Hope - Leigh Baker - Euphonium and Piano - TC only |
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Introducing this beautiful slow solo by conductor, composer Leigh Baker.
This piece was recently put on the Associated Board examination lists for the first time, and this will expose this beautiful music to a wider audience and students. Highly recommended, not difficult and well worth the effort.
Published by Prima Arts, UK
Duration : approx 4.5 minutes
Difficulty level: 3.5/6
Supplied with: solo part in TC only and piano part.
All the Worlds a Stage - Arr. Tony Pickard - album (9 solos) with piano acc. |
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NEW* -Solos with piano accompaniment
All The World's A Stage is a vibrant addition to the operatic solo repertoire for the intermediate euphonium or baritone player. These musically interesting arrangements, with piano accompaniments, will stimulate the interest of the player and increase their traditional concert repertoire. Tony provides brief historical notes for each piece which give a useful guidance.
• I Got Plenty O' Nuttin (from Porgy And Bess) Gershwin
• O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schicchi" Puccini
• Chacun Le Sait from (La Fille Du Régiment) Donizetti
• Mon Coeur S'ouvre À Ta Voix Softly Awakes My Heart (from Samson Et Delilah) Saint-Saëns
• Bel Piacere (from Agrippina) Handel
• Nessun Dorma! (from Turandot) Puccini
• Dido's Lament (from Dido And Aeneas) Purcell
• Ebben, Ne Andrò Lontana (from Le Wally) Catalani
• Non Disperar; Chi Sa? (from Giulio Cesare) Handel
Published by Brass Wind Publications
Difficulty level: 3/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Omaggio - Euphonium Concerto No.4 - Philip Sparke - Euphonium and Piano |
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Gramercy Favourites (4 solos) - Peter Graham - Solo instrument with piano accompaniment |
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A collection of solo versions of some of Peter Graham's most popular melodies. For brass instrument with piano accompaniment.
Please note that this purchase is for Bb. Instruments. An album of four beautiful Peter Graham solos that are going to enchant your audiences!
Contents: (click on link to hear each movement)
Lady Stewart's Air was commissioned by David King as a birthday tribute to one of New Zealand's most prominent supporters of the arts and in particular the brass band fraternity, Lady Adrienne Stewart.
Meditation is the central theme from The Triumph of Time, a work commissioned for The Black Dyke Band by Music Director Nicholas Childs.
The original brief was for a piece which would showcase the talents of the band's many fine soloists, among them Zoe Hancock on Flugel horn, who has made this particular theme from the larger work her own.
The main theme from the composer's work The Torchbearer, this version was arranged for Flugel Horn soloist Lucy Cutt.
Deep River is one of the best known of the spirituals originating among the enslaved Africans in the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. This arrangement was made for Eb Tuba soloist Steven Walsh.
Difficulty level: 3.5/6
Duration total c.18-20 mins total
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
A Portrait of Paris - Peter Graham - Duet (cornet/euph or two euphs) with piano accompaniment |
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A Portrait of Paris was written for Alexis Demailly and Bastien Baumet of the Paris Brass Band.
The three movements, Promenade (aux Champs-Élysées), Sur La Seine and Tour de France, are the composer's musical impressions of some of the city's landmarks and events (with occasional references to a famous Parisian composer thrown in for good measure...)
A fantastic extended work.
P{ublished by Gramercy Music
The duet will work great in its original form for cornet and euphonium, but we think it will also work great as a duet for two euphoniums.
Score: https://www.gramercymusic.com/image/Portraitpiano.pdf
Have a listen: https://www.gramercymusic.com/sound/Portsound.mp3
Difficulty level 4.5/6
Supplied with duet parts (Corent in TC and euph (in TC and BC) and piano part
Concerto for Euphonium - Vaclav Nehybel - Euphonium and Piano (Bass clef only) |
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An important concerto in one continuous movement.
This comissioned by the American euphonium played Roger Behrend
Composed by Vaclav Nelhybel (1920-1996)
Sound file
https://www.cimarronmusic.com/concertoforeuphoniumnelhybelpiano
Published by Tuba Euphonium Press
Duration approx 13 minutes
Difficulty level 4.5/6
Supplied with solo part in BC only and piano part
Concerto Per Flicorno Basso Op.155 - Amilcare Ponchielli Arr. Henry Howey - Euphonium and Piano |
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We are pleased to offer this famous composition, one of the oldest surviving works for our instrument, a grand Italian theme and variation solo.
A work in terms of importance, length and difficulty. After a substantial introduction, we get to the main theme and variations follow. In the great operatic tradition, and typical of the important works of the composer. Have a listen to the recording from the Euphonium Virtuoso CD played by Steven Mead.
One of our biggest technical challenges! Musical too!
https://youtu.be/6tWdEICGuzEBc
Published by Tuba Euphonium Press
Length 13.41
Difficulty 5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano
Four Puccini Arias - G.Puccini Arr. Joseph Spaniola - Euphonium and Piano (Bass clef only) |
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Four beautiful Puccini arias, arranged by Joseph Spaniola.
1. Vissi D'Arte
2. Un Bel Di
3. Dondie Lieta
4. Nessun Dorma
You simply have to have this album in your collection!
Published by Tuba Euphonium Press
Duration approx 15.00
Difficulty level. 3.4/6
Supplied with solo parts in BC and piano part
First Movement from Concertino No.1 in B flat - Julius Klengel Arr. Leonard Falcone - Euphonium and Piano |
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The Klengels (Julies Klengel (1859-1933) were a very musical family in the second half of the 19th century.
This wonderful work, originally for cello, is a real tour de force for euphonium.
