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Dave said in another part of the forum that if he were stranded on a desert island with his euphonium, he would want to have Arban as his one book. I won't hold him to that piece, as it was in the context of saying how good Arban is, but it got me thinking:
what one book or one piece of music would you have for your desert island?
If I am stranded with my tuba on a desert island I would have to have the Bach Cello Suites. I know that's the book for me, as it's already got me through one tough experience.
Many years ago, I got caught in a cyclone in Darwin, and whilst huddled alone at 2am in the little workshop room under the elevated house, that was the safest place in the building, I thought, if I am going to die, and it really felt like a possibility, I am going to die playing Bach.
My tuba was in the workshop too, as I had put it there earlier that night, being too tired/lazy to carry it upstairs. I started at Suite No 1 while cyclonic winds roared around me, and I played until I fell asleep over my tuba around the middle of Suite No 4. I woke when the eye of the storm went over - eerie silence- played up to the end of the Prelude of No 5, fell asleep again, and woke up when it was all over!
And to this day, 23 years later, I've never got around to playing Suite No. 6!
Sue
what one book or one piece of music would you have for your desert island?
If I am stranded with my tuba on a desert island I would have to have the Bach Cello Suites. I know that's the book for me, as it's already got me through one tough experience.
Many years ago, I got caught in a cyclone in Darwin, and whilst huddled alone at 2am in the little workshop room under the elevated house, that was the safest place in the building, I thought, if I am going to die, and it really felt like a possibility, I am going to die playing Bach.
My tuba was in the workshop too, as I had put it there earlier that night, being too tired/lazy to carry it upstairs. I started at Suite No 1 while cyclonic winds roared around me, and I played until I fell asleep over my tuba around the middle of Suite No 4. I woke when the eye of the storm went over - eerie silence- played up to the end of the Prelude of No 5, fell asleep again, and woke up when it was all over!
And to this day, 23 years later, I've never got around to playing Suite No. 6!
Sue
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