Euphonium Solo Most Challenging Accompaniment

[eupho]

What do people think are the most challenging piano accomaniments in the Euphonium Repertoire?

[Jayhawker]

John Reeman Sonata...
Euphrates Euphony by Shin Ichiro Ikebe
The Jan Bach Variations and concerto...
I've heard that Pantomime is reasonably difficult...

Loads more, the Jim Stephenson sonata has a rough piano part. Pearls 1 is brutal in terms of style...

[euphoni]

A lot of the euphonium concertos out there have terrible and difficult (terribly difficult) piano reductions (like the Sparke concerto, Cosma). Meaning the composer writes the piano part from the Band/Orchestral score almost verbatim, requiring 15 fingers. A lot of composers have a hard time with the concept of piano REDUCTIONS, leaving the executive decisions of cutting lines/notes/chords up to the accompanist and soloist.

Pearls is also difficult if your accompanist can't feel a groove, because it looks harder than it feels.

[mceuph]

In terms of pure difficulty for the pianist, I agree with Will's comments about piano reductions. The Cosma, Ellerby, and Linkola concertos are hard. In terms of ensemble difficulty between soloist and piano, also agree that Pearls is very difficulty. Another one that pops into mind is Fantasie Concertante by Jacques Casterede, lots of mixed meter.