Posted by Steve Marcus on July 01, 1999 at 22:45:06:
In Reply to: Re: contrabass concerto? posted by Jay Bertolet on July 01, 1999 at 16:40:45:
Jay, I'm confused by your answer to Dave L's question. He asked about concertos for contrabass tuba, and you responded with an example of a concerto for bass tuba. Did you mean that the Anderson Concerto is written for contrabass tuba? It certainly can be played on a CC or a BBb (and, indeed, Sam Pilafian may have played a CC on his recording), but the third movement hangs around high F# a lot, and the piece ends with a long sustained G# (yes, folks, the Bydlo note). Wouldn't this be better suited to an Eb or F horn? (For the sake of this conversation, we'll assume that the key of B minor doesn't pose any significant intonation problems on any horn).
As far as a concerto written EXPRESSLY for contrabass tuba, didn't Gene Pokorny commission John Stevens to write such a piece for him to perform with the CSO?