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Author: oboeidaho
Date: 2008-04-21 17:09
I will be playing La Cage this summer - anyone have any experience with this show? I'm doing the ob/eh book, but I'm not familiar with the music at all, so input from anyone who has played it (or knows it) would be welcome!
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Author: oboeidaho
Date: 2008-07-01 06:02
Just thought I'd answer my own post, in case anyone is interested! La Cage has really fun fast parts - quite possibly the hardest book I have ever done endurance-wise. You just keep playing and playing! And apparently this is true for all the parts, not just the winds. We are all just wiped out at intermission.
We have a full pit of 21 - the wind 1 book is 5 doubles (picc, fl, alto fl, clar, a sax) and it is a LOT of picc. High fast stuff too, as is my book 3 (ob, eh). There is hardly anything for eh. Book 2 has some nice flute solos (& clar, a sax), 4 has a few clarinet solos (t sax), and 5 is the fun honky bari/bass clar (or bsn) book. The parts are not written well, lots of mistakes and bad notation. Great show.
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