Why does the orchestra look different this week? The answer is antiphonal seating! This seating arrangement was typical in many Classical-era orchestras—Haydn, in particular, was known to write his first and second violin parts to be in conversation with one another, so an antiphonal seating arrangement allows for this kind of conversational writing typical in Classical-era music to be better heard; like listening to the music in stereo, if you will. Don’t miss Kavakos, Mozart and Shostakovich t