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Old 04-07-2012, 07:59 PM
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Question Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto

Have any of you played the Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto #1 before? The Bass pizz from reh. 9 starts with Low C and is LOW all over this movement and in spots throughout the piece. Listening to 2 different YouTube vids and trying to look at the basses, I HEAR them playing it up an octave and not playing the line from the Low C up. Is this a copyist mistake, lazy players in both orchestras done decades apart or just a tasteful section change?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKVU6...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOPM3...eature=related

If you know anything about what is supposed to be played, please tell me. I have one day left before the first rehearsal and the concert is Saturday. It's best I know what to play on day one.
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