The first ever comprehensive guide to the techniques of orchestral playing and the development of non-professional orchestras. Covering all areas of orchestral music-making--instrument technique and combination, ensemble, layout, repertoire and presentation--Christopher Adey explores the responsibilities of both players and conductor, exposing many of the inadvertent results of interpretation with regard to sound and projection, and broadening the musical communication to which the less experienced orchestra can aspire. Written in a lively and authoritative style, this is a book that should be read by performing musicians of all standards, instrumental teachers and aspiring conductors, and all who have any dealings with the performance of youth or student orchestras throughout the world, as well as anyone interested in what orchestral performance entails.
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"This is a unique book from the pen of a distinguished musician whose experience both as orchestral musician and conductor provides a sensitive insight into the techniques and artistry involved in creating memorable performances. Christopher Adey's searching and comprehensive survey poses an answers the most important questions about a wide repertoire. As the lucky recipient of performances of my own music by the author I am well placed to recommend it as essential reading for all who love the orchestra and its music." -- Edwin Rodburgh
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Christopher Adey is Britain's most renowned specialist in the training of student orchestras and was Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music for fourteen years.
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A thorough guide for conductors and instrumentalists,
This review is from: Orchestral Performance: A Guide for Conductors and Players (Paperback)
Christopher Adey's Orchestral Performance is an outstanding compendium, guide and reference book for all musicians interested in instrumental playing and conducting. This guide is laid out in a clear, concise, and sequential manner which comprehensively addresses every issue relevant to conducting (or playing), including; instrumental technique, performance, rehearsing, orchestral layout, transposition, and the physics of instruments. A highly recommended book which can be read all the way through (some 860 pages) or used for reference purposes. Thank you, Mr. Adey!
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Boring,
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This review is from: Orchestral Performance: A Guide for Conductors and Players (Paperback)
This is a pedantic book that might have some appeal to academics, but it seems to me repetitive and almost useless for serious and accomplished professionals. I also found it a difficult read, lacking in cohesion.
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The string section of the symphony orchestra comprises violins (divided into two groups), violas, cellos and double basses, and this quartet of instruments formed the foundation of the symphony orchestra for a considerable period of time before that with which this discussion is specifically concerned. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
znd violins, znd horn, inexperienced orchestra, inexperienced section, ist trombone, large string group, znd movement, ist oboe, ist violins, timpani writing, ist horn, legato tremolo, ist trumpet, orchestral tuba, student instrumentalists, timpani notes, aural concentration, student orchestras, ist player, brass group, concerto repertoire, other orchestral instruments, orchestral use, projected sound, alto instrument Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Violin Concerto, Richard Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich Symphony, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Stravinsky The Firebird, Dance Suite, Elgar Symphony, Stravinsky Petrouchka, Stravinsky The Rite, Tba Timp, Debussy La Mer, Fifth Symphony, Mussorgsky Pictures, Norman Del Mar, Related Techniques, Schubert Symphony, Sibelius Symphony, Ravel Daphnis, Stravinsky Symphony, William Tell, Britten The Young Person's Guide, Cello Fig, Concert Master, Debussy Printemps New!
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The string section of the symphony orchestra comprises violins (divided into two groups), violas, cellos and double basses, and this quartet of instruments formed the foundation of the symphony orchestra for a considerable period of time before that with which this discussion is specifically concerned. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
znd violins, znd horn, inexperienced orchestra, inexperienced section, ist trombone, large string group, znd movement, ist oboe, ist violins, timpani writing, ist horn, legato tremolo, ist trumpet, orchestral tuba, student instrumentalists, timpani notes, aural concentration, student orchestras, ist player, brass group, concerto repertoire, other orchestral instruments, orchestral use, projected sound, alto instrument Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Violin Concerto, Richard Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich Symphony, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Stravinsky The Firebird, Dance Suite, Elgar Symphony, Stravinsky Petrouchka, Stravinsky The Rite, Tba Timp, Debussy La Mer, Fifth Symphony, Mussorgsky Pictures, Norman Del Mar, Related Techniques, Schubert Symphony, Sibelius Symphony, Ravel Daphnis, Stravinsky Symphony, William Tell, Britten The Young Person's Guide, Cello Fig, Concert Master, Debussy Printemps New!
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- Ein Heldenleben: Tone Poem for Orchestra, Op. 40 (Dover Miniature Music Scores) by Richard Strauss on 6 pages
- Treatise on Instrumentation (Dover Books on Music) by Hector Berlioz on 5 pages
- The Rite of Spring (Dover Miniature Music Scores) by Igor Stravinsky on 4 pages
- An American in Paris by Gershwin on page 50, page 112, and page 172
- The Flying Dutchman (The Black Dog Opera Library) by Richard Wagner on page 290, page 533, and page 545
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- The Cambridge Companion to Conducting (Cambridge Companions to Music) by José Antonio Bowen in Back Matter
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