Steven Mead recorded this on his Tribute album with the Michigan State Wind Orchestra. The connection of course was with Leonard Falcone, whose arrangement inspired performance on the CD.
It's a great work, and a complete workout for the performer.
Published by Tuba Euphonium Press.
Duration 4.20
Faustbuch - Elizabeth Raum - Euphonium and Piano |
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The Canadian composer Elizabeth Raum composed this work and dedicated it to the Euphonium player, Mark Jenkins, in 2002.
It's a really fascinating and complex work in three movements.
Three movements based on the Faust legend. Also a version for F tuba. Premiered by Jenkins on January 24th at the Army band tuba/euphonium convention at Ft. Myer, Virginia, and band version premiered by John Griffiths at ITEC 2004 in Budapest.
https://elizabethraum.com/solo-accompanied-by-band/
Published by Tuba Euphonium press
DurationL: 13.40
Difficulty level: 5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC
Nocturne Op.7 - Franz Strauss Arr. Michael Fischer - Euphonium and Piano |
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Here's a super arrangement, by Michael Fischer of the classic solo by Franz Strauss for French horn, now arranged for Euphonium and Piano.
A perfect piece for recitals or concerts, and one that's always sure to please, if you play it nicely!
https://youtu.be/jbHJHHiM-is (horn original, video)
Published by Tuba Euphonium Press
Duration: 6.40
Difficulty level 4/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Hungarian Melodies - Vincent Bach Arr. Harold Brasch - Euphonium and Piano |
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A real virtuoso showpiece from a composer who became better know as a maker of mouthpieces and trumpets etc
A great recital or concert work.
Listen to this fine recording by Dave Werden, accompanied by wind band
http://www.dwerden.com/music-videos/euphonium-music-videos.cfm?vid=1422
Duration 5.40
Difficulty level 4.5 /6
Supplied with solo part in TC
Arcades and Alleys (Sonata for Euphonium) - Alan Lourens - Euphonium and Piano |
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The Sonata for Euphonium is a traditional three movement sonata following classical forms. Movement one is lively Sonata Form, Movement Two is a quiet Ternary Form, and a very lively Rondo rounds out the composition.
This is is post-modern; it is Each movement opens strong in the stated key (G Major, f minor) though in each case the tonality wanders considerably before finishing in the home key. The work is descriptive in nature, but not programmatic.
Arcades and Alleyways explores the whole range of the instrument, from a Pedal B Flat to a C three octaves above that note, and requires professional level technical ability.
Is a really interesting work, essentially a Sonata for Euphonium.
Lourens was born in Perth, Western Australia, and attended Scarborough Senior High School, where he won the prize for music in his graduating year. After completing a degree in Music Education at the Western Australian College of Advanced Education, Lourens taught brass and classroom music in public schools, based at Kelmscott Senior High School, and including conducting and teaching brass at Churchlands Senior High School and Perth Modern School. He returned to study at Indiana University, earning a master's degree in music (in Euphonium Performance) in 1992, and a Doctorate (in Wind Conducting) in 1999, working as an Associate Instructor to Harvey Phillips and in the IU department of bands, working with the Marching Hundred. At Indiana, he studied Euphonium with M.Dee Stewart and Daniel Perantoni. He was also awarded a Performers Certificate for the quality of his Masters recital.
From 2000, Lourens has held leadership positions at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (as Head of Classical Music), and has held positions in Singapore(at Lasalle College of the Arts),[1] and in Dubai.[2] His name was also associated with a possible appointment as Head of the ANU School of Music.[3][4] In 2009, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
Listen to the world premiere by Fletcher Mitchell: Finland, July at the opening concert of the Lieksa Brass Week. World premiere performance of Australian composer Dr Alan Lourens's Euphonium Sonata 'Arcades and Alleys'.
https://fb.watch/kxwTBboRjn/
Duration 13.38
Diffiulty level: 4.5/6
Supplied with: solo parts in TC, BC and piano part
Andante and Hungarian Rondo - Carl Maria von Weber Arr. Dave Werden - Euphonium and Piano |
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Here's the wonderful classical solo, originally for bassoon, now arranged by David Werden for the Euphonium. It works brilliantly and it's great to have this addition as a standard text now for the Euphonium.
https://youtu.be/ToI7PAozptE
Published by Cimarron Music Press
Highly. recommended
Duration 10.30
Difficulty 5/6
Supplied solo parts in TC and Bc and piano part
Mountain Silence - Ian Lester - Euphonium and Piano |
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A beautiful evocative piece composed by a euphonium player, and one of the brightest young writers for brass in the USA, Ian Lester.
Listen to the sound file: https://soundcloud.com/ianlester-1/mountain-silence-for-solo-euphonium-and-piano?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Published by Cimarron Music Press
Duration 3.05
Difficulty level: 3.5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano
International Songbook for Euphonium - Arr. David R.Werden - Euphonium and Piano |
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Nineteen beautiful melodies, both classical and folk style. Sure to be in big demand, some of the most beautiful melodies here. Look at the track listing on the image.
Published by Cimarron music press.
Duration n/a
Difficulty level 3/6
Supplied with Solo parts in TC and BC nad piano part
Fantasia Di Concerto (Sounds from the Riviera) - Ed. Boccalari - Euphonium and Piano |
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Here is the famous and favourite euphonium classic solo from the end of the 19th century.
Often used as a recital work and also with Band. This is the version with piano accompaniment.
Published by Cimarron Music Press.
