Re: Tuba for quintet
Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 2:19 pm
Yes, unlike the Janacek Sinfonietta, though it's really more than a fanfare.bloke wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 12:45 pm I guess I always sound like Eeyore, and maybe that’s some of what Wade was scolding me about…
…I like (the full/real version of) this fanfare OK. I hate it with just a brass quintet (missing important chord tones).
As far as a somewhat short fanfare, my favorite one is the really short version of the Richard Strauss fanfare (as recorded by Philip Jones), but – if something needs to be SUPER short – then this Dukas thing is pretty cool, and it’s written by a name composer.
So many fanfares - which were commissioned for special occasions (within the past three decades or so) - are really stinky (and frankly, embarrassing to perform).
The thing about the Dukas is that it can be tacked on to the front end of a of an orchestra concert
- with no risk of going overtime
- without having to hire extra musicians (standard orchestral brass section)
Rick "a way to hire every trumpet player with a weird instrument collection in town" Denney