Has anyone played Bach cello concertos on tuba?

[DaveWright]

Are there any recordings or youtube sites? How about Bach cello suites?

[swillafew]

The cello suites are excellent. You need to do some adapting, but it's well worth the trouble. I have not seen anybody attempt a concerto.

[joh_tuba]

Ben Pierce recorded the all the Preludes on euphonium.

To my knowledge that's as close as anyone has gotten.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/benjaminpierce2

[ppalan]

This isn't a cello concerto but two movements from one of the unaccompnied cello suites played by John Fletcher.
https://youtu.be/A3fDuxAlxkM

Pete

[oedipoes]

The cello sonatas are playable, did it on euphonium, and should be possible on tuba as well.

[MartyNeilan]

Doug Yeo's website has a lot of excellent info on them, along with many of the movements arranged for bass trombone. These arrangements work perfect as-is for F or Eb tuba, but could be played on anything.

http://www.yeodoug.com/resources/faq/fa ... uites.html" target="_blank

[Alex C]

I am unfamiliar with any Bach cello concertos, are you confusing that with the cello suites?

[tbn.al]

Depends on which Bach you are referring to. C.P.E. wrote 3 Concertos for Cello. The only one listed in the IMSLP is the a minor which looks like it could be played but would have to have a bunch of editing.

[Dylan King]

Here are a few I recorded a while back...

https://youtu.be/umHTcikbEc0

https://youtu.be/jJ3PFtq5Zek

https://youtu.be/2tdLiemj9FA

[Drbuzzz]

Here's a couple of movements from Cello Suite No. 1 from a recent recital. I'll be doing the whole piece again on some upcoming recitals. Always a joy to work on this music...worth the effort.

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[Levaix]

Here's a couple of movements from Cello Suite No. 1 from a recent recital. I'll be doing the whole piece again on some upcoming recitals. Always a joy to work on this music...worth the effort.

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I second that remark. And on the big Nirschl. Geez. Those minuets are great!

[tbn.al]

A decorator suggested to my wife that we frame some music for a high wall we have since I am am musician. My wife immediately said, "I know just the music!" She called me and asked, "Where is that music you are always practicing?" "You mean the Bach Suites? They are on my stand", I replied. When I got home I noticed my tattered copy of the suites which I had purchased in 1964 and included on my senior recital were gone. I had to make a trip to the picture framing place to retrieve them long enough to make a second copy to play from. We now have the original torn and tattered cover page and two others from the 1st suite on the wall. I kind of like it. I played the Sarabande from suite one on an orchestra audition once not realizing that a cello player was on the committee. They were not amused by a trombone player playing a "cello" suite and I almost lost the gig............But I digress. We were supposed to be talking about Bach Cello Concerti weren't we?

[brassbow]

Me on eb tuba playing abblassen ( by bachs trumpeter)
https://m.soundcloud.com/richard-cunningham-3/ablassen" target="_blank

[brassbow]

First prelude on euphonium
https://m.soundcloud.com/richard-cunnin ... te-prelude" target="_blank

[iattp]

Now, here's a question...with all the resurgence in ophicleide lovin', any one got to doing it on one of them???

[proam]

Maybe this is common knowledge, but Jay Lichtmann has 3 of the cello suites available as pdf downloads for trumpet. You have to read treble clef trumpet music. I find them fun to play around with myself. He also has many other free downloads that some might find of interest.

http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/LICHTMANN/tptsolos.html" target="_blank

[tubalex]

I've got nothing on the concertos...

At the University of Michigan the studio has "Bach Day" once per semester, where the tuba/euph students play something from the cello suites however they like; printed pitch, 8vb, in a new key... and I really enjoyed the heated arguments about how to handle double-stops, along with the amazing playing of my classmates. (At least this was every semester in 2000-2002). It's a dazzling mix of technical demands, musical challenges, stylistic awareness and creative thinking.

My UM classmates Ben Pierce and Kevin Wass have come up with some truly brilliant adaptations on euphonium and tuba, and I want to play just like both of them some day when I grow up.

Here's the approach on tuba of dropping the octave and arpeggiating the double stops, usually just on the repeats:

From suite 3 on a MIraphone 1291 C, with the mic about five feet directly over the bell (a bit splashy in this proximity, but you can hear all the ornaments) Feel free to skip ahead to the final movement, the gigue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fO9QCIqHo" target="_blank

Minuets from suite 1 on a Eastman 6/4 C with the mic a little further from the bell and not in direct-line of the bell (much warmer but I'm fighting for clarity):
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And here's the prelude from Kevin's version of the first suite, down a fifth, which he plays on C tuba but I really dig as a non-taxing recital opener on F tuba, in this case the Miraphone Firebird. The mic is about ten feet from the bell and at about a 45-degree angle from the bell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF33JEySzsE" target="_blank

[Roger Lewis]

I’ve done all but the 6th suite. Great stuff.

Roger

[zangerzzz]

I've played the 2nd and 3rd. I transposed 3 movements of the 3rd to Eb and they work well on my Eb.
Let me know if you would like a copy.