As heard on Steven Mead ' Tribute' CD
Duration approx: 10 mins
Difficulty 5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Fantasia Per Tromba - Amilcare Ponchielli - Euphonium and Piano |
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This is a virtuoso showpiece, and perfectly suited to the Euphonium. Based on a melody from La Traviata,
Ponchielli is best known to Euphonium players for his Concerto per Flicorno Basso, but this absolute delight
Listen to a digital sound file:
https://www.cimarronmusic.com/fantasia-la-traviata-op-309
Published by Cimarron Music Press
Duration. approx 8 minutes
Difficulty level. 4/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Arpeggione Sonata - Franz Schubert Arr. David R. Werden - Euphonium and Piano |
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Composer: Schubert, Franz Arranger: Werden, David
Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Euphonium, Piano
https://youtu.be/AQgnN0_YOD0
Originally written for an instrument called the Arpeggione (like a fretted cello), Schubert's beautiful Sonata works very well for wind instruments. This arrangement is written by the performer, David Werden, for euphonium and piano. The performance is from a live recital tour of Japan in 1989. A graduate of The University of Iowa, Mr. Werden was the euphonium soloist with The United States Coast Guard Band for more than 20 years. He has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, England, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. Through FM and TV broadcasts, his solos have been heard in dozens of countries around the world. He is a recitalist and clinician, and has performed at local, national, and international symposiums. He was a member of The USCG Band Euphonium/Tuba Quartet, the Atlantic Tuba Quartet, and the Classic Brass Band. He previously taught at the University of Connecticut and is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in American Education. His efforts to expand the role and recognition of the euphonium led the British magazine Sounding Brass in conjunction with the American publication Euphonia to name him "Euphonium Player of the Year" in 1980. He is the first American awarded this honor. In 1981 he was elected to the post of Euphonium Coordinator for the International Tuba-Euphonium Association (formerly called Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association: T.U.B.A). In 1987 he was appointed to the Honory Board of Advisors of ITEA. His many solo performances and his efforts to expand the role of the euphonium in music earned him the prestigious Coast Guard Commendation Medal. He has also been awarded two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, the Coast Guard Special Operations ribbon, two Coast Guard Unit Commendations, and three Coast Guard Merit Somnataorious Unit Commendations. In 1993 he was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda honors society. He has published articles in Euphonia magazine, The Instrumentalist magazine and the T.U.B.A. Journal. He is the author of The Blaikley Compensating System, Scoring for Euphonium, co-author with Denis Winter of the Euphonium Music Guide, and a co-author of the Brass Player's Cookbook. He compiled and edited a series of papers by Arthur Lehman into the book The Brass Musician. He has also published over four dozen arrangements for a variety of solo instruments and ensembles. His website, http://www.dwerden.com/, has become a favorite of euphonium players everywhere. Since moving to Minnesota he has performed with Symphonia (America's Premier Large Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble), the Minnesota Orchestra, the Sheldon Theater Brass Band, was a special guest artist at the International Euphonium Institute, and has been heard on live national broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion.
Duration 9.15
Difficulty 4.5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Divertimento - Dan Price - Euphonium and Piano |
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Comissioned in 2009 by Welsh College of Music and Drama student Lynsey Orr, Divertimento for euphonium or baritone is written in four distinct and individual movements, each tailored to display a different charecteristic of the instrument.
I Intrada - traditional in style with a pompous melody line which conjures images of the English countryside
II Siciliana - a slow and melancholic movement, full of emotion and a hint of an Irish air.
III Habanara - a rousing passionate movement written with technicallity in mind.
IV Rondo - a combination of jazz and traditional melodic influences, requiring dexterity from the soloist.
Published by Prima Vista Musikk
Difficulty level: 4/6
Duration. 8.30
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Three Stories - Three Worlds (Concerto for Euphonium) - Peter Meechan - Euphonium and Piano |
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New to the EuphoniumStore and a fine concerto here for the ambitious player!
This exciting concerto by composer Pete Meechan is an important new addition to the euphonium repertoire. It was written at the request of David Thornton and the Black Dyke Band, and composed between June and August 2003. The first performance was given on 8th November of the same year at St. Botolphs Church, Boston, Lincs. The euphonium soloist, David Thornton, was accompanied by the Black Dyke Band, under the baton of Dr. Philip Wilby.
The concerto lasts approximately 15-16 minutes, and is divided into three movements I - Hubris: The House of Atreus, II - Discardation: Lament for Aerope and III - New Order: Flight to Sparta. The original version of the concerto with brass band accompaniment is also available from Prima Vista Musikk.
Duration 15-16 Minutes
Difficulty level: 4.5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
A Simple Song - Joel Collier - Euphonium and Piano |
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The composer Joel Collier writes: "In 2017 I accepted a new job opportunity that required me to move halfway across the country. While it was an exciting opportunity, it meant leaving behind all the friends and colleagues I had grown to love. A Simple Song was a way for me to express this bittersweet goodbye, both sad to leave people behind, yet hopeful of what was to come. The premiere was given with The National Capital Band, where I had served as principal euphonium since 2011, less than a week before I left. It is dedicated to those I left behind."
This is a very beautiful piece of music and one that is sure to enchant any audience who hears it, so long as you play it nicely!
Published by Prima Vista Musikk
Duration 4:30
Difficulty Level: 3.5/6
Supplied with solo part in TC, and BC with piano partfull brass band score and set of brass band parts
Funk Theory - Peter Meechan - Piano or electronic backing |
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Originally composed for euphonium and trombone quartet, Funk Theory became an instant success following its première on 7th October 2003, featuring the all female Bones Apart trombone quartet and David Childs in Manchester's RNCM Concert Hall. Funk Theory is now available in this arrangement with piano and/or CD accompaniment.
The music is based on two simple chord sequences - the first is heard in the first 7 bars and the second is an 8 bar sequence heard throughout the piece. The melody continually varies and develops becoming increasingly busy and difficult. It could almost be considered a small set of 'funk' variations.
