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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:45 am    Post subject: Best Horn for Audition Excerpts Reply with quote

Hey all!
I have an upcoming audition and the following excerpts are required:
Mahler 3: Posthorn & Mvt. 6
Moussorgsky: Pictures (The Promenade)
Wagner: Tannhauser
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Beethoven: Lenore 2 & 3
Strauss: Don Juan

I have a Bb, Eb, and C at my disposal and was wondering what you would suggest for this rep!

Thanks
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:34 am    Post subject: Re: Best Horn for Audition Excerpts Reply with quote

trumpetgirl15 wrote:
Hey all!
I have an upcoming audition and the following excerpts are required:
Mahler 3: Posthorn & Mvt. 6
Moussorgsky: Pictures (The Promenade)
Wagner: Tannhauser
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Beethoven: Lenore 2 & 3
Strauss: Don Juan

I have a Bb, Eb, and C at my disposal and was wondering what you would suggest for this rep!

Thanks


Mahler Posthorn - Bb (the concert C-D trill isn't so hot on a C trumpet)
Mahler 3 VI - whatever you can survive playing it on. (Probably C, but maybe Eb, since it's sustained high, soft playing. Whatever sounds better and is more secure for you.)
Promenade - C.
Tannhauser - if it's the big chorale at the end, it'll have to be Bb for the low concert Es.
Scheherazade - C.
Leonore 2/3 - I think Bb is a nice sound for these (particularly No. 3), but could be either Bb/C.
Don Juan - C.

If you have a C cornet, I've never tried it this way, myself, but I hear it's good for the Posthorn solo. It'd be a nice sound, too.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was thinking C trumpet for all of them, although I had never thought about the trill in the posthorn solo. I just worked through it...
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

peteb wrote:
I was thinking C trumpet for all of them, although I had never thought about the trill in the posthorn solo. I just worked through it...


You would play pedal E FF whole notes on C trumpet in Tannhauser in an audition? Not me.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steve A wrote:

You would play pedal E FF whole notes on C trumpet in Tannhauser in an audition? Not me.

Oh yeah that was the one I would play on B-flat.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

peteb wrote:
Steve A wrote:

You would play pedal E FF whole notes on C trumpet in Tannhauser in an audition? Not me.

Oh yeah that was the one I would play on B-flat.


All the rest could certainly be C trumpet excerpts - personally, I struggle with that C-D trill in the Posthorn solo, and if I'm already switching once to Bb, I might choose to switch more than once. But, it's certainly personal preference.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like doing Leonore 2 and Wagner on Bb, though I'm getting more used to Leonore on C.

The trill in posthorn can be easily done on C by using your air properly. If that doesn't work, then move your first slide out some to assist with the trill.

Everything else is easily performed on C.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gotta agree with Steve A.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How much time/experience do you have playing the C and Eb horns?

You could be in for a rough day if you typically only play on Bb...
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For Mahler C works the best for me. Work out the trill. Its not too bad. Try using a TF curry mouthpiece. It works great.

Bb for Wagner and C for everything else.
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