Re: [Hornlist] Tchaik 5

2004-09-07 Thread Hans Pizka
Catherine, play it like a love song, very relqxed but full of love. Do not power !! Please. If you seem to be not loud enough, well, ask the conductor to keep the string sound at a real piano level. Do breath enough but not too deep, just normal. Divide the solo into phrases if you were playing

Re: [Hornlist] Tchaik 5

2004-09-03 Thread Fred Baucom
When I did this several years ago, everything went well until the very last note (written f natural), which would not speak. Gave it a rather "unresolved" feel. Mike Houle was in the section then, and he told me that he told his friend Ethel Merker about this. Apparently, after they picked th

[Hornlist] Tchaik 5

2004-09-03 Thread Catherine Eisele
Hello all, I hope everyone's summer went well. This Tuesday I start rehearsals for my first season performing Tchaik 5 (playing principal). I was wondering if anyone has any stories (good and bad!) about rehearsing or performing the piece, since the solo and the piece is such an important p