Posted by Ace on July 09, 2003 at 23:27:17:
In Reply to: Neilson 4 posted by Chuck Jackson on July 09, 2003 at 22:47:00:
Chuck,
High? You aren't looking at one of the trombone parts are you? (The G. Cherry disc provides those parts also.) I played this work a year or so ago and used my Meinl Weston 2145 CC. The tuba part fits very nicely in the contrabass tuba range. An F tuba could be used, but I see no compelling need for it. Musically, it was a thrill to play this work. It is a very fine symphony indeed. If you are going to be playing it, you'll love the exposed pppp passage at #40, and the several aerobically challenging fff passages. There are some wonderful passages where the tuba seems to be the rock-bottom foundation of the entire orchestra-----it's the sort of stuff that makes orchestral tuba playing so very special.