I went to a concert by the Euclid Orchestra http://www.euclidorchestra.com/ Sunday, May 17th., motivated partly by the desire to hear a symphonic orchestra at less than Severance Hall prices, that the...mellow feel and the attack is more mellow on a crescendo, than on staccato or sfortzando. So, very often, violin will come in on counterpoint rising in amplitude and almost sneaking into the piece