Nelson Dalley wrote: >Nobody in the audience knows the difference when playing >the revised version
Unfortunately, that is not at all true, as witnessed by the fact that the original poster clearly noticed this little bit of cheating going on - and not from a live performance where visual cues might help, but from a recording they were hearing over the internet. The reality is that it is very obvious when players do this - we CAN hear lines so it is not legitimate to say that it adds up to the same result - and honestly I have never understood why people felt it was either kosher or really all the beneficial to do so. If you are playing appropriate equipment for Brandenburg 1, and generally have the technical command to be comfortable performing the work as a whole, those couple of octaves will not be the greatest challenges in the work. To the original poster: absolutely play the ink for your audition. The one or two horn players on the committee MIGHT be understanding, if they are of the school that sees that as customary, but the concertmaster, and the principal oboe, and the conductor - assuming they are awake and following along - will be left wondering what you have been smoking. David Thompson _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
