Re: Senior Recital Music


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Posted by Wade on November 13, 2003 at 00:58:09:

In Reply to: Senior Recital Music posted by Weldon on November 13, 2003 at 00:04:39:

Have you ever player the Ralph Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folk Song? It is quite nice.

The Hindemith Sonata for Tuba and Piano is very hard and has an accompaniment that nearly requires a concert pianist, so, while not the best suggestion for your current situation, you might want to get it and take a look anyway. (Do not be intimidated by the cadenza in the third mvt. It is just a ton of very carefully subdivided counting.)

A wonderful "space-filler" (meaning a piece that can be put together quickly) is the Paul Holmes Lento, which is quite easy to play and gives ample opportunity for a tubist to sink or swim solely as as an interpretive musician, and it has an easy accompaniment.

As far as brass quintet, try the Bach Contrapunctus IX, which is a fugue arrangement that really gives the tuba a great part that is pretty equal to the other four.

You could try Canzona per Sonare No. 4 by Gabrieli, transcribed by Graeme Page (Canadian Brass Series). It is hard, but it is a very nice arrangement. (Do not get the Robert King arrangement by mistake!)

Then there is the Purcell Fanfare in C arranged by Keith Snell. Very good trumpet stuff.

There is a nice Duke Ellington Suite that has a great arrangement of Take the "A" Train that is a lot of fun to perform. It was arranged by Jack Gale.

Also, you might want to try the Jeff Holmes arrangement of the Beatles' When I'm Sixty-Four, which is much easier than the others I've mentioned so far.

And finally, the Jack Gale arrangement of After You've Gone is pretty hard in spots, but very do-able for a college recital. It has a tricky solo towards the end.

Good luck to you!

Wade "blah, blah, blah" Rackley


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