Tuba in Rimsky-Korsakov's Music
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:24 pm
There is much chatter on other discussion groups about the 100th anniversary of the death of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. One of the posts somewhat naïvely stated, "There's even a Trombone Concerto!"
We are familiar with R-K's "greatest hits:" Scherherazade, Capriccio Espagnol, "March of the Nobles" from Mlada (fairly decent tuba part), Russian Easter Overture (very satisfying tuba part), etc. But there are many more pieces by this "master of orchestration" which are performed much less frequently: his symphonies, ballets, tone poems, etc.
Keeping in mind the more obscure works by Rimsky-Korsakov, which one(s) has/have the best tuba part(s)?
We are familiar with R-K's "greatest hits:" Scherherazade, Capriccio Espagnol, "March of the Nobles" from Mlada (fairly decent tuba part), Russian Easter Overture (very satisfying tuba part), etc. But there are many more pieces by this "master of orchestration" which are performed much less frequently: his symphonies, ballets, tone poems, etc.
Keeping in mind the more obscure works by Rimsky-Korsakov, which one(s) has/have the best tuba part(s)?