The Art of Listening

To rectify last week’s (shameful!) omission of the tuba from our exploration of the orchestra, here are two concertos for the instrument, both, strangely enough, by composers with the surname Williams:

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Vaughan Williams: Tuba concerto in f

I. Prelude 00:36
II. Romanza 06:40
III. Finale 12:37

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And the concerto by John Williams (he of Starwars fame):

John Williams: Tuba concerto

I. Allegro moderato 00:00
II. Andante 07:05
III. Allegro molto 14:56 ∙

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… if in spite the evidence above, you still think of the tuba family as slow and ponderous, listen to this:

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