Diamond Concerto (Euphonium Concerto No.3) - Philip Sparke - Euph & Wind Band version
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  Philip Sparke's  Diamond Concerto ( Euphonium Concerto No.3)  is a quite outstanding new work for euphonium.

 It has been brought to popularity very rapidly due to the success of the Diamonds CD made by Steven Mead and the Central Band of the Royal Air Force,  and it this disc was recently crowned Solo CD of the Year 2012 by  both the British Bandsman and Brass Band World magazines.

 This new work has just been published by Anglo Music Press  and we are delighted to offer it to you here.

 On this page is the version for euphonium and wind band (supplied with both treble and bass clef solo parts), as heard on the Diamonds CD. Full score and band parts supplied.

Level: Soloist 6 / Band 5

The version with piano accompaniment is also available  from this store.

 Philip Sparke writes about the Diamond Concerto

Diamond Concerto was commissioned by Musikverein Mörschied from Germany - Dr. Eric Grandjean, conductor - for a special concert featuring Steven Mead as guest soloist.  Together they gave the world premiere on 28th April 2012 in the town theatre of Idar-Oberstein.

The commission is a highlight in the 30-year friendship between composer and soloist, which has included many mutual CD projects and concerts and, now, a concerto. Sparke had Steven Mead’s special euphonium sound in his head throughout the composition process and made free use of the variety of styles which the world-renowned virtuoso has made his own during his highly successful solo career.

The village of Mörschied lies to the west of Frankfurt am Main in the area known as the German Road of Precious Stones, which is famous for its thriving gem industry. Because of this is was decided to give the commission a local connection by chosing the title, Diamond Concerto. Each of the three movements is named after a famous diamond:-

1 EARTH STAR

is rather stern in mood, opening with a free fantasy for the soloist over a static chord from the band. This leads to an Allegro Moderato in minor mode where small motives are gradually repeated and developed by both band and soloist.

2 OCEAN DREAM

uses a varied quote from the composer’s Music for Battle Creek, including a melting slow melody that was originally written with Steven Mead in mind.

3 BLUE HEART

was written, at Steven Mead’s suggestion, in bebop style and takes the form of a jazz waltz. The quasi-improvisatory central section features a call-and-response passage for the soloist and upper woodwinds.

 The Diamonds CD  can be purchased as a disc from this site or digital download.

	Concerto for Euphonium - Stephen Roberts (with wind band accompaniment)
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Concerto for Euphonium - Stephen Roberts

 The composer writes:

"The Concerto for Euphonium was written in the summer of 2011 after hearing a series of euphonium recitals whilst examining at various music colleges in the UK. I was reminded of the virtuosic potential and wide range of the euphonium and immediately started to write a movement based on the songs of a particularly vociferous (and virtuosic) blackbird in my Harborne garden. Two further movements swiftly followed and the piece came together very quickly, with the piano score being completed within just five days.

I chose to use a lyrical musical language that was familiar to many euphonium players rather than something overtly modernistic or atonal and have pushed some technical boundaries as a challenge.

The 1st movement is the most 'meaty' and is based on sonata form, but does not follow the traditional tonal format. It is rather eclectic in style and celebrates typically British sounds, but all the themes stem from the blackbird resident in my garden and the opening fanfare is the strident territorial call that brightens summer days. The 2nd main subject (tranquillo) is hyper romantic with rich chromatic harmonies redolent of the 20th-century British light music genre. There are 2 cadenzas: one just before the recapitulation and the other before the virtuosic coda.

The slow movement features the upper register of the euphonium in a manner reminiscent of Baroque concertos where brass players were called upon to sing in the high harmonics. It is essentially a chaconne with the solo part sounding related modal material at a faster tempo over the slow-moving chord progression.

The finale is an ebullient rondo based on the Mexican huapango dance style, which alternates duple and triple meters. The coda recalls that of the first movement to conclude with a virtuoso flourish."

