Church Windows by Respighi

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:27 pm

Why this piece hasn't shown up on auditions is beyond me. Great piece and a real work-out. It is still public domain, so getting a part will require you to be in an orchestra that rents it and plays it or ask someone here if they have a copy of the part. Good call, real nice recording, too.

Chuck

Adam C. · Post by **Adam C.** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:52 am

The bass trombone playing in that recording is absolutely insane, particularly in "St. Michael the Archangel".

St. Michael must have been a badass in Respighi's eyes...

edit: The Amazon sample doesn't do the group any justice- the CD is very worth your efforts.

UDELBR · Post by **UDELBR** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:11 am

It's another one of those Respighi parts where the meaty tuba part is doubled in the organ pedals. You can be making the broadest, most wonderfully-projected sound imaginable, and the organist will waste you with his little toe. A shortcoming of an otherwise stellar orchestrator (same thing in Fountains).

That said, at an audition, no-one hears the organ, so ALL the notes have to be there. Tough!

Hiram · Post by **Hiram** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:19 am

[quote]The bass trombone playing in that recording is absolutely insane, particularly in "St. Michael the Archangel". [/quote]

Pete Norton (The bass bone player from Cincinnati) is a badass.

Hiram

vmi5198 · Post by **vmi5198** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:05 pm

Who plays tuba in this recording?