What’s the point of second violins?

What’s the point of second violins?

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norman lebrecht

May 22, 2017

Paul Arnold of the Philadelphia Orchestra says: ‘As a middle voice player, it’s a tremendous insight into how the music is constructed—you’re very inside of the architecture of the music. I have played first violin at length in this orchestra, and I somehow find that when I play second violin I know the piece differently.’

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Full interview here.

 

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