 

This Concerto is available on this site with piano, wind band and brass band accompaniment. On this page you can order the version with wind band accompaniment (solo part, full score and full set of parts)

It is a very difficult work for the soloist, but very rewarding to study and play. It can be heard on Steven Mead's Diamonds CD, where he performs this concerto accompanied by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force Band.

 

Solo part is in both treble and bass clefs.

	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.

tags pete meechan, origins, euphonium concerto

	The Flight of the Bumble Bee - Euph and Wind Orchestra - Rimsky Korsakov Arr.Harry James/Langeler
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 Here is Bert Langeler's brand-new arrangement,  for euphonium and wind orchestra, of the classic Harry James version of  Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumblebee. It features the wonderful swing section in the middle  that made Harry James's version so unique. Steven Mead recorded a brass band version of this on his very first solo CD, Rondo,  in 1991.

 It's the perfect encore piece for a soloist with wind orchestra.

 Difficulty rating: 4/6

	Panache (WB) - Robin Dewhurst
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Another superb solo from Robin Dewhurst, the easy listening light jazz style employed here is a perfect addition to the repertoire. Panache was commissioned by virtuoso euphonium player Steven Mead. (Also available with piano accompaniment).

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	Bravura (WB) - Peter Graham
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Bravura is a companion piece to the composer's earlier euphonium display piece Brillante, utilising the same traditional 19th century "fantasy variation" structure, familiar to generations of brass soloists. Folk songs from the four corners of Great Britain are featured; Oranges and Lemons, (England), The Blue Bells of Scotland, The Minstrel Boy (Ireland) and the famous Welsh anthem Men of Harlech.
The solo is a conflation of the original version, written for the 2002 Royal Albert Hall Gala Concert, which followed the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. On that occasion the combined talents of virtuosi David Childs, Derick Kane, Steven Mead and David Thornton (with guests Robert and Nicholas Childs) were on display, each personalising the cadenza section towards the end. This version incorporates a published cadenza, though soloists should feel free to improvise their own material at this point.

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	Allegro Appassionato, Op. 43 (WB) - Saint-Saëns/arr. Luc Vertommen
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The Allegro Appassionato opus 43 for cello and orchestra was the first work that Camille Saint-Saëns wrote after marrying Marie Laurie Emilie Truffot on February 3th, 1875. Saint-Saëns claimed to compose music as naturally as ‘an apple tree produces apples' The Allegro Appassionato was composed around the same period as his more famous Fourth Piano Concerto, the Danse Macabre and the String Quartet. The piece remains very popular amongst cellists these days mainly because of its ‘showy character' with a lot of rising semi-quavers in the first theme. Although the piece breathes the romantic atmosphere it is fast moving and virtuoso. This delectable miniature creates the impression that it could go on forever, and it seems to have a real dynamo of energy in its relatively short time span. There are only very small sections of calm in this exciting work.

solo parts included: TC, BC, Bb BC

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

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	Andante Cantabile (WB) - Tchaikovsky/arr. Luc Vertommen
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The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

Tchaikovsky's ‘Andante Cantabile' is one of the most famous and inspiring romantic movements. Is was either the singing of a workman or baker - there are two versions of the story - that introduced Tchaikovsky to the folk melody that he immortalized in his slow movement of his String Quartet nr 1, opus 11, composed in 1871. Clearly he was not put off by the tune's unromantic words, ‘Vanya sat on the divan and smoked a pipe of tobacco'. An immediate hit, the movement was quickly extracted from the quartet and published in numerous arrangements through which it became one of Tchaikovsky's most famous short works. It didn't only inspire Johan De Meij for a fantastic and extreme make-over (see recent brass band test-piece!) , Tchaikovsky himself made an arrangement for cello and string orchestra sometime between 1886 and 1888 for cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848-1890) who premiered the Rococo Variations in 1877.

difficulty rating: 3 (1-6)
solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Brillante (Wind Band set) - Peter Graham
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Brillante was commissioned by Peter Wilson for the British Bandsman Centenary Concert in 1987 and was first performed as a duet by Robert and Nicholas Childs.

