On 25 Feb 2008 at 14:47, Ray Horton wrote: > OK - that's one reported pro "Distratto" performance! (No report on how > many, if any, of the fiddlers brought their alternate instruments.)
Some Googling turned up this: Cleveland Orchestra, 2002 http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=18550 St. Louis Symphony, 2006 http://slso.org/notes/09-29-2006.htm New York Philharmonic, 1991 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DF163DF932A1575AC 0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Philadelphia Orchestra, 2007 http://www.dobsonorgan.com/html/instruments/op76_philadelphia/op76_rec itals.html Philadelphia Orchestra, April 2008 http://www.philorch.org/styles/poa02e/www/prognotes_20070412.html San Francisco Symphony, 2006 http://www.sfcv.org/arts_revs/sfsym_3_14_06.php I found no evidence that Boston or Chicago had done it, but I just googled the orchestra names and "Distratto" to find these. It seems to me that the best professional orchestras are programming this piece *all the time*, and not a single one of the reviews mentioned any switch of instruments by the players. Doesn't mean it didn't happen, but I see no evidence anywhere for the idea that any professional orchestra has switched instruments when programming this popular work. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
