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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000055.txt from 2005/05
From: Gerhard Veith <Gerhard.Veith@-----.de>
Subj: [DR-L] temperature
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 19:30:23 -0400
The Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra plays every year the last five or six weeks
of it's season in an outdoor setting . Since in our evening performances
maximum temperatures have never been an issue, but minimum temperatures are, we
have a rather complicated regulation only about the latter.
There are three electronic thermometers installed in our pit, one near the
concertmaster stand, one on the woodwind side, and a third on the brass section
side, each at about a height of 1,20 m. The temperature measurements have to be
aken in the presence of at least one member of our orchestra committee and one
representative of the theater directory. The temperature in question is always
the average of the readings of the three permanently installed thermometers.
* At 5 pm the temperature has to be at a minimum of 17°C. If this minimum
hasn't been reached, the performance at 8.30 pm will be cancelled. This has
happened strangely rarely, even on very cold days.
* A second and last measurement is taken during the interval of the
performance. Here the temperature has to be still at a minimum of 14,5°C for
the performance to go on. After this point there is no more temperature limit.
Our record so far has been 8°C at the end of the performance on a rather fresh
July night. You can imagine what it sounds like under such circumstances.
* The tickets will be refunded to the audience if the show is cancelled
altogether, or if it is not resumed after the break. Once a single note has
been performed after this point, there are no more refunds. The risk of this
happening because of rain is a lot greater than because of cold, though.
* Substitute players get half the fee if they have to show up but don't play
which happens not too infrequently because of rain. Once the performance has
started, they get their full fee. Fees for having kept the appointment in case
of a cancelled performance are subject to individual negotiations. The
orchestra members receive their monthly salaries independently of the number of
individual services played.
Best regards,
Gerhard Veith
Augsburg, Germany
> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 18:30:24 +0200
> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> From: "Silvia Coricelli" <coricelli@-----.es>
> Subject: temperature
>
> I would like to ask those playing in professional orchestras if you have
> rules that establish a minimum and maximum temperature accepted for outdoors
> concerts. I would appreciate any feedback.
>
> Silvia Coricelli
> Principal Bassoon
> Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
>
> coricelli@-----.es
>
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