| Re: Delicate Picc Sound
Sometimes thinking "small" helps, if we play the piccolo like a big horn overblowing the piccolo can be a danger. Some piccs, like the Kanstul, can be hard to be quiet on, sometimes a flugelhorn mouthpiece can help reduce volume. As to being too loud on "The Trumpet Shall Sound," it may well be that the conductor is at fault--the trumpet is a loud instrument, and the range difference between trumpet and bass is large enough that we can't really bury them. If there were no complaints on "Glory to God" then I wouldn't worry about too much--the bass aria uses the "end of the world" trumpet, after all, and shouldn't be too wimpy.
Good luck!
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