At 11:53 AM -0500 2/10/05, Andrew Stiller wrote:
Hold any instrument in reserve until a certain moment, then bring 'em on--a shiver up the spine is guaranteed. Don't have to be trombones.
This jogged my memory, Andrew. That's exactly what Monteverdi did in "L'Orfeo," saving the trombone choir until the scenes in the underworld (Act 3? 4?). An absolutely wonderful moment that creates exactly the effect you cite.
John
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