This well as there are only 4 orchestral parts in the Scherzo as opposed 6 in the rest of the piece. I remember years ago playing a performance with the BSO where I was playing 5th and moved down to play assistant on the Obbligato movement while the rest of the section played the orchestral parts - Last year I saw the NY Phil do essentially the same thing.
The piece is quite fun "blow" and it is so well written that there is very little need for an assistant for most of the piece. c >>> <[email protected]> 2/12/2010 12:56 PM >>> When I've heard it in concerts, the first horn plays the obbligato part in the 3rd movement (Scherzo) and the first horn part for all the other movements. The third horn usually takes over the actual first horn part for the Scherzo. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Gross <[email protected]> To: 'The Horn List' <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 11:50 am Subject: [Hornlist] Mahler 5 Sitting here watching our very unusual snow event and I started wondering about how the Mahler 5 is hanlded by horn sections. Does the Principal play the obligato part and hand off duties to someone else for the rest of the piece? _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/pmjilka%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/cwilhjelm%40pascack.k12.nj.us _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
