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What are your absolute FAVORITE orchestra pieces to play, as a tuba player? (Please don't say Mozart!)

Personally a HUGE fan of a lot of Tchaik works. Whenever the tuba plays, its usually a really cool layer or part to play, and when absent, everything else to listen to is insane.

Tchaik: Romeo & Juliet, Sym #6, and even after 640 performances, "The Nutcracker"
Bruckner 4
Shosto 5
Strauss Death and Transfiguration
Stravinsky Rite of Spring, Petrushka
Bartok Concerto
Wagner Ov to Act 3 of Loengrin
Gershwin American in Paris

Nothing composed within the last 50 years?

circusboy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2026 3:32 pm Nothing composed within the last 50 years?

An example of something with a fun tuba part from the last 50 years?

Good point.

What about Thomas Adés' Dante: Inferno?

I saw the LA Phil play this in February, and Mason Soria seemed to be having a good, busy time.

An example of something with a fun tuba part from the last 50 years?

I’m a huge fan of John Adam’s works. Harmonielehre is one favorite - a short ride in a fast machine is another. He combines the colors of ravel and Denise with the soaring melodies of Mahler. Great stuff.

An example of something with a fun tuba part from the last 50 years?

I’m a huge fan of John Adam’s works. Harmonielehre is one favorite - a short ride in a fast machine is another. He combines the colors of ravel and Denise with the soaring melodies of Mahler. Great stuff.