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Don't know if there is a tuba ensemble arr, but Reynolds has an arr. for band. Not sure if it could sound that good with just four parts.
Below is a link to Eastman Wind Ensemble playing it. It's a very difficult piece to get the attacks / releases together.
O Magnum Mysterium: Lauridsen/arr. Reynolds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ibzmO04Io
Here's a recording that sounds nearly perfect, but no credit given to what ensemble is playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKGBuwISjCg
Last edited by RickF; 03-18-2013 at 03:30 PM.
Reason: edit to fix link
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I looked this up around the time I started this post. There indeed is an arrangement of O Magnum Mysterium for a tuba quartet!
A few things pop up if you just google "tuba quartet o magnum mysterium"
http://www.bvdpress.com/brass/tuba/t...gnum-mysterium
http://stores.intuitwebsites.com/win...ium/Detail.bok
I love the idea of putting a gorgeous piece like this in a recital so it's not all solo euph with piano. It keeps things interesting!
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Cool! Yes, this piece would require great rhythm/intonation - not because rhythms are difficult, but because it has to be perfect. And some of the extended, polyphonic harmonies Wittacre favors might be lost with a smaller group, as RickF suggested. Unfortunately, I'm already playing Piazolla's oblivion, Guilmant's Morceau Symphonique, and one of the Galliard sonatas... all of which contain major slow sections, or are lyrical in and of themselves. Thus, something as slow and melodic as O Magnum might not be the best choice for my quartet. I'm considering one done of Ralph Vaughn William's Whither Must I Wander, but it has the same problem: very melodic, in a set that has a lot of melody stuff. But I definitely want a quartet - we're required to do an ensemble piece, so I want to introduce the world at my school to the awesomeness of a tuba-euphonium quartet. Something accessible but upbeat and fun would be perfect. I've got the "Showy" stuff down with Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms. Have you managed to finalize your set?
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My love is like a red red rose (from the Derek Kane album) Gorgeous.
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