Later reworked as a solo with brass band accompaniment, it has become popular the world over - an accessible mix of sentiment and virtuosity!

This wind band version brings the piece to a wider range of players and audiences and is a sure-fire hit!

Duration: 6 minutes
USA Grade 4 (approx.)

	Carmen Fantasy (WB) - Georges Bizet/arr. Luc Vertommen
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Georges Bizet's opera Carmen is based on the story of the same title by Prosper Mérimée and concerns the renowned Carmen, a beautiful gypsy with a fiery temper. Several well-known pieces from the opera have taken on a life separate to the work : the Prelude (overture), the Toreador song and the Habanera. A number of classical composers have used themes from Carmen as the basis for works of their own. This Carmen Fantasy is a virtuoso showpiece in the tradition of fantasias on operatic themes. Like in the opera, the soloist must not only have a great range, but also exhibit superior dramatic skills in order to portray Carmen's character. Almost every technical challenge for the Brass soloist is contained here or what is more the soloist must fully understand beautiful song like aspect and stylistic demands of this music.

solo parts included: TC, BC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

	Concerto for Euphonium (Wind Band parts) - Philip Wilby
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Completed on New Year's Eve 1995, Philip Wilby's concerto has already established itself as one of, if not the, greatest concerto for the instrument written so far.

Its extended length seeks to explore that fine combination of sustained lyricism and explosive virtuosity which typifies the modern euphonium in the most expert hands. There are two parts which divide into four movements.

Part One opens with a sonata structure movement which alternates between a melodic style and some rapid passage work. The intention of the music is a firm and cerebral development of the opening fourth-based motifs. At the tranquil conclusion of this music the second movement bursts in - Zeibekikos - a rapid and extrovert Greek Island dance complete with plate smashing!

Part Two re-examines some of the opening material surrounded by cadenzas, and centred upon a short and sustained adagio. The final movement opens with a rapid fugal section which moves inexorably towards a climactic return of the music and tonality of the opening.

	Concerto for Euphonium (Wind Band score) - Philip Wilby
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Completed on New Year's Eve 1995, Philip Wilby's concerto has already established itself as one of, if not the, greatest concerto for the instrument written so far.

Its extended length seeks to explore that fine combination of sustained lyricism and explosive virtuosity which typifies the modern euphonium in the most expert hands. There are two parts which divide into four movements.

Part One opens with a sonata structure movement which alternates between a melodic style and some rapid passage work. The intention of the music is a firm and cerebral development of the opening fourth-based motifs. At the tranquil conclusion of this music the second movement bursts in - Zeibekikos - a rapid and extrovert Greek Island dance complete with plate smashing!

Part Two re-examines some of the opening material surrounded by cadenzas, and centred upon a short and sustained adagio. The final movement opens with a rapid fugal section which moves inexorably towards a climactic return of the music and tonality of the opening.

	Concerto for Violone (WB) - Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi/arr. Vertommen
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The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi (1755-1818) studied violin with Nazari, a pupil of Tartini and composition with Bertoni. He was active in Venice as a performer in theatres and in St.Mark's. In 1796 he visited London and in 1805 he settles in Bergamo where he was active as violinist and professor of violin at the Istituto Musicale. He was highly regarded both as teacher and performer and was equally proficient as a composer.

