[Closed] Now Playing - Part XXI

Erik Woods wrote


I'm not talking about "watching" other players play, I'm talking about the players listening to the other sections play while they are either resting or playing along. The players can feel the energy of the entire piece when playing together and that will in turn will be represented in their own performance.

I've witnessed this during Michael Giacchino recording sessions. There were moments where after playing a piece together for the first time that you could tell that the entire orchestra was feeling the energy of the music. After finishing they would all start chattering, laughing or looking around at other members of the orchestra with this look of amazement on their faces. They would then play the piece again and the performance this time had a bit more gusto. Once the piece was finally recorded and then a break was called, members of the orchestra would run to the booth just to hear the playback. I don't think you could get the same energy or sheer joy of performing as a full orchestra by playing your parts separately. While it still would be flawlessly performed I doubt you would have the same emotional performance as you would when played together as a group. Also, when playing together players can hear what other instruments are playing along with them. This can directly affect the performance as well. They might make adjustments to their performance to compensate for that.

-Erik-