Posted by Rick Denney on February 27, 2004 at 18:31:05:
In Reply to: Re: Re: good full orchestra concerto for BBb posted by Good piece... on February 27, 2004 at 18:17:41:
Let's face it--every legitimate three-movement concerto for tuba out there that sounds like music was composed for F or Eb tuba. All of them will be quite a test of endurance on BBb tuba.
That's a problem for tuba players wanting to compete in concerto competitions. There's too little repertoire, and too much of it is either written for bass tuba (vis a vis contrabass tuba) or is so out there that it would stand little chance of success in such a competition.
Rick "noting that instruments with a classical tradition have lots of Mozartish stuff suitable for good young'uns" Denney