tuba and organ

[ThomasDodd]

A post here, the elephant, did something last year, but I forgot what it was.

Maybe he remembers?
I'll also look for the program tonight.

[Richard Perry]

There are a number of pieces for tuba and organ on the Editions Marc Reift website (www.reift.ch). The "Choralfantasie" by Jan Koetsier is particularly effective. I just played this on a recital two months ago and it went together pretty easily, for me at least. I also played Walter Hilgers' transcription of Handel's Sonate in C Major, which you can also get from Reift. The website let's you download a pdf of the first couple of pages of each piece, so you can get an idea of what you're in for. You can order directly from them, too.

Richard Perry
U. of Southern Mississippi
Modern Jazz Tuba Project

[Charlie Goodman]

Tuben, how difficult is Dragons and Deeps? The organist at my church mentioned doing a duet or something sometime, and that certainly sounds interesting.

[Gorilla Tuba]

I did the Romanza from the RVW Concerto with organ. It worked really well.

[MartyNeilan]

I have played the bass solo "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Handel's Messiah with organ several times before, and it works great, especially if you do all or most of it in the same octave it would normally be sung in. Most organists are very familiar with this work, as this is to bass vocalists what the VW is to us tubists. Optional but not required, you can get a trumpet playing friend to join you on the trumpet part.

[adam0408]

I am working on transcribing Henry Purcell's Thy Hand, Belinda/When I am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas act III scene 2 and was considering writing it for tuba and organ. If you are interested or anyone else is I will work a little harder to get it finished quickly.