Anyone know where this excerpt is from?

[csherman]

It's for my college Audition at UA. The first excerpt is marked from Bordogni, but the second one isn't marked at all. Looks (and sounds) like an orchestral excerpt. Any answer would help a lot in understanding the music!

Here's a link
http://web.as.ua.edu/music/wp-content/u ... xTuba1.pdf" target="_blank

Thanks,
Csherman

[T. J. Ricer]

It's a good day for that question. . . that's 1812 - Tchaikovsky

-T. J.

[csherman]

Thanks a ton!

[gregsundt]

Practice it to death. This excerpt is seriously loud, and notoriously easy to split notes. It would also be a very good idea to get the full orchestral part and work on the rest. Lots of heavy lifting for tuba, and endurance is a factor.

[Rick Denney]

Practice it to death. This excerpt is seriously loud, and notoriously easy to split notes. It would also be a very good idea to get the full orchestral part and work on the rest. Lots of heavy lifting for tuba, and endurance is a factor.

Especially given that the most frequent performances of this are on an outdoor stage, in hot and humid weather, and about, oh, two days from now.

Rick "guessing this is too much of a warhorse to be known to the young'uns" Denney

[king2ba]

but that range is about right for conductors who are neither drunk nor stupid.

What other kind of conductor is there?

[Biggs]

I love the band part even more as it has all the nightmarish sixteenth note runs from the orchestral double bass part. Lots of fun stuff.

Several years ago, I played a band arrangement by (sp?) Mayhew Lake that I recall thinking was very difficult. Is this the one you're talking about?

[csherman]

Thank you, all, for your input. Though this won't be an outside audition, that's a nice nugget of information to have. I am ready to study this thing!

[MileMarkerZero]

I love the band part even more as it has all the nightmarish sixteenth note runs from the orchestral double bass part. Lots of fun stuff.

Several years ago, I played a band arrangement by (sp?) Mayhew Lake that I recall thinking was very difficult. Is this the one you're talking about?

The Lake transcription is pretty much the "war horse" band arrangement of 1812, and does indeed contain all of the 16th note runs from the string bass part.