1. SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
by T. Oglezneva 751

2. INCLUDES 4 GROUPS OF
INSTRUMENTS
• Stringed
• Woodwind
• Brass
• Percussion

3. HISTORY
• Music played by ensembles belonged to the
church or was performed privately
• Small ensembles consisting of the lute, viola,
flute, oboe, trombone, harp, drum

4. 18 CENTURY
th
• The main role of the
stringed
• The group of
woodwind
instruments: the flute,
oboe, bassoon
• Timpani and trumpet
were included
• The clavecin

5. CLASSICAL SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
• 30 stringed
instruments
• 2 flutes
• 2 oboes
• 2 bassoons
• The clarinet
• 2 trumpets
• 2-3 French horns and
timpanis

6. THE MODERN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
From 60 to over 100 musicians

7. THE STRINGED SECTION
is the most numerous

8. THE WOODWIND SECTION

9. Piccolo Flute Oboe
Clarinet Bassoon
Saxophone

10. THE BRASS SECTION

11. French horn Trumpet
Trombone Tuba

12. THE PERCUSSION SECTION

13. THE KEYBOARD
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14. THE BEST ORCHESTRAS
According to “the Gramophone” publications
1. Royal 6. Bavarian Radio
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra
Amsterdam 7. Cleveland Orchestra
2. Berlin Philharmonic 8. Los Angeles
3. Vienna Philharmonic Philharmonic
4. London Symphony 9. Budapest Festival
Orchestra Orchestra
5. Chicago Symphony 10. Dresden Staatskapelle
Orchestra 14. Mariinsky Theatre
Orchestra

15. ROYAL
CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA
• Founded in 1888 in Amsterdam
• Chief conductor – Mariss Jansons
• A collection of nearly 1000 recordings

16. LONDON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Founded in 1904
Played soundtracks for Star Wars, Harry
Potter, the Twilight etc

17. Sir Colin Davis – the Michael Tilson Thomas -
President principal guest conductor
Daniel Harding - principal Andre Previn –
guest conductor conductor laureate

18. VALERY GERGIEV
• Principal conductor
of the LSO since
2004
• The Artistic and
General Director of
the Mariinsky
Theatre
• Great ability to
capture the
audience

19. • Internationally
recognized
• The founder of the
great amount of
festivals
• Opened the Carnegie
Hall season
• Brought fame to the
Mariinsky Theatre

20. CONDUCTOR
• A leader of the symphony orchestra
• Uses a baton to conduct the orchestra
• Endowed with a solid knowledge base of
music, musical instruments
• Has nice ear
• An interpreter of musical compositions

22. • Lesson plan
• Topical plan
• Presentations

24. THANK YOU FOR
ATTENTION!