Funk Theory has been performed in its various forms by euphonium soloists throughout the world. It is great fun to play and creates a little 'light relief' during any concert. The original version of Funk Theory with trombone quartet accompaniment is also available from Prima Vista.
The electronic backing can be downloaded from the Prima Vista website: https://primavistamusikk.com/
Duration: 4.15
Difficulty level 5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part and electronic part (which is a download from the publisher)
Sonata (in five movements) for Trombone and Piano - Martin Ellerby |
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Programme Notes:
The work is designed as a recital piece, the five movements comprising an arch like structure with relationships between movements I and V and II and IV respectively, leaving the central 3rd movement as a more extended lyrical interlude. The subtitles are in French and should be pronounced as such. The reason for this is purely that the premiere performance was scheduled to take place in France enabling the composer a little personal amusement whilst engaged on the work's composition! Also, the spontaneous use of parody and music hall mannerisms has particularly 'Les Six' connotations even though concocted here by an English composer.
1. Déclamation
An agitato introductory movement with two contrasting subjects, the first marcato and the second delicato.
2. Burlesque
The soloist is muted throughout in a scherzo quasi una marcia movement that includes two parody moments, the first a march, the second a waltz.
3. Endurance
A lamentoso movement that grows in intensity from its gentle origins to reach a central more passionate outburst based upon the traditional Dies Irae melody.
4. Variété
This second scherzo is marked molto ritmico and is also muted throughout for the soloist. Two highly contrasting ideas provide the material: the first edgy yet being capable of being recast as a jazz waltz. The second is marked misterioso and is exactly that!
5. Affirmation
A return to the opening agitato style though the material is new with funky elements meeting rhythmic properties and much use of glissando in the solo part. A coda of increasing intensity brings the work to a dramatic conclusion.
The first performance of this work was given by Brett Baker (trombone) and Emmanuelle Bartoli (piano) in the Salle Fauré at the Conservatoire á Rayonnement Régional de Paris on 4th July 2012 as part of the 41st International Trombone Festival.
Youtube links for all 5 movements
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNtSW4r5TQt1_iJKM9wYinXemawl6Xixi
Difficulty Level 4.5/6
Duration approx 14 mins
Pulcinella - Philip Sparke - Euphonium and Piano |
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New**
PULCINELLA - Philip Sparke
Euphonium (or Baritone) and Piano Reduction
Watch/listen the youtube video: https://youtu.be/qJSVuaz7Vmc
which shows the full score too - Recorded by the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Air Force and its conductor Matty Cilissen. Soloist: Kevin Van Giel, Euphonium
Pulcinella was commissioned by the Taiwanese euphonium player Tzu-Hsiang Lin. Lin is a renowned soloist and teacher and a Besson Euphonium Artist. He teaches euphonium at Taipei National University of the Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Shih Chien University and National Kaohsiung Normal University. Pulcinella continues SparkeÂ’s series of euphonium solos named after characters of the Italian commedia dellÂ’arte and opens with a long and expressive minor melody for the soloist over a brooding accompaniment. This is taken up briefly by the piano and is extended by the soloist after a change of key. A cadenza, accompanied by fragments of the main melody leads to a complete change of mood, tempo and tonality, introducing a Vivo section starting with a perky syncopated tune for the soloist. The piano then uses elements of this new tune to introduce a change of key, where the soloist introduces a more lyrical second subject over a pulsing accompaniment. The piano then takes this up and changes key to reintroduce the original Vivo melody, which leads to a short and acrobatic coda to bring the work to a spectacular close.
Duration: 6:45 Difficulty level: 4.5/6 Supplied with solo part in TC and BC and piano part.
Reverie - Thomas Doss - Euphonium and Piano |
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The composer writes: "Reverie is a small piece of music for a euphonium player. A dear friend and colleague of mine commissioned the work, to whom Reverie is also dedicated. The work commences with a dream-like melody and then explores various emotions to showcase its virtuosic capabilities".
This is a very beautiful and extended work for euphonium, and this is the arrangement with piano accompaniment. It also exists with wind orchestra accompaniment. Please contact us at euphstore@gmail.com if you require the band set.
Steve recorded this in the band version on his recent CD entitled Pulse, and it's proved to be a very popular work.
This is suitable for recitals, concerts and festivals.
It is quite an extended work, and put some physical demands on the player, with quite a few high concert C's throughout. That said, it is a work that players should aspire to play. It's one of the most beautiful additions to our repertoire in recent years.
Published by Mitropa Music. highly recommended.
Listen to Steve's performance on Spotify
Commissioned by Wolfgang Weichselbaumer.
Duration: 8 mins
Difficulty level: 4.5/6
Supplied with: solo parts in TC, BC and BC in Bb and piano part.
Spitfire - Nathan Doughtrey for Euphonium or Tuba/Euphonium and Piano |
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Spitfire is a tour-de-force duet for euphonium and piano that takes your breath away from the first flourish of 16th notes and doesn't let go until the final note. Caution: Not for the feint of heart. The set includes an optional tuba, which turns the duet into a trio.
Program Notes
Spitfire was inspired by the British fighter planes of the same name used by the Royal Air Force and several other countries during World War II. Designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft, the Supermarine Spitfire was one of the fastest planes in service during the war. The quick moto perpetuo nature of the composition was an attempt to capture the speed and excitement of this historic plane. The word spitfire is also used to describe a quick-tempered or highly excitable person, which is also appropriate.
Spitfire was written for Dr. Brian Meixner for performance at the Southeast and Northeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conferences (SERTEC & NERTEC). Dr. Meixner and the composer performed the world premiere of the work on March 15, 2013 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL as part of SERTEC. The set includes an optional tuba, which turns the duet into a trio.
