Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2009/10

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] First performance....new Winspear Opera House, Dallas, Tx
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:32:00 -0400


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forest Aten
> Subject: RE: [kl] First performance....new Winspear Opera
> House, Dallas, Tx
>
> Joseph
>
> It is a great space. It's going to take a little adjustment
> in the pit. In our old venue, the orchestra was mostly under
> a cover....this pit is mostly wide open. Yikes! It's also a
> long way from one side to the other. Watching the
> conductor....is a necessary evil in this pit. :-)

That was one of the first things I noticed in your pictures. Means you
won't be able to hide as much, but more to the point, I would venture to
guess that the orchestra will sound a lot better out in the house. Those
pit covers look pretty but sound horrible.

Has the orchestra experimented with positioning inside the pit? i.e.
woodwind positioning, string positioning and such? I know with the opera
that I've recorded, the positions of the players makes a pretty huge
difference in the final sound- both on tape and in the house. How many
players can you fit in there?

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Long Beach, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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