Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2009/10

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Opening of Winspear Opera Hall...yea!
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:02:33 -0400

Forest Aten wrote:
> Joe
>
> At this point it tough. Not only is the orchestra sitting in a completely new pit/hall...but we are sitting in a completely different seating arrangement.
> The pit is very open....and it's wide....and the result is, we have a difficult time hearing musicians at the furthest distance away...side to side. It's going to require some adjustment. The great thing...the sound in the hall is very, very good.

You've brought back memories of playing with my county youth orchestra
-- the first time we played in St David's Hall in Cardiff. It
frightened the life out of us because suddenly it was like playing all
alone on this huge stage -- even people relatively close suddenly were
much more difficult to hear!

How do you go about adapting to a situation like that? I'm curious
because I realise that one of my own issues as an amateur player is
appreciating the difference between what my sound is like in the
relatively small rooms where I practise, and what it's like to the
audience in a concert hall ...

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