SUBJECT 4.1 | Practicalities
Study of Counterpoint and Strata
Compositional Info
Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus: Op.74
Key: B minor
Movements/Sections: 4 movements:
Adagio—Allegro non troppo (B minor, 354 bars)
Allegro con grazia (D major, 179 bars)
Allegro molto vivace (G major, 547 bars)
Adagio lamentoso (B minor, 171 bars)
Year of Composition: 1893
Source: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.6%2C_Op.74_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr)
Orchestra Info
Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal
Sous la direction de Jean-François Rivest
3 flutes (3rd doubling on piccolo)
2 oboes
2 clarinets
2 bassoons
4 horns
2 trumpets
3 trombones
tuba
timpani
cymbals
bass drum
tam-tam
strings
Recording Session Info
Salle Claude Champagne at UdeM
The recording period consisted of one set-up and measurements day on Saturday September 29, 2018, and one recording day, an orchestra rehearsal session on Sunday September 30, 10 AM - 12:00 PM, followed by some time for listening , as well as time for acoustic measurements
Timeline :
Friday Sept. 14th, 2018, 9:00-11:00: ODESSA team meeting
Monday Sept. 17th, 2018, 10:30-12:00: Martha’s team attends the 2e half of rehearsal
Friday Sept. 28th , 2018, 9:00- 9:45: Malte, Julien and Martha meet at CIRMMT to view equipment
Friday Sept. 28th , 2018, 10:30-12:30: Martha, Malte and Stefanos attend the rehearsal at the Hall
Friday Sept. 28th , 2018, 14:30: load in at McGill
Friday Sept. 28th , 2018, 15:30: Delivery at Salle Claude Champagne
Friday Sept 28th , 2018, 16:00 -17:30: storing of recording and acoustic equipment
Saturday Sept. 29th, 2018, 9:00-17:00: Set-up of recording equipment (no orchestra)
Saturday Sept. 29th, 2018, 17:00-19:00": Sound-check with Brass quintet (Charles-Antoine Solis)
Saturday Sept. 29th, 2018, 19:00-22:00: Acoustic measurement with Malte Kob SILENT HALL please
Sunday Sept. 30th, 2018, 8:00-10:00 : Audio team on stage fine-tuning microphone positions, and ready to adjust as musicians gradually arrive
Sunday Sept. 30th, 2018, 9:45-10:00: Warming up (the rehearsal starts at 10:00)
Sunday Sept. 30th, 2018, 10:00-12:30: Recording session with the whole orchestra
Sunday Sept. 30th, 2018, 12:30-13:30: Opportunities for Listening in control room
Sunday Sept. 30th, 2018, 13:30-15:30: Acoustic measurements, Malte Kob and his team SILENT HALL pls
Sunday Sept. 30th, 2018, 15:30-18:00: Take-down of equipment (2 ½)
Fall 2018 - Winter 2019: Postproduction
early Spring 2019 Upload of tracks and materials for evaluation
ODESSA Team Members
Researchers :
Martha de Francisco, McGill University (sound recording - Tonmeister)
Jean-François Rivest, University of Montréal (conductor)
Caroline Traube, University of Montréal (musical acoustics and psychoacoustics)
Malte Kob, Detmold University of Music (hall acoustics)
Stephen McAdams, McGill University (music cognition) Director the ACTOR project
Supporting staff and research assistants :
At University of Montréal :
Kevin Gironnay, technical director,
Onil Brousseau, event/production coordinator of the Salle Claude-Champagne
Sébastien Besson, régisseur de la Salle Claude-Champagne
Raphaël Néron-Baribeau, CFI project manager @ UdeM
Jean-Michel Dumas, secteur multimedia
A team of research assistants from the programme “Mediation de la musique” @ UdeM for the video documentation
At McGill University :
Jack Kelly, Doctoral student in sound recording - teaching video production
Diego Quiroz Orozco, Doctoral student in sound recording
Ricardo Morejón, Master student sound recording
Hyunjoung Yang, Master student sound recording
Noëlle Byer, Master student sound recording
Kit Soden, Doctoral student in composition
At CIRMMT :
Sylvain Pohu, production assistant
Julien Boissinot, system/technical manager
At Detmold University of Music :
Stefanos Ioannaou, B.Mus. student in Musikübertragung/Tonmeister
ODESSA
ODESSA I — Montreal
1. Perception of Violin Section
4.1. Counterpoint and Strata
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