Posted by Steve Haddad on December 02, 2001 at 21:26:46:
In Reply to: contrabass Christmas gig posted by js on December 02, 2001 at 20:59:23:
I've played the Rutter "Gloria" several times, alway on Eb tuba. Mr. Rutter, being English, probably heard it first realized on a good old Besson Eb, and the part works very well on that instrument. None of the above, however, in any way invalidates your decision to play in on a bigger horn.
Steve Haddad