Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 2012/01

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Midi Accompaniments
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:54:16 -0500

Vann Turner <vjoet@-----.net> wrote:
> What distresses me is it is replacing studio orchestras in MANY soundtracks
> these days. You may have a couple live musicians (generally woodwinds), but
> the bulk of the movie soundtrack is electronic. ...
>
> Just what the world need, cheap homogenized music. Ain't it wonderful. Such
> nuance of expression! Haven't we come far!

Being a nut for musicals, we have a season subscription to the "Best of
Broadway" series here in Portland, which gives me a chance to see the
national tours that you East Coasters can see on Broadway. I always go
down to take inventory of the pit for these shows. I have certainly
noticed how many shows have gone to just a few winds backed by a host of
synthesizers.

On the plus side, we saw West Side Story last week, and the pit
orchestra was relatively large. I counted four reeds, three strings,
five brass, two percussion, and three keyboards. Unfortunately,
although I fully acknowledge that Bernstein's music is complicated, the
orchestra had a lot more trouble than I would have expected.

Maria and Anita were absolutely wonderful. Tony, not so much.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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