Take a listen HERE:
P:ublished by C.Alan Publications
Instrumentation
Euphonium
Tuba (optional)
Piano
Duration: 7.15
Difficulty level: 4/6
Supplied with Solo euph part in TC and BC, optional tuba part (BC) and piano score.
Bounce - Nathan Doughtrey - Euphonium and Piano |
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Infused with the sounds of Bernstein, Gershwin, and a brief nod to Dizzy Gillespie, Bounce features the euphonium as both a classical and a jazz instrument, offering moments of blazing virtuosity and expressive lyricism.
Program Notes
Commissioned by the West Forsyth High School Band (Jim Kirkpatrick & Phil Spencer, directors) and a consortium of North Carolina high school band programs, Bounce was originally written to feature the talents of NYC jazz trumpeter (and NC native) Mike Sailors. The original version for trumpet and wind ensemble received its world premiere at the NC Music Educator's In-Service Conference in Winston-Salem in November 2014. Infused with the sounds of Bernstein, Gershwin, and a brief nod to Dizzy Gillespie, Bounce features the euphonium as both a classical and a jazz instrument, offering moments of blazing virtuosity and expressive lyricism.Bounce by Nathan Daughtrey
Take a listen HERE
Published by C.Alan Publications
Duration: 6 minutes
Difficulty level: 4/6
Supplied with: solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Sonata for Euphonium and Piano - David Gillingham |
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Herer's the Sonata for Euphoniumm and Piano by the very popular US composer David Gillingham. He is a prolific composer for the euphonium and so many of his works have become an integral part of the modern euphonium repertoire.
Program Notes
The Sonata for Euphonium and Piano was written for and commissioned by Chris McGinty. The work is cast in the usual three-movement format with the outer movements structured in sonata form and the middle in simple song form (ABA). As the title suggests, the piano has an equal role to the euphonium and is hardly ever “accompanying” the euphonium.
The first movement features an aggressive primary theme characterized by octave leaps over fluctuating simple and compound meter. By contrast, the second theme group is comprised of graceful chord outlines and descending scale figures following modal harmony and chromatic mediant progressions in compound quadruple and quintuple meter. The development section utilizes the material from both theme groups moving through constantly shifting tonality. Solo piano brings back the primary theme in the recapitulation eventually joined by the euphonium. The second theme group finds the euphonium playing material related to the piano’s figuration in the exposition while the piano plays the melodic line, originally stated by the euphonium. A sprightly coda utilizing the primary thematic material ends the movement.
Like distant bells, the piano begins the second movement with a mixture of thirds and seconds in the warmth of D-flat major under which the euphonium plays a lovely arching melody. A transition leads to C major and the piano repeats the thematic material. A development ensues with the euphonium playing an ornamented version of the theme in compound duple meter with the piano moving in continuous 16ths. The passage modulates to D major and the euphonium plays an augmented version of the theme with the piano articulating the opening bell-like figure in diminution. The piano continues its figuration in an interlude which serves as a transition back to D-flat major and changes its pattern to pan-diatonic clusters that serve as a backdrop to a return of the theme in the euphonium. A coda shifts to F major, then A major, back to D-flat major, and then ends, longingly, on an F major seventh.
The final movement centers around the tonality of B-flat minor and begins tenaciously with a undulating pattern of 16ths in the piano in a very fast tempo. Against this, the euphonium plays an aggressive and foreboding theme following a mixture of the harmonic and melodic minor scale, ascending and descending. The foreboding mood changes drastically when the mode changes to B-flat major and the euphonium sings a celebratory theme derived from the primary theme. The piano enhances the celebration with quick octave leaps on three and four note diatonic clusters alluding to the ringing of bells. An extensive development section follows reworking both themes through transient modulations, sequences, diminution and augmentation, all of which fluctuate in mood from foreboding to celebratory. In the recapitulation, the euphonium begins with a dance-like version of the theme in 6/8 rhythm while the piano states the theme in augmentation. The two soon return to their roles as they were in the exposition. The second theme becomes even more celebratory with the piano playing the undulating pattern of the beginning of the movement in E-flat major and the euphonium augmenting the theme. There is a retransition to B-flat minor, but the rhythmic excitement continues through the coda to definitive closure.
Published C.Alan Publications
Duration:13.30 mins
Difficulty level: 4.5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Diversive Elements for Euphonium, Tuba and Piano - David Gillingham |
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Here is the fantastic composition by David Gillingham for euphonium, tuba and piano. This is a very advanced composition and requires great dexterity by all three participants. It's a work that Steven Mead has performed on a few occasions and it is a very serious recital – concert work.
5 Movements entitled: Intrada; Jazz Walk; Euphony; Caccia; Fanfare & March.
Date completed: 1996
Take a listen: https://gillinghammusic.com/chamber/diversive-elements/
Duration : 10 mins
Difficulty level: 5/6
Supplied with Euph parts in TC and BC , tuba part in BC in C and piano part.
Fiddlydee - Kimberley Archer - Euphonium and Piano |
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What if, on the night of a barn dance, the fiddle player got sick and couldn't make it? What if only a euphonium player were available to fill in? A spirited work which requires a little singing, whistling, kazoo playing, and even audience.
https://soundcloud.com/c-alanpublications/fiddlydee-by-kimberly-archer
Chamber Ensemble Euphonium & Piano (euphonium, piano) - medium difficult
Composed by Kimberly Archer. Published by C. Alan Publications (CN.11680).
Duration: 7 minutes
Difficulty level 4/6
Supplied with solo part in Bass clef only amnd piano part
Sonata for Euphonium and Piano - David Gillingham |
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Herer's the Sonata for Euphoniumm and Piano by the very popular US composer David Gillingham. He is a prolific composer for the euphonium and so many of his works have become an integral part of the modern euphonium repertoire.
