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Post by Natsumi on Feb 16, 2007 20:45:35 GMT -5
I love Gustav Holst's The Planets suite. It's amazing, and it's a lot of fun to listen to.
...But, now I have to play it. Well, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter, anyway. The unarranged Holst original versions. Mars isn't too difficult, mostly the hard thing about it is that it's in 5/4 time. Venus is evil. Especially the 6 sharps section. Jupiter is half easy and half ridiculously difficult. 10 notes in one beat, going halfway up the violin?! I have a strong desire to report Mr. Holst to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Musicians...
By March 1st I have to have the hardest parts of Jupiter learned if I want to keep a decent seat in my section. We perform the awesomeness that is Holst, along with the first 20-something measures of Also Sprach Zarathustra and a suite of music from E.T., the first week in May. x.x
Anybody else on here ever had to play The Planets, or am I the only one?
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