Posted by Richard on October 26, 2000 at 18:38:27:
In Reply to: TWO-TUBA orchestral works posted by Andrew on October 26, 2000 at 17:19:32:
Roy Harris 3rd Symphony, practically the only piece of his ever played, and an earlier work Symphony 1933, either his first or second, depending on who you read. This was actually revived at Juilliard some years ago, and on another occasion, recorded by the Louisville Orchestra under Jorge Mester for Albany Records. There is a live performance of the NY premiere in 1934 by Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony reissued on Pearl. The first tuba part is extremely high, goes to a high Bb above the staff, at least twice. Harris had studied in France and may have been thinking of the French C tuba. He was a great at tunes and counterpoint, but his orchestration was both rough and naive. Later he developed a thing for what he called the baritone horn. When he wasn't giving it solo lines, he would often couple it in octaves with the bass tuba in nearly all his orchestral works following the 3rd Symphony.