Who knew? Stokowski was the first to put winds first

Who knew? Stokowski was the first to put winds first

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norman lebrecht

February 18, 2022

We reported yesterday that Ivan Fischer rejigged his orchestra to put the winds up front beside the soloist in Stravinsky’s violin concerto.

Professor Per Hannevold, principal bassoon of the Bergen Philharmonic, has sent us this picture from Philadelphia in the early 1930s, showing that Leopold Stokowski thought of it first.

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