The autograph manuscript of his ‘Concerto per il Violone' has been found in the British Museum and transcribed for double bass in 1969 by Rodney Slatford. Already in 1967 the late Philip Catelinet transcribed the ‘Andante and Rondo' for lower brass instruments which became a popular exam piece for lower brass instruments.
The term ‘violone' is known as early as 1520 and means in modern terminology the double bass viol, the direct ancestor of the double bass. Historically the term has embraced a variety of meanings and even in some Italian sources, the cello. This could perhaps explain why this hidden gem works as well for euphonium as for all lower brass instruments. Those euphonium players familiar with the Catelinet version will discover a virtuoso opening ‘allegro' movement and some interesting changes in technique and articulation in the well known ‘andante and allegro' parts.

difficulty rating: 4/5 (1-6)
duration: 15:00
solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb
All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	El Cant del Ocells (WB) - Traditional/arr. Luc Vertommen
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Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells) – traditional Catalan carol Catalan born cellist Pablo Casals not only set new standards in the solo repertory but also as a chamber musician. El Cant dels ocells is a Catalan folk song dedicated to his memory. It is based on a Catalan carol whose peculiarly haunting quality sounds especially evocative in this arrangement for euphonium. It is predicted this will become an absolute classic for the euphonium soloist. It is a simply beautiful and calm piece of music.

solo parts included: TC, BC, Bb BC

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Elegie (WB) - Pete Meechan
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Elegie opens with an unaccompanied passage, originally written as a short memorial piece, but later adapted as the basis of this more developed work for euphonium or trombone and brass quintet.

The work uses a variation structure, with both the soloist and the accompaniment changing throughout the piece; the harmony, rhythm and melodic lines leading somewhere new and different each time they are heard.

All sets of music come complete with the solo part in both bass clef concert and Bb treble clef parts.

Also available with piano, brass band or brass quintet!

 

	Euphomania - Maino Remmers
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The new Steven Mead Concert Collection from Mythen Hollanda contains some of your favorite pieces for euphonium now available with a WIND BAND accompaniment. 'Euphomania' is by Maino Remmers, and begins with a quasi-symphonic introduction followed by a modern bossa-nova. This piece is great fun to play, and is a definite crowed pleaser! The atmosphere that 'Euphomania' generated provides sufficient opportunity for the soloist to entertain the audience with this piece written in a South-American flair!

solo parts included: BC, TC

	Euphonium Music (Wind Band set) - Brian Bowen
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Something of a classic in its brass band and piano versions! We are delighted, at last, to make this work available ith wind band accompaniment by the composer.

Written in 1978, the work is constructed in three movements and is virtually a concerto for euphonium and band. The first movement begins with an unaccompanied motto theme, which uses all twelve notes of the scale but with a tonal feel. The slow second movement is based on an original song melody by the composer - ‘The Eyes of God' - and affords lyrical and richly expressive playing that is typically euphonium. Movement three follows without a break - a capricious movement which ends triumphantly.

Now available in versions for piano, brass band, wind band, and orchestra, Euphonium Music can be seen as a major contribution to the literature for the instrument.

Duration: 15 minutes
USA Grade 5

	Fields of Destruction - Pete Meechan - Euphonium and Wind Orchestra
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Fields of Destruction is a collection of three songs for euphonium and wind ensemble. These aren't songs in the classical music sense, nor are they representative of "pop" songs or those from a musical. The three songs take more from the folk tradition of story telling and protest songs, transparent in nature, plain in delivery, and also heartfelt.

The subject matter is war, and more specifically, the wars which we (The UK and the US) are involved in.

Whilst the piece was in its gestation period, it occurred to me that there was a really strange irony. Flanders Fields are covered in poppies, now a symbol of remembrance, and of peace, yet the huge plantations of the same flower in Afghanistan fund the terrorist attacks on out nations, as well as fund the organisations that plan such attacks, and fight wars with our troops in Afghanistan.

All sets of music come complete with the solo part in both bass clef concert and Bb treble clef parts.

	Grand Air de Zaïr (WB) - Saverio Mercadente/arr. Vertommen
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The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

Grand Air de Zaïr is an eight minute recitative and aria from Saverio Mercadente's opera ‘Zaïra'. In the 18th century when Italian opera dominated Europe we find the 30 year old Mercadente leaving Italy in 1826 to try his fortunes in Spain and Portugal. He composed seven operas there before returning to Italy in 1831. In 1830 he composed a new work for Naples, the opera Zaïra based on one of Voltaire's finest tragedies. The theme is the conflicting claims of religion and love, for Zaïra is torn between the allegiance she owes to the Christian faith in which she was born and the love she feels for Sultan Orosmane.

