Professional (orchestral/chamber) musicians, what is the most difficult mainstream piece you've ever played?

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What is the easiest, as well?

Obviously, parts are different for each instrument, and some may be harder than others, but whatever instrument you play, there's always a difficult piece. I'm looking for violists and violinists primarily because I play the viola.

del_icious_manager · Accepted Answer

Shostakovich's 5th Symphony has some horrendous viola writing - particularly in the first movement where there is a solo section for the viola section which goes very high on the instrument and then descends through some very awkward position shifts. All violists hate this passage.

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We are gambling a work in live performance band that's reasonably complex. It is Minerva via Jan Van der Roost. And my favourite piece should be among Gravity Wave (brian balmages) and A Longford Legend (robert sheldon)

suhwahaksaeng · Answer

Variations by Leslie Bassett.
Not only is the piece atonal, it has tuplets ranging all the way from triplets to goodness knows what, tempo changes to all odd fractions of the previous tempo, and anything else that can create discomfort.

MusikFind1 · Answer

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring is difficult but not impossible for all instruments.

Professional (orchestral/chamber) musicians, what is the most difficult mainstream piece you've ever played?

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