Bill Gross wrote: I decided to give the Baltimore Symphony Academy a try this summer. I'm looking for advice on what's the stuff to focus on in the music for the Academy. (It may be a bridge too far, music arrived to day, programs starts next Monday). The mailed all the horn part for Pine of Rome and Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances. Any one care to advise on what I should focus on?
---------- I have played both in recent years and found that most of the Pines was pretty straightforward, but the finale is a real chop buster for the high parts. Some very nice prominent low horn licks. One of the standard excerpt collections might give you an idea of the common audition selections, but neither is in the Chambers or Pottag series. The Rachmaninov is among the most difficult orchestral pieces I have ever played. The last movement in particular keeps throwing different rhythmic and tonal variations at you while the underlying orchestral beat shifts continuously. It will require serious woodshedding, whatever part you play. Be aware that in some sections, R uses 1+2 and 3+4 contrapunctally. Good luck. Regards, Richard Hirsh _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