Program Notes
The Sonata for Euphonium and Piano was written for and commissioned by Chris McGinty. The work is cast in the usual three-movement format with the outer movements structured in sonata form and the middle in simple song form (ABA). As the title suggests, the piano has an equal role to the euphonium and is hardly ever “accompanying” the euphonium.
The first movement features an aggressive primary theme characterized by octave leaps over fluctuating simple and compound meter. By contrast, the second theme group is comprised of graceful chord outlines and descending scale figures following modal harmony and chromatic mediant progressions in compound quadruple and quintuple meter. The development section utilizes the material from both theme groups moving through constantly shifting tonality. Solo piano brings back the primary theme in the recapitulation eventually joined by the euphonium. The second theme group finds the euphonium playing material related to the piano’s figuration in the exposition while the piano plays the melodic line, originally stated by the euphonium. A sprightly coda utilizing the primary thematic material ends the movement.
Like distant bells, the piano begins the second movement with a mixture of thirds and seconds in the warmth of D-flat major under which the euphonium plays a lovely arching melody. A transition leads to C major and the piano repeats the thematic material. A development ensues with the euphonium playing an ornamented version of the theme in compound duple meter with the piano moving in continuous 16ths. The passage modulates to D major and the euphonium plays an augmented version of the theme with the piano articulating the opening bell-like figure in diminution. The piano continues its figuration in an interlude which serves as a transition back to D-flat major and changes its pattern to pan-diatonic clusters that serve as a backdrop to a return of the theme in the euphonium. A coda shifts to F major, then A major, back to D-flat major, and then ends, longingly, on an F major seventh.
The final movement centers around the tonality of B-flat minor and begins tenaciously with a undulating pattern of 16ths in the piano in a very fast tempo. Against this, the euphonium plays an aggressive and foreboding theme following a mixture of the harmonic and melodic minor scale, ascending and descending. The foreboding mood changes drastically when the mode changes to B-flat major and the euphonium sings a celebratory theme derived from the primary theme. The piano enhances the celebration with quick octave leaps on three and four note diatonic clusters alluding to the ringing of bells. An extensive development section follows reworking both themes through transient modulations, sequences, diminution and augmentation, all of which fluctuate in mood from foreboding to celebratory. In the recapitulation, the euphonium begins with a dance-like version of the theme in 6/8 rhythm while the piano states the theme in augmentation. The two soon return to their roles as they were in the exposition. The second theme becomes even more celebratory with the piano playing the undulating pattern of the beginning of the movement in E-flat major and the euphonium augmenting the theme. There is a retransition to B-flat minor, but the rhythmic excitement continues through the coda to definitive closure.
Published C.Alan Publications
Duration:13.30 mins
Difficulty level: 4.5/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part
Diversive Elements for Euphonium, Tuba and Piano - David Gillingham |
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Here is the fantastic composition by David Gillingham for euphonium, tuba and piano. This is a very advanced composition and requires great dexterity by all three participants. It's a work that Steven Mead has performed on a few occasions and it is a very serious recital – concert work.
5 Movements entitled: Intrada; Jazz Walk; Euphony; Caccia; Fanfare & March.
Date completed: 1996
Take a listen: https://gillinghammusic.com/chamber/diversive-elements/
Duration : 10 mins
Difficulty level: 5/6
Supplied with Euph parts in TC and BC , tuba part in BC in C and piano part.
Fiddlydee - Kimberley Archer - Euphonium and Piano |
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What if, on the night of a barn dance, the fiddle player got sick and couldn't make it? What if only a euphonium player were available to fill in? A spirited work which requires a little singing, whistling, kazoo playing, and even audience.
https://soundcloud.com/c-alanpublications/fiddlydee-by-kimberly-archer
Chamber Ensemble Euphonium & Piano (euphonium, piano) - medium difficult
Composed by Kimberly Archer. Published by C. Alan Publications (CN.11680).
Duration: 7 minutes
Difficulty level 4/6
Supplied with solo part in Bass clef only amnd piano part
Short Story - George Gershwin Arr. Luc Vertommen - Euphonium and Piano |
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A new addition to the Euphoniumstore, February 2022 :
Gershwin's Novelettes, written in 1925, were arranged by the Polish-born violinist Samuel Dushkin, pupil of Auer and Kreisler and a friend and collaborator with Stravinsky, for violin and piano, under the title Short Story. The piece takes the performer and listener to the entrance, at least of Tin Pan Alley.
An elegant recital/concert work.
This has been skifully arranged by Luc Vertommen and published by BandPress VOF.
Listen to the original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yodCDOdk7CE
Duration: approx 3 minutes
Difficulty 3.5,4/6 (some optional 8ve writing in places)
Supplied with solo parts in TC, BC in C, and BC in Bb and piano score.
Sonatina Frivola for Euphonium and piano - Andrew Wilson-Dickson |
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A brand new publication from Brass Wind Publication.
These three new pieces invite musical sleuths to discover three well-known classics concealed inside them, while enjoying the euphonium's wide range of colour, dexterity and tone.
...After Rachmaninoff's Prelude op 3 no 2 • After Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March no 1• After Albinoni's Adagio
A nice innovative set of three pieces offering a fresh challenge and really fun to play.
Duration - total 12 mins (3 pieces)
Difficulty level 3.5,4/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part.
The Euph of Yesterday - Arr. Chris Mowat - Euphonium and Piano (TC version) - NEW |
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10 baroque pieces.
