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Buri,

You mean we have to be consummate artists with the orch rep and we will enjoy practicing it to boot?

That will add character:-)

Great blog,
Drew

Well put, Buri. As always. Very well said.
I have heard from reputable sources that it takes a heap of concentrated technique practice to make up for each hour of playing in a symphony, even at a world class orchestra level. That sounds like working on the four basics all the time, as Burton Kaplan suggests, is very worthwhile.
Burton Kaplan's book and Drew Lescher's book should be required reading. I have some orchestra music to practice that's almost exactly as you describe: very high and/or part of a tapestry of sound but not necessarily very important in and of itself (unless it's very out of tune, then it will become important in a bad way). And I was getting fed up with it. So thanks, this was really timely and useful!