Aaron Rabushka <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I've heard a live Beethoven 9th and a live Beethoven
>7th (Indiana Unviersity orchestras) where they doubled the woodwinds (and
>the horns in the 7th) and used huge string sections (10 basses in #7). Not
>bad if you like your Beethoven Wagnerian.

Brings to mind that I've heard when Berlioz was in his experiment period,
he experimented, naturally, with "masswirkung" and he should have composed
a piece for 4 orchestras, which should be placed at each wall of a church
with the audience in the middle...can anyone provide more info on this?

James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>