We all know that the euphonium was not developed until well into the 19th century, so there is no authentic classical or baroque repertoire. This is especially frustrating when you consider the agility and expressiveness of the instrument in the hands of our best players. We can be sure that the composers of the baroque era would have leapt at the chance of writing for the euphonium, and this volume of pieces attempts to show what might have resulted, had it been around.
...Bourée (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) HANDEL • Sarabande (from English Suite no 6) JS BACH • O Ruddier than the Cherry HANDEL • Winter (from The Four Seasons) VIVALDI • Bourée (from English Suite no 2) JS BACH • Theme and Variations HANDEL • Allegro (from Harpsichord Suite no 1) MONZA • Arioso (from Church Cantata no 156) JS BACH • Minuet and Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite no 2) JS BACH • Allegro (from Sonata no 6) BESOZZI
Published by BrassWind Publications (UK)
A great new addition to the rep, beautifully produced and not so difficult!
Duration: complete around 35 mins
Difficulty level: 3/6
Supplied with solo part in BC and piano part.
The Euph of Yesterday - Arr. Chris Mowat - Euphonium and Piano (BC version) - NEW |
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10 baroque pieces.
We all know that the euphonium was not developed until well into the 19th century, so there is no authentic classical or baroque repertoire. This is especially frustrating when you consider the agility and expressiveness of the instrument in the hands of our best players. We can be sure that the composers of the baroque era would have leapt at the chance of writing for the euphonium, and this volume of pieces attempts to show what might have resulted, had it been around.
...Bourée (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) HANDEL • Sarabande (from English Suite no 6) JS BACH • O Ruddier than the Cherry HANDEL • Winter (from The Four Seasons) VIVALDI • Bourée (from English Suite no 2) JS BACH • Theme and Variations HANDEL • Allegro (from Harpsichord Suite no 1) MONZA • Arioso (from Church Cantata no 156) JS BACH • Minuet and Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite no 2) JS BACH • Allegro (from Sonata no 6) BESOZZI
Published by BrassWind Publications (UK)
A great new addition to the rep, beautifully produced and not so difficult!
Duration: complete around 35 mins
Difficulty level: 3/6
Supplied with solo part in BC and piano part.
Ncore - Roland Szentpali - Euphonium and Piano (+ optional conga drum ad lib) |
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About Ncore
Roland Szentpali presents a light and playful piece with Latin American flavors. An excellent encore!
A very challenging work for the advanced player!
Commissioned and recorded by Swiss euphonium soloist Fabian Bloch.
Spot on!
The Next Generation of Euphonium Music
Fabian Bloch (euphonium)
Francoise Killian (piano)
Michael Meinen (percussion)
GENUIN Recordings: CD GEN19679
Roland Szentpali was born in 1977 in Nyíregyháza, Hungary. He began his musical studies in his hometown; in 1991 he was admitted to the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, as the tuba student of József Bazsinka and later of Gábor Adamik. At the age of 16 he won the national “Brasses and Percussion” competition, then wrote and performed his first concerto for tuba and symphony orchestra, recorded and broadcast by Hungarian state television. From here, his career as tubist and composer rapidly gained an international dimension. He entered the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest where he studied with László Szabó, while taking private lessons with Roger Bobo. Since 1998 he has won first prize at seven international competitions: Gdansk, Poland; Munich, Germany; Budapest, Hungary; Chéju, Republic of Korea; Brno, Czech Republic; Lieksa, Finland and second prize at the competitions of Guebwiller, France and Markneukirchen, Germany. His opus includes chamber music works, orchestral pieces and concerti for various wind instruments, most of it is published by Editions Bim
Duration: 5 mins
Difficulty level: 5/6
Supplied with solo part in TC annd BC, piano part and optional conga drum, part)
Euphonium Concerto - Edward Gregson - Euphonium and Piano |
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Here is the Euphonium Concerto by Edward Gregson, just published with piano accompaniment.
This is certain to be a highly sought-after concerto and one that advanced players will want to study and perform in the future.
Program notes by the composer:
The Euphonium Concerto was commissioned by the Euphonium Foundation UK and was written for, and dedicated to, David Childs. Lasting some 22 minutes, it is a large-scale symphonic work in both its structure and scale. Its three movements, subtitled Dialogues, Song without Words, and A Celtic Bacchanal, explore the full range of the technical, musical, and emotional scope of the euphonium.
The first movement, Dialogues, is concerned with contrast and development, using as a reference point a five note musical cypher (BACH – B flat, A, C, B natural – followed by a tritone F). This cypher is used in various guises throughout the movement and beyond and acts as a ‘pillar’ in an ever-changing musical canvass. The movement’s sonata form structure contrasts highly charged rhythmic ideas with a lyrical second section, where perhaps the euphonium takes on the cloak of a cello with its soaring melodicism. This leads to a central section, with scurrying semiquavers culminating in a frenetic fugal climax before returning to the opening ideas, now further explored and developed.
An extended cadenza, with brief but dramatic interruptions from the timpanist, leads directly into the slow movement – Song without Words. Here, the peaceful mood of the opening tutti section leads to a wistful ballad for the soloist, which pays nostalgic homage to another era long since gone. The opening music returns, this time developing into an intense climax, before quietly sinking into a reprise of the opening music, with the soloist’s ballad now transferred from minor to major. The movement ends quietly and leads without a break into the final movement.
A Celtic Bacchanal is, as the title suggests, a wild dance that takes on some of the character of Celtic folk music (the dedicatee is a Celt, and the composer half-Celt!). Whilst primarily being a technical tour-de-force, a lyrical central section once again exploits the euphonium’s singing qualities, reaching a majestic peroration before subsiding into tranquility. The folk-like dance starts up again, this time culminating, via a reference to the first movement, into an exuberant and life-affirming coda.
