Orchestral Performance : A Guide for Conductors and Players

by Christopher Adey

• ISBN13: 9780571177240
• ISBN10: 0571177247
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1998-05-07
• Publisher: Faber & Faber

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix	(4)
Introduction	xiii
PART I Fundamental Principles	3	(178)
1 Strings	3	(31)
2 Woodwind	34	(22)
3 Horns	56	(24)
4 Brass	80	(34)
5 Timpani and Percussion	114	(32)
6 Harp and Keyboard	146	(35)
PART II Performance Techniques	181	(300)
7 Strings	181	(81)
8 Woodwind	262	(41)
9 Horns	303	(29)
10 Brass	332	(66)
11 Timpani and Percussion	398	(56)
12 Harp and Keyboard	454	(27)
PART III The Infusion of Quality	481	(202)
13 Strings	481	(44)
14 Woodwind	525	(25)
15 Horns	550	(36)
16 Brass	586	(44)
17 Timpani and Percussion	630	(30)
18 Harp and Keyboard	660	(23)
PART IV The Orchestra as a Whole	683	(110)
19 Layout	683	(12)
20 Rehearsal	695	(23)
21 Performance	718	(49)
22 Concerto Accompaniment	767	(26)
PART V General Considerations	793	(56)
23 Repertoire	793	(37)
24 Related Aspects	830	(15)
25 A Consideration of Perspective	845	(4)
Appendix Analysis of the Timpani Writing in the First Movement of Schubert Symphony no. 8 in B minor	849	(10)
Index	859