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Concerts & BookingsAttending a ConcertThe Australian Brandenburg Orchestra concerts are entertaining and welcoming to all patrons with varying levels of musical knowledge. Here are a few tips to help you along the way. We hope that you enjoy the experience, that we see you again and that perhaps one day you'll become part of the Brandenburg family. Parking For our concerts at the City Recital Hall Angel Place, the closest available parking is Wilson Parking, accessed via Pitt Street, just prior to Angel Place. Lifts from the carpark lead directly into the foyer of the City Recital Hall. What time to turn up The City Recital Hall Angel Place is open one hour prior to a concert starting time but feel free to arrive 20-30 minutes prior to the performance commencing. This will give you time to wind down from your day at work, from rushing around after the kids or fighting with the traffic. You can pick up a programme, enjoy a glass of champagne, catch up with friends (or make some new ones!) and get into a different frame of mind to sit back, relax and enjoy the performance. We suggest you allow extra time if driving on a Friday night as traffic tends to be at its worst. Running late? If you are running late, don't worry! Although entry into the hall is retstricted once the performance has commenced, ushers will let you in at a suitable break in the performance. This may be between pieces during the applause or at interval. The venue ushers will assist you with this. Pre-Concert talks We offer complimentary pre-concert talks at all of our evening concerts. These are conducted by music historian Alan Maddox and provide an informative and entertaining background on the concert programme, composers, guest artists, soloists and various instruments. Talks commence 40 minutes prior to the concert start time and as seating is limited, it's operated on a 'first come, first serve' basis. What should I wear? Brandenburg concert goers are vast and varied and therefore so is their attire. While some attendees are casual, others treat our performances as an opportunity to dress up in their finest. As this can be a special occasion, we request that your dress is appropriate and that your personal grooming considers others. Lifts City Recital Hall Angel Place has lift access to all levels, including directly from the car park (refer to Parking above for more details). Mobile phones and other distractions For the courtesy of others we ask that you turn off your mobile phone before you enter the performance venue. Mobile phones going off during a performance can be distracting for both patrons and the musicians. Other distractions can include talking and whispering, shuffling feet, coughing and paper rustling. We would appreciate if you respect those around you and the performers on stage by ensuring that these distractions are kept at a minimum. Photographing and recording is not allowed within all performances. When to applaud Like jazz or rock and roll concerts, orchestral music concerts have a certain format, its just a little different. This is not a daunting process at all and is quite easy to pick up. Just like a book has chapters, a piece of music has several sections called movements. The musicians pause between each movement of a piece of music. It is accepted practice not to applaud between the movements, but at the end of each piece of music. Separate applause may be given to the soloist of the piece of music, which the conductor will indicate. To understand what's going on, you can refer to your programme to see how many movements there are in each piece or follow the cues from others within the audience. Why does the orchestra re-tune? The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, playing on period instruments, re-tunes during a concert more often than a modern symphony orchestra does. Generally speaking, period instruments are more fragile than their modern equivalents and are very sensitive to temperature and humidity. The strings in particular, being made of gut, a natural material, are not as stable as the metal strings on modern instruments. The materials and construction of period instruments contribute a great deal to their distinctive sound, but a consequence of this is that they tend to lose pitch more quickly than their modern counterparts. The musicians need to be able to hear their instruments and each other during the tuning process so this is a time when the audience should remain quiet. What time will the concert finish? This varies from concert to concert, dependent upon the programme. However, the majority of our concerts are scheduled to conclude by 9pm, generally running from between 1 and a half hours and two hours, with a 20 minute interval. We hope that these few simple tips add to your experience with the Orchestra. The most important thing is to sit back, relax, and enjoy the performance, it might even take you some place you've never been before. We hope to see you at a Brandenburg concert soon! |
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