Rick, as it happens, last week I had to make a recording for a documentary of a symphonic orchestra playing Beethoven's symphony No 9 which includes "Ode an die Freude (ode to joy)".
The orchestra consisted of the strings in the left and right front, surrounding the conductor. Behind them were the woodwinds, timpani, and soloists. And in the back the choir with almost 50 people.
I have used two Rode NT2As set to cardioid pattern in ORTF on a light stand up in the air at around 3m nearby the conductor. I used two Rode NTG3s in a wide spread AB manner on the far left and right.
And my UM46K recorded the wide shot and sound with on-camera mics, for some room atmo.
It came out surprisingly well, considering that this was the first time I have recorded a huge symphonic orchestra and I had limited possibilities. My book about recording techniques recommended using 4 main mics and 16 supporting microphones (which I obviously did not
have available).
After mixing all tracks together and doing some mastering it sounded great (of course it isn't on the level of a completely professional made recording) and you could locate the instrument sources in the sound space quite nicely.