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Re: Brandenburg eefer?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-12-23 13:02

I've read several accounts where Richard Strauss used a piccolo Heckelphone (in F) as a substitute for the trumpet in the 2nd Brandenburg - but they fell into oblivion.

How about using a sopranino sax as that's probably the nearest thing to a piccolo (or terz as they were in Eb) heckelphone nowadays? Though a soprano sax will probably have better tuning stability.

The thing with the Brandenburgs is with authentic instruments, the sound and volume of all the solo instruments match (blend or compliment each other) better than their modern day counterparts - the recorder will be the one that will struggle to be heard against modern oboes and trumpets if those players aren't being sympathetic and made worse still if the trumpet player displays the usual ego that goes with the territory ("higher, louder, faster!").

Although I do tire of some period performances of some pieces and yearn for a modern performance (but still treating it as a Baroque performance instead of going all-out symphonic), I do like to hear a good period performance or recording of the Brandenburgs.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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