Posted by Frederick J. Young on August 11, 2002 at 20:38:22:
In Reply to: Bydlo...auditions posted by Eric Oliver on August 09, 2002 at 22:09:41:
In 1954 I played Petrouschka on an extremely large BBb tuba with the Pittsburgh Symphony under the baton of Igor Strawinsky. He was overjoyed to have it played on such a large instrument. I asked him his opinion about what instrument should play Bydlo. He said "the largest possible tuba because it depicts a simple peasant singer.