It is, unfortunately, a very common excerpt on this side of the pond. I can't think of very many principal horn auditions where the Brandenburg is NOT listed. Paul
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, that´s common practice. About asking for that in an audition: I would > ask the horn player in the jury to do it first for me, so I can adopt his or > her style & play it correctly. .......... > > If a jury asks for the Brandenburg, the jury would demonstrate its > incompetence, as asking this is mere "idiotic-sadistic". No normal horn > player would play the Brandenburg 1st horn part today without using a > descant horn, special for sound reason. Where do they ask for such excerpt ? > What kind of an orchestra or better what kind of a conductor ? Perhaps a > conductor who studied horn & did not make it to the exam ????? > > ########################################################################################### > Am 22.02.2010 um 04:56 schrieb [email protected]: > > > In every recording on hornexcerpts.org of the trio of Brandenburg #1 it > sounds like in measures 5/6, 13/14, 21/22, 29/30 the first and second horns > switch parts (from what's written in the part on the website/the Thompson > book). Is this just standard practice to make it easier? In an audition I'd > assume one should play the ink, right? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/parsifal560sec%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
