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Favorite Orchestral Pieces
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 9:30 am
by Z-Tuba Dude
Hey Guys,
What are your favorite orchestral pieces to play? I'm looking for suggestions of pieces that are a hoot to play, in an orchestral performance.
PLEASE LIST YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITES!
Re: Favorite Orchestral Pieces
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:45 pm
by roweenie
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustiges Streiche
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition (with "Bydlo" played by the tuba player!)
Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini or Le Corsaire overture (toss-up)
Holst - The Planets
Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg overture
Re: Favorite Orchestral Pieces
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:15 pm
by timayer
In addition to many of the above pieces, these are pieces from the top of my head that made rehearsals a blast (read: fun to play over and over and over):
Elgar "In the South"
Liszt "Les Preludes"
Gliere 3rd Symphony
Prokofiev "Lt. Kije"