Funniest Classical Orchestra Ever... - Rainer Hersch

Have you

ever

wondered what happens to your luggage once you've checked it in? The same goes for British Airways. 160 destinations. 90 countries around the world... ...could be in any of them. First violins, second violins, violas and cellos - that's the basic line-up... Now some

orchestra

s, they swap cellos and second violins, like that... The Philharmonic, they've sat like that on occasion - that's right, isn't it? So? 'Yes, very much...' Other

orchestra

s use another formation - this one here where they basically put... ...percussion, woodwinds...brass in front and strings in a jumble behind. That's if they really hate their audience.

Other orchestras use this. This is the 'giant poodle' training... Very popular. Next up, this is the 'Tetris' lineup... That one was very popular in the early '90s. That one. And next, this is the formation you get if you put... a barbell in the rehearsal area...