[email protected] wrote: Just out of curiosity, if a candidate used a descant for only a small handful of excerpts, like the Bach Quonium, Brandenburg, or even Beethoven 7, while using a double for the rest, would you count it against them? There is something curious about this collection of potential descant pieces.
Why is the Quoniam included? The piece is treacherous (one sits on stage for an hour, without playing, before that opening octave leap!) and it is solo, exposed, and requires agility. But it _isn't_ particularly high. The top note is only A (on F horn) and while there are a number of A's, the tessatura of the piece is not higher than what one finds in a Mahler symphony. There is something about the Quoniam that make us hornists think of it as a "high" piece. Why? And is that a productive approach to playing it? I think not. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
