The symphony no 3 is "Die Schottische" NOT the "Italian!!! This is a fairly heavy blow, and one wants to be able to play nice and loud (in A ) at the end. It is a bit of help to have an assistant here.
Actually, in Beethoven 8, to play the Trio of the 3rd movement with real delicacy, I find it helps to have an assistant to play the loud bits in the 1st movement. It IS a luxury and certainly not essential. Cheers, Graeme Evans (Principal Horn, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) +61 3 9318 0690(H), +61 419 880371(B), +61 3 93180893(Fax) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Pizka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Horn List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 5:22 PM Subject: RE: [Hornlist] L.A. Phil concert-ROS > Beethoven no.8, really funny. Why do you use a bumper there ? The > symphony is quite short & the soli are lyrical & not loud. And why the > "Italian" ? Off course, it is quite high, but what for an an assistant > here ? Please, explain. > > We are used here, to do most concerts if not all without an assistant, > but I delegate a piece to our deputy solo horn, sometimes, to give him a > chance for a nice solo (some incentive to practice). > > Sometimes we divide a demanding program between both solo horns e.g. Don > Juan + 4 last songs : Alpine Symphony (as on our last great tour). > > I will use an assistant for next years tour with Heldenleben, as Don > Quixote will be in the first half of the program. And I used an > assistant for Bruckner No.8 (if on tour program) & Franz Schmidt No.2 & > Alpine Symphony, but not for any Mahler, as space on stage is limited > anyway & the more player the less space for the single player & holding > the horn free needs more than usual space anyway, so not blow 2nd horns > ears to pieces. > > > ========================================================== > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Graeme Evans > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 3:51 AM > To: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] L.A. Phil concert-ROS > > > From: "Chris Tedesco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Only 8 horns? Hmm No assistant! Actually, I've heard that a number > of > the > > inner parts are really more difficult than the first. I subbed on > assistant > > for Rite of Spring and I thought the few notes I did play were hard > enough. > > I have always found the 1st part of Rite of Spring is quite playable > without > an assistant. There are many worse pieces from this point of view - some > of > them surprising. I always like a bumper for Mendelssohn no 3, and > funnily > enough, Beethoven 8! > > Cheers, > > Graeme Evans > (Principal Horn, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) > +61 3 9318 0690(H), +61 419 880371(B), +61 3 93180893(Fax) > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/graev%40comcen.com.au > > > _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
