[Trombone-l] Symphonic Brass Recommendations

[George Carr]

Obvious choices for original works include Strauss' Fanfare for the
Vienna Philharmonic (1924), and Dukas' Fanfare from 'La Peri' (1912).
I've also played a very nice Grieg piece for brass choir, called
Funeral March for Richard Nordraak, and if your conductor is up for
more modern repertoire, there is the Copland fanfare ("for the Common
Man") and the Barber piece "Mutations on Bach."  I don't have my discs
in front of me, but I believe Philip Glass wrote several pieces for
brass choir shortly after his studies at Eastman (and before he went
minimalist), and they're quite interesting as well, although I doubt
they use the full symphonic brass choir.

Let us know what you choose - I'm sure I'm missing quite a few
standards from my list.

George

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Bob Woodard <bobwoodard at comcast.net> wrote:
> This list always seems to come through with the best suggestions for
> literature.  The director of our community orchestra is trying a different
> theme for one of our subscription concerts this year - pieces that feature
> different sections of the orchestra.  He has actually asked for suggestions
> from the brass section for this concert.  Does anyone have a favorite 5-7
> minute piece scored for symphonic brass (4 horns, 2-3 trumpets, 3 trombones,
> and tuba) they would like to recommend.  Difficulty is probably not an issue
> for the group.  Of course the greatest consideration should be that there
> are good parts for the trombone section!!  Original compositions for brass
> rather than transcriptions would be preferred, I think.