Cadenzas...

How do you notate an out of time cadenza in an orchestral score? Thanks.

I've usually just seen the candenza put in a "suggested" time frame and then with the words candenza written over it. The performer should know that this is not a place to take in time.

I'm not so worried about the performer, more the other parts - how do they know when the cadenza's finished?

the cadenza usually modulates to different keys. When the soloist plays the (I think) 7th of the key and holds it in a trill or something, that usually informs the others of when to come back in. It's something like that.

If it's an orchestral score, the conductor should know when the cadenza is over. They have the score right in front of them. In cases like that, it's the conductor's job to pull the rest of the orchestra along, not the individual performers.

If this is meant to be more intimate without a conductor, then you could easily place cues in everyone else's parts. That's the way its done for piano parts of a solo piece.

Ah, thanks. I'll just leave it on the score then - if this was ever performed, it would definitely need a conductor.