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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000032.txt from 2006/10

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Mozart Gran Partita
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:44:07 -0400

That would be a great opportunity to try something I have always wanted to
try. Set the musicians in two groups facing each other, not a tight
crescent. Move it around to give a nice sound wherever the audience sits.
Some of Stokowski's seatings were very effective with full orchestra and
they were certainly unconventional.
Herb

On 10/8/06 12:16 PM, "Geoffrey Bridge" <geoffrey.bridge@-----.com> wrote:

> Anyone out there got suggestions for a seating plan for the K361 Gran
> Partita for 12 wind and bass?
>
> We have an idea to perform it "in the round" with oboes at left hand
> end, clarinets then bassetts, then 4 horns ending with bassoons and
> string bass completing a tight circle. The audience would be all
> round us - which may or may not be an advantage. The audience
> wouldalways have a players back to them which may not work well. The
> acoustic is of the ectremly resonant kind.
>
> Maybe a conventional layout would work best but which one?
>
> Any thoughts, anybody?
>
> Thanks
> Geoff
>
>
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