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In the Thread: Instrumental music vs. orchestrated counterpart
Post Subject: Instrumental music vs. orchestrated counterpartPosted by Romy the Cat on: 4/10/2007

 mats wrote:
I was once again forced to ask myself if this kind of musical intensity and expression is even possible if there is an entire ensemble at work.  Perhaps instrumental music will always have a potential for greater artistic expression than its orchestrated counterpart.
I disagree. Instrumental music has no intrinsic advantages over "orchestrated" music in term of expressiveness. However, “simpler” instrumental music has more chance to be delivered in successful shape.  The large music is made by the efforts of many people, various causalities and numerous variables. Those all variables have less luck to come together during a single  given performance. Do not forget that larger “orchestrated” music has way more complex demand for recording and reproducing techniques that should not be taken out of accounts. How many times might-be-OK performances did not work for me because I was sitting at the wrong place in a concert hall or was distracted by any other circumstances. With “bigger” orchestrated music the amount of those circumstances is higher and it is not a surprise that it is simpler to get “greater” impressionism by minimalist conditions. Still, when everything withn “large” music works fine then "orchestrated performance"  has own expressive means that has own added value.

Rgs, Romy the caT

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