Best Tuba Part?

[ZNC Dandy]

You asked two questions;

Best part: Portsmouth Point Overture - William Walton (most fun you'll ever have in orchestra)

Favorite part: too hard to say.

RC

Amen to that. Just about anything written by Sir William will do that for you. Scapino and Facade are a hell of a good time as well.

My favorite parts are,aside from Mahler 4 of course...
Prokofiev: Any Symphony and Ivan the Terrible, October Cantata, Chout, Cinderella.
Shostakovich: Sym. 4, 7, and 11, The Execution of Stepan Razin.
Bruckner: Sym. 4,5,8,9
Tchaikovsky: Sym. 2,4,5,6, Francesca da Rimini
Rachmaninov: Sym.1
Wagner: Absolutely anything.
Richard Strauss: Absolutely anything.
Schmidt: Sym.2, The Book of the Seven Seals.
Mahler: Sym. 2,3,6

[eupher61]

I keep forgetting about "Les Preludes". I heard it on "Performance Today" yesterday, and man, the memories. I'd give it my nod as "best" and "favorite" both.

[KevinMadden]

The tuba part for the band arrangement of Crown Imperial Coronation March by William Walton. The trumpets don't get notes that are that fast!

Yeah, I remember playing that in High School I got the part.. and just kinda went .. "BAH WHA?!!!" took some work, but got it down.

I've been digging Maslanka 4 recently.
(plug for the above: IC W.E. Friday, 8:15 Ford Hall on Ithaca College campus)

[MileMarkerZero]

Anyone played Festival Variations by Claude T. Smith?

AFA orch parts...my fav to play is probably Tcaik 4.

[samulirask]

I must say Sibelius´ Finlandia. Nothing technically difficult to play, but some nice sounding places, like the beginning with the trombones and basses. There´s also some loud stuff at the end of the piece. Usually this piece is played in the end of the concert - and often abroad...

[tokuno]

Gee, two pages of discussion, and not a single mention of the Budweiser Beer jingle?
I must've wandered into the wrong forum. . . . highfalutin' musicianal types. . . go figger . . . *belch*

[Wyvern]

I would second a lot of those listed above and add:

Elgar 1 & 2 + Cockaigne and Falstaff
Vaughan Williams 1, 2 & 9 (the ones I have played!)
Suk Asrael Symphony
Shostokovich 12
Walton 1

For the absolute "Best Tuba Part", for me Mahler 6 (personally looking forward to playing it in September )

[MikeS]

Probably the most fun I've had playing tuba in an orchestral setting was "Alexander Nevsky." My favorite quintet part is the Harbison "Christmas Vespers."

[eupher61]

I'll also add "Russian Easter Overture"...heard it on the radio today, that was the very first thing I ever played on tuba with an orchestra. Fun, exposed part, good loud section tutti at the end, lots of great sounds all around you.

[Wyvern]

Talking of Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade is pretty good. I am rehearsing at present. Nice the tuba having the tune in the first movement

[Nick Pierce]

Anyone played Festival Variations by Claude T. Smith?

I second that notion whole-heartedly.

Oh, and Berlioz Damnation de Faust, Hungarian March.

[BriceT]

I don't have a favorite, but Mahler 6 is definitely near the top of my list.

I also really enjoy playing Tchaikovsky's 4 Symphony. (Especially the Finale.)

[grahamroese]

My favorite orchestral tuba part that I've ever had the opportunity to perform is Copland 3.
As far as band goes, I always enjoyed playing things from Stephen Melillo's "Stormworks," which is always a perennial choice for my school's bands.