Inter-aural cross-correlation measured during symphony orchestra performance in big concert halls

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 3933-3933
Author(s):  
Magne Skalevik
Keyword(s):  
Cross Correlation ◽  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
Concert Halls

scholarly journals Workers’ access to Swedish opera houses and concert halls, 1898–2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staffan Albinsson
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
Ticket Pricing ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
High Level ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Ticket Prices ◽  
Opera Houses

AbstractIn this study ticket prices to Swedish opera houses and symphony orchestra concerts are compared to wages during the 1898–2019 period. Both wages and ticket prices have increased continuously. The same kind of policy objectives concerning social inclusion of disadvantaged groups that were established in the beginning of the twentieth century is still proclaimed. The most favourable ticket pricing policies for buyers were used in the decades around the first national Cultural Policy Act from 1974. The study shows that ticket price levels have risen thereafter to a level much less favourable for low-income workers. Managements do use some price discrimination tactics. However, they do it uniformly for all events. They now focus on the promotion of special, ‘popular music’-based events as a response to social inclusion directives. The idea is that attending such performances will make visitors interested in the normal repertoire, as well. The choice of high-level ticket prices for the traditional content means that the standard audience remains monocultural.

Understanding the Effect of Geometric Forms on Indoor Soundscape Assessment: A Case Study in CSO Concert Halls in Ankara, Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (4) ◽  
pp. 1963-1969
Author(s):  
İlayda Erdoğu ◽  
Semiha Yılmazer
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Listening Test ◽  
Interior Architecture ◽  
Concert Halls

This study aims to compare the indoor soundscape of two concert halls with different geometric forms. The study included Presidential Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Concert Hall (CH) and CSO Grand Hall (GH) in Ankara, Turkey. CH was in shoebox form, and GH had vineyard form. Participants consisted of undergraduate students of the Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department of Bilkent University. Twenty females and twenty males were selected between the ages of 20-25. They were randomly divided into two groups as CH and GH. An online listening test with the same music but different recordings of each hall was applied. Also, tests had the visuals of the relevant concert hall. The perceptual data was collected with the questionnaire from ISO/TS 12913 2 Method A. The results showed that the overall soundscape quality of GH was perceived as more positive than CH. The surrounding sound in GH was more eventful and pleasant than CH.

scholarly journals Captivating and Encouraging Music Experiences ‘Wherever You Are Whenever You Want’, when Symphony Orchestra Performances are Provided Online

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åsa Bergman Bergman
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
Health Resource ◽  
Symphony Orchestras ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
Streaming Services ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Text Images

The purpose of the article is to examine what listening practices are constructed when symphony orchestras provide concert performances though streaming services. This is done by paying attention to how listening situations connected to symphony orchestras’ digital performances are characterized, how the audience is positioned in relation to the performances and the involved musicians, and furthermore to how the music is represented in text, images and verbal statements. The empirical data comprises the streaming services of two concert institutions, London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO), and was gathered during spring 2020, i.e. when concert halls were closed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The article demonstrates how online listening practices are characterized as disconnected from constraints of time and space, and free for anyone to use, anytime and for almost any reason, yet also as strongly connected to the temporal and spatial dimensions. Furthermore, it is demonstrated how the listening practices connected to online symphonic performances are constructed in line with discourses on music as a health resource or as a mood enhancer and emotional regulator, but also in line with romantic aesthetic ideals. Even if the romantic aspects are less openly stated, and thus could be understood as being challenged, such ideals seem to remain uncontested as long as they are combined with more recent discourses on music.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Concert Hall Auralization with Virtual Symphony Orchestra

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 349-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jukka Pätynen ◽  
Tapio Lokki
Keyword(s):  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
Orchestral Music ◽  
Room Acoustics ◽  
Impulse Responses ◽  
Acoustic Parameters ◽  
The Real ◽  
Modeling Software ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Better Than

Authenticity of the simulation of room acoustics is evaluated by comparing auralizations with real recordings. Impulse responses are recorded in two concert halls with 34 loudspeakers positioned on the stage in the shape of an orchestra and a 3D microphone probe for spatial reproduction. The acoustics of the same concert halls are simulated with acoustics modeling software. B-format impulse responses are calculated by using the identical source and receiver positions as in the real halls. Additionally, two processing methods are applied to the simulated responses in order to decrease the difference in acoustical impression. Objective room acoustic parameters between the real and simulated halls are compared, and a listening test utilizing convolutions with anechoic orchestral music is organized. The results suggest that the subjects can be categorized in two groups having preference of brightness or naturalness. Depending on the music style, auralizations with processed responses are assessed equal or better than the real hall in terms of instrument balance and brightness.

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