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I would ask that anyone over 25 - who can identify this - refrain from clicking the "thank" button, and only those who are 18 to 25 (and working on "the list") click "thank" IF they can immediately identify this excerpt.

(Several things came to mind that I could have offered up as fairly good that-funny-feeling-in-your-chest audition "sight-reading" examples, but I settled on this one.)
...and yeah...I realize that most of the under-25 crowd aren't on tuba discussion lists.

What's weird is I recognize that but have no idea what it is. And of course am not, ha, under 25.

Mary Ann wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:23 am What's weird is I recognize that but have no idea what it is. And of course am not, ha, under 25.

well...They wrote concerti for two instruments that you play.

Just listened to it yesterday, thinking how good it would be for an audition.

I like the piece more and more the older I get.

LOL…
I finally sat down and played through this last night - after all these years of never bothering.
It’s sort of fun to play, so I played through it several times - working on tightening up the rhythmic accuracy and phrasing.
The contrabassoon begins the movement playing some of the same stuff, and – after the horns make a over-the-top loud statement, and the trombones play a couple of measures of ascending chords - the tuba restates it, and (as seen) really goes to town. I have to believe that it was originally played on French tuba.
I listened to a recording of it (a San Diego recording) and I could’ve sworn there was a cut in it.

"I'm sorry, first bar of 74 sounded more like a 32nd rest than a 16th rest.

NEXT!!"

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 7:01 am "I'm sorry, first bar of 74 sounded more like a 32nd rest than a 16th rest.

NEXT!!"

bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:40 am LOL…
I finally sat down and played through this last night - after all these years of never bothering.
It’s sort of fun to play, so I played through it several times - working on tightening up the rhythmic accuracy and phrasing.
The contrabassoon begins the movement playing some of the same stuff, and – after the horns make a over-the-top loud statement, and the trombones play a couple of measures of ascending chords - the tuba restates it, and (as seen) really goes to town. I have to believe that it was originally played on French tuba.
I listened to a recording of it (a San Diego recording) and I could’ve sworn there was a cut in it.

A playing of the craziest parts written for that little thing would be a hell of a masterclass/recital.

I think the most telling thing about this if it were asked at an audition would be the tempo/style. If only this page were put in front of someone, I could see it being played "correctly" but VERY wrong.

As someone who is 30+ and worked on "the list" ten years or so ago and forgot everything in the interceding years, I give - what is the excerpt? PM me if it's still a super-duper secret.

nothing new: Gliere