In Stockhausen's "Gruppen" (1957), the orchestra is split into three similarly constituted ensembles, each led by its own conductor.
Luciano Berio's treatments of Verdi songs called "Eight Romances for Tenor and Orchestra" were split in half, with four before intermission and four after.
The orchestra is split into two: an ensemble of just 18 players is in the pit, another 50 musicians are positioned behind a gauze at the back of the stage.
Derek Bermel's "Elixir" (2006) had elements in common with Mr. Current's work, at least in the sense that different sections of the orchestra, here split between the stage and two balconies, lead nearly independent lives.
(Kozinn) NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Today and tomorrow This weekk the orchestra has split into two ensembles: one to play the regular subscription program, conducted by Christian Zacharias, at Avery Fisher Hall, the other to play Handel's "Messiah" at Riverside Church.
Quasi una Fantasia...". for piano and instrumental groupings at the start, and the searing "Gravestone for Stephan" for guitar and a similarly split orchestra at the end.
The orchestra is effectively split into two ensembles facing one another across the platform, though playing in accord rather than engaged in conflict.
And the LSO's situation was particularly precarious because it was often unclear who was in charge, with control of the orchestra's affairs split between a player-chairman and a managing director.
The afternoons are devoted to "enrichment" -- 42 students are in the orchestra, the rest are split among African dance and drumming, step dancing and chess.
In "Spectra," a study in orchestral color composed for the New York Philharmonic in 1960, he split the orchestra into seven distinct groups, deployed separately on the stage so that each could be heard independently or in combination with the others.
