On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:01 AM, John Howell wrote:
my first reaction was, "why?" Most of us would write for flugel as a
double, specifically for its tone quality.
But thinking about it, I could picture using flugel as the lead over
trombones, and wanting to mute the whole section.
Curious, though; what use did you picture?
John can answer for himself, but for me an ideal orchestral brass
section (for new works, obviously!) would consist of 2 Bb piccolo
trumpets (4 valves), 2 flghn (4 valves), 2 horns in F, 2 euphoniums (4
valves, Bb non-transposing), tenor-bass trombone, contrabass trombone
(i.e. wide-bore Bb/F bass w. addl. D trigger), and cbs. tuba. This
combination would have a greater pitch range, wider timbral variety and
greater flexibility than the current standard, and requires no more
instruments than usual.
But I fully realize that this is a utopian fantasy on my part.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
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