot sight readers.
Volodos was a bit of a "sensation" many years ago. We're past that now. I thought he mostly did solo recitals anyway.
Thanks, Andy.
I heard Volodos play 2 things years ago, over fm which used to be worth something up here in the frozen north. One was the "Rach 3" and the other was the Schubert G+ (op. 78?). I thought those performances were very musical. I've heard nothing of his (over internet radio now) since then except for stuff on youtube where he appeared maybe a bit unhinged. Still, a great technique. I've wondered if it was just me, or whether he really was a very promising young talent.
That sort of thing has happened to be before: in 1962, I heard a very young Richard Goode perform the Schubert D+ (op. 52?). That performance was unforgettable, yet afterwards, at least in my neck of the woods, Goode sank from sight, not to be heard of again for almost 20 years. Retrospectively, I find his playing since I rediscovered him in about 1980 to amply confirm my initial assessment. Will Volodos likely do the same in years to come, or was he just a "flash in the pan"?
Jeremy
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