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Suite for Euphonium and Piano (2013) - Robert Groslot |
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In stockWe are very proud to announce another brand-new, and very challenging work from the pen of Robert Groslot, Just available and recently completed. It is for the advanced player and follows on from the incredible Euphonium Concerto that was recorded and premiered recently.
This Suite is in four movements: Prelude & Fugue, Toccata, Waltz and Bossa Nova
The prelude starts with a flowing melody alternating with a rhythmic hunting motif, which is further developed in the Toccata.The theme of the Fugue contains many silences. The Waltz contains motifs which the composer later elaborated further in his violin concerto. The Bossa Nova brings a very cheerful and energetic finale.
Parts supplied: TC in Bb and BC in C.
Difficult level 6/6
About the composer:
Robert Groslot (°1951) began his career as a pianist. His piano studies at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp were followed by masterclasses with Leon Fleisher and Alexis Weissenberg. After winning laureate prizes in the piano competition Alessandro Casagrande (Terni 1974) and the Queen Elisabeth Competition (Brussels, 1978), he undertook concert trips through Europe, Israel, Asia, Africa, New Zealand and the United States. His repertoire consisted of more than 50 concertos for piano as well as many solo and chamber music. Robert Groslot made many studio, radio and television recordings, as well as about 100 CD's.
Later on he started conducting: as conductor and director of the Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, he formed many young musicians from Belgium and abroad who are now professional musicians. He also appeared as a conductor with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster National Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra and the Flanders Philharmonic, among others, and is the founder-director of the orchestra II Novecento which he conducted in concerts troughout Euroupe.
At the same time he taught piano and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp until 2011 and has been also Artistic Director there from 1996 until 2001.
Nowadays, Robert Groslot mainly works as a composer. Black Venus, The Great Globe, Si le monde… and The Wake are some of his most important works for symphonic orchestra. Recently he wrote a series of twelve concertos for solo instruments and orchestra. He chose a variety of solo instruments such as piano, violin, cello, the classical concerto instruments, but also viola, saxophone, harp, piccolo, flute, oboe, marimba, euphonium and guitar. These concertos are one by one very challenging and inspirational pieces for the performer. At the same time they are very enjoyable and understandable for the public, as a continuation of tradition, but not without a clear and very personal perspective to music as a whole.
Find out more about music and art from Robert Groslot on his personal website: www.robertgroslot.eu
