SUBJECT 5 | Practicalities

Subject 5

Jul 23

Written By ODESSA Research Team

Study of Contrast

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