[Trombone-l] Symphonic Brass Recommendations

Ray Horton rayhorton at insightbb.com
Mon Aug 25 17:44:36 CDT 2008


And Gunther Schuller Symphony for Brass has two tubas.


These are all off top of my head.  Check instrumentations at Robert King site or Hickeys.com


RBH

Roger Hecht wrote:
> Replying to Gabe
>
> There are four movements. The second is actually a fairly long 
> trombone recitative. Fairly difficult. Goes up to a C. I've played it 
> a couple of times with the Bay Colony Brass based near Boston. 
> Actually, we've played quite a few of the pieces listed in this thread.
>
>   
>> One of the best pieces in the repertoire is Tomasi's Liturgical 
>> Fanfares. There are at least 4 movements, and I think the piece can 
>> be performed effectively without doing all of them. it might be 4 
>> trombones and 4 trumpets, and the first horn part (actually all the 
>> horn parts if I remember) needs a player with VERY strong high 
>> chops. But wow what a piece.
>>     
>
> Also a prominant 4th horn part.
>
>
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>> There's a Gunther Schuller Symphony for Brass I think.
>>
>> Another favorite of mine is Einojuhani Rautavaara's A Requiem in 
>> (for?) Our Time. He's the grand old man of Finnish music now; this 
>> piece was writen in the 50s. It's dramatic and accessible, yet still 
>> quite modern.
>>     
>
> Now this is new to me. Never cared much for Rautavaara, but something 
> early may be interesting.
>
>   
>> Have fun!
>> Gabe
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Bob Woodard <bobwoodard at comcast.net>
>> To: trombone-l at samford.edu
>> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:19:46 PM
>> Subject: [Trombone-l] Symphonic Brass Recommendations
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob Woodard
>> Jackson (MI) Symphony Orchestra
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