The work exists in FOUR versions, with symphony orchestra, wind orchestra, brass band and here on this site , with piano accompaniment.
Published by Novello.
Listen on Youtube:
1st movement. https://youtu.be/HQpRkoieEsU
2nd movement. https://youtu.be/s1jiTR68Avo
3rd movement. https://youtu.be/z-Q77JWaibo
Highlly recommended!
Duration: 22minutes
Difficulty level: 5/6
Supplied with: solo parts in TC and BC and piano part.
Contest Piece - Misa Mead - Euphonium and Piano |
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Here is a brand-new composition by Misa Mead entitled Contest Piece.
There are many solo competitions the world over, and Misa decided to create a work that would be very suitable for some of these events, that allows the soloist to demonstrate various skills and techniques, all within a two octave range and of a duration of four minutes.
To get a full appreciation of this work we recommend that you watch Misa's performance with piano accompaniment. We feel sure that this work is going to become very popular as it's accessible for many performers, creates a great impression of sound and technique, and also great fun to play.
Click HERE to view the video performance of this, performed by Misa accompanied by Dr. Howard J Evans.
Published by Bocchino Music, 2021.
Duration: 4 minutes
Difficulty level: 3/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part.
Kristy's song - Pete Meechan - Baritone or Euphonium and Piano |
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Here is a beautiful lyrical solo suitable for euphonium or baritone, composed for the Australian baritone soloist Kristy Rowe.
The composer writes:
“I got to know Kristy when she moved over to the UK from Australia. I enjoyed getting to know her personally, and also enjoyed getting to know her beautiful playing, so was delighted when she asked if I would write something for this project. I had produced a CD for Leyland Band during Kristy’s time with Leyland, on which she performed John Golland’s ‘Peace’, and her lyrical playing, and her sound, blew me away. So I wanted to write something that reflected those qualities.” Peter Meechan – 2013
Duration - 4 minutes
Difficulty level - 3/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC and piano part.
Origins (Euphonium Concerto) - Pete Meechan - euphonium and piano - New in store |
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The composer Pete Meechan writes of his concerto 'Origins':
'Origins is in three movements, with each movement having a different subject matter, all linked by the idea of origins: the first movement refers to musical origins; the second to the origins of life; and the final movement to the space exploration - the research of all origins.
The first movement is based on a short motif, heard in the first three notes the soloist plays. These three notes cover the interval of a minor third (an interval that often plays a crucial role in my music) on which the whole concerto is built. The soloist and accompaniment interplay freely throughout the opening section, before an ostinato accompaniment appears in the woodwinds - over which the soloist sounds a long legato melody. A short cadenza follows and a return to the opening material leads the movement to an end.
The second movement, titled Harry's Song, is - as tradition dictates - a slow movement. Happy and reflective in nature, the main melody was written on the evening that my closest friend, Mark Bousie (a fine euphoniumist himself), and his wife Jayne, had their first child - Harry Bousie. It seemed only fitting that this song should be written for Harry in celebration.
The final movement brings me back to a lifelong fascination with space, and in this particular movement, the Space Shuttle Discovery. Having completed 39 missions (including flying the Hubble telescope in to orbit), and spent a total of 365 days in space, SS Discovery made its final voyage in 2011 and was taken to the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. in April 2012. This final movement, titled Discovery, pays tribute to the great shuttle whose missions inspired millions across the generations.
Origins was commissioned by Marco Schneider, Adrian Schneider and the Dunshan Wind Orchestra, Beijing, China".
Duration; approx 14.5 mins
Difficulty rating 5/6
Supplied with solo part in TC and BC and piano part.
Ave Maria - Astor Piazzolla Arr. Luc Vertommen - Euphonium and Piano - now back in stock |
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This is Piazzolla's beautiful and haunting Ave Maria. This is a brand-new release from Band Press, the company owned by the arranger of this work, Luc Vertommen. This was recently recorded on video by Steven Mead, and you can watch the video here.
PROGRAM NOTES
Ave Maria (Tanti anni prima – Many years ago) is one of two hauntingly beautiful tunes drawn from Ástor Piazzola’s score for the 1984 Marco Bellocchio film Enrico IV (Henry IV) based on the eponymous play by Luigi Pirandello with the same title, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale.
An unnamed Italian aristocrat falls off his horse while playing the role of Henry IV during carnevale festivities. After he comes to, he believes himself to be Henry. For the next twenty years, his family, maintain an elaborate charade in a remote Umbrian villa, staffed with servants hired to play the roles of Henry's privy councillors and simulate the eleventh-century court. During the play it appears that after 12 years of illness, he notices that he is cured, but decides to continue in his role.
The movie contains two of Piazzolla's most beautiful and haunting songs. Of the two songs, Oblivion, which is heard at the close of the movie, became one of Piazzolla’s best known songs and more frequently performed, but Tanti anni prima is no less beautiful. The theme is associated with the character Matilda, a widow whom Henry loved, unrequited, before the accident, portrayed by Claudia Cardinale in the movie.
The song is also known as Ave Maria, a later name most likely given it for commercial reasons by Piazzolla’s Italian agent, Aldo Pagani. One must agree that the new name fits, the Ave Maria does bring to mind a church organ during a meditative moment. Ave Maria consists of two parts, both with smooth, broad melodic lines to show of the composers lyrically sentimental side. In the second movement more passion and character is requiered especially to colour with the modern, more dissonant chords.
Although originally for oboe and piano, the version for cello and piano is among the more frequently performed. This version for euphonium and piano of Piazzolla’s Ave Maria is arranged by Luc Vertommen.
Highly recommended, sure to be very popular
Duration 4.45
Difficulty level 3.5/6
Supplied with Solo part in TC, BC in C, and BC in Bb and piano part.