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New Ophicleide Suite

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:02 pm
by iiipopes
William Perry has written a new suite for ophicleide and orchestra for Nick Byrne. It had its debut with the Brown University orchestra a year ago, and I'm surprised nobody posted about it. Or maybe I just missed it. Here it is now.

The press release:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10685340.htm" target="_blank

Youtube:
1st Movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfluK_h11ns" target="_blank
2nd Movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzOO3nIv7zM" target="_blank
3rd Movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8HPDFTMyQY" target="_blank
4th Movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM-CMcRWtQU" target="_blank

For those of you who do not want to drop the money for a real Gatrot, Wessex makes a good reproduction, with such modern features as a water key in the bocal and there is a quite long thread about it here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=60932" target="_blank

Re: New Ophicleide Suite

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:48 pm
by hbcrandy
What a fun piece. It is well written and well orchestrated. I just posted the links on Jonathan Dorn's Tuba Fan Page on Facebook.