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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2006/12

From: "Judy and Jim Preston" <jpreston@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Nutcracker 1st bassoon part
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:25:06 -0500

This whole thread reminds me of a remark I heard years ago. It seems that
the orchestra management people have identified for the medical people a new
ailment, which becomes almost epidemic at this time of year. It is called
the "Second-week-of-the-Nutcracker Flu."

-Jim Preston

-----Original Message-----
From: Lacy, Edwin [mailto:el2@-----.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:35 PM
To: doublereed@-----.org
Subject: RE: [DR-L] Nutcracker 1st bassoon part

<<<But how hard is the 1st bassoon part to play? I'm just curious, given
all the work on this piece that I've done over the past couple years.>>>

Much of it is fairly routine, but there are a dozen or so spots that
require a lot of attention. For me, the most difficult spot is the 6/8
passage at the end of the first number after the Overture. (Bassoons in
3rds, clarinets an octave higher) I've been practicing this for many
years, and still don't have a record of 100% accuracy.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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