A Conversation for Orchestras
Philharmonic or symphonic?
Unin_Filtrado Started conversation May 3, 2005
I have been going crazy over this notion I had : Philarmoncs orchestras have strings (mainly piano) and Sinphonicas do not.
It turns out I cannot find confirmation for this in any source of information, Encarta makes no mention of it, nor does the dictionary or anything at all.
I even found an article of the Colombian National Philarmonica saying that a lot of people will tell you otherwise, but that there is no difference betwen one and the other.
Please help! 
Philharmonic or symphonic?
janexxx Posted Jul 30, 2006
Nope...no difference actually, just a name.
Any orchestra will have a piano if the scoring requires it, but this is not usual unless of course it is piano concerto being played 
(tho' some contemporary Russian Symphonies call for a piano).
Chamber Orchestras tend to be smaller (so would not tackle Mahler or Berlioz)
Concert Orchestras tend to play more popular repertoire
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