Author: Ian White
Date: 2009-05-13 14:09
There are lots of good contra parts in later c19th & c20th choral & orchestral works - Mahler, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Ravel, Richard Stauss, Elgar, Vaughan-Williams, Walton, Britten, Tippett, Bernstein. More Brahms - Symph 3, Academic Festival Ov, Haydn Variations & the Requiem. There is a long solo in Gliere's 3rd symphony - you definitely need to go into training for that one! Beethoven Missa Solemnis is a good test of your stamina. The greatest of the earlier works is Haydn's Creation. You could even get asked to do a large scale performance of Handel's Messiah.
In my part of the world (Oxford, UK) there is so much going on within 30 miles of home that I usually do 20 - 25 contra gigs a year & have to pass on a few & there are 2 other contra players around as well as university players.
Go for it & have some fun!
Ian
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