By way of initial preparation, I asked a friendly ex-pro double-bassist I know if he had any advice. He came up with the following musical points (as well as a couple of physiological issues that I don't think we'll go into here...):
- The notes themselves aren't difficult
- It's the changes of tempo that are likely to trip us up. (Reminds me of the old saying - if you don't know what it means, it means "watch!")
- Watch carefully for the pizzicato - these need to be together.
Having had a quick look at the part that's available at IMSLP, all 85 pages of it!, he was mostly right.
However, I'm not quite at his standard, or at his match-fitness (as it were), and I've already spotted a few quaver runs that could be interesting. I'll make some notes during rehearsal, and if there is anything untoward I'll put it up here.
(Note: the reason that the PDF of the bass part is 85 pages is that whoever put it up in IMSLP helpfully included part of the 2nd bassoon and the 3rd bassoon part! It looks like the bass part is really only(!) 45 pages...)
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