All the bel canto, lyrical phrases and cadenzas are present in this Italian virtuoso show piece in a style that could be compared as a mix between Rossini's ‘Una voce poco fa' and ‘Largo al Factotum'.

difficulty rating: 4 (1-6)
duration: 5:30
solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Grande Fantaisie Dramatique (WB) - Demersseman/arr. Vertommen
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The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

When Adolphe Sax (1814-1894) went to Paris he first worked on his famous saxhorns from 1842 till 1854. He not only invented this famous family of conical bore brass instruments but he also commercialised them and asked his friends musicians and composers at the Paris Conservatory to compose some original works for the new saxhorns.

Jules Demersseman (1833-1866) was born in Hondschoote (in the North of France on the Belgian border) and was at that time a virtuoso flautist and composer. He entered the Paris Conservatory when 11 years old and he obtained his first prize for flute a year later ! As a composer he is , because of his early death, almost complete forgotten and briefly remembered through the works he composed for Adolphe Sax ‘Trombone with Six Independent Valves'.

The musical style of his ‘Grande Fantaisie Dramatique' is written for the taste of the Parisian public of that period. As well as in his easy exam pieces, his most brilliant fantasies sought to charm the fashionable light music fans. His Grande Fantasie Dramatique is a unique example of this theme and variations style (made more famous by J.B. Arban later on) where the euphonium soloist could show of his technical and musical possibilities. The influence of French opera is ever present with disguised arias and recitatives that give this fantasy its dramatic character.

difficulty rating: 4/5 (1-6)
duration: 8:05
solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

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	Gypsy Airs - Sarasate/arr. Gert Buitenhuis
	£89.00 - £81.95 Reference:  SMWBMH04 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

The new Steven Mead Concert Collection from Mythen Hollanda contains some of your favorite pieces for euphonium now available with a WIND BAND accompaniment. A classic for euphonium! If you have been to one of Steven's concerts anywhere in the world - you have probably heard some rendition of this piece. It is one of his favorites to play, and has been expertly set by Gert Buitenhuis. This bear of a piece will bring the audience to their feet in no time!

solo parts included: BC, TC

	Hora Staccato - Jascha Heifetz/arr. Gert Buitenhuis
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The new Steven Mead Concert Collection from Mythen Hollanda contains some of your favorite pieces for euphonium now available with a WIND BAND accompaniment. 'Hora Staccato' is the famous virtuoso piece originally for violin by Jascha Heifeitz. This classic piece has been performed all over the world by Steven, and now you can add this gem to your next concert.

solo parts included: BC, TC

	Humoresque, Op. 35, Nr. 8 (WB) - Reinhold Glière/arr. Vertommen
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Reinhold Glière (1875-1956) was a direct heir to the Russian romantic tradition. The most important element in his style is expressive melody and this is best typified in his Opus 35, written in 1908. It is a collection of eleven short pieces for various instruments and piano revealing his love for a good melody. The Humoresque, opus 35 nr. 8 and the Impromptu, opus 35 nr. 9 are both dedicated to bassoonist Ivan Romanovich Porubinovski. The Humoresque has an almost old English feel about it, quite stately and character in fact, and should not be rushed.

solo parts included: TC, BC, Bb BC

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Impromptu, Op. 35, Nr. 9 (WB) - Reinhold Glière/arr. Luc Vertommen
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Reinhold Glière (1875-1956) was a direct heir to the Russian romantic tradition. The most important element in his style is expressive melody and this is best typified in his Opus 35, written in 1908. It is a collection of eleven short pieces for various instruments and piano revealing his love for a good melody. The Humoresque, opus 35 nr. 8 and the Impromptu, opus 35 nr. 9 are both dedicated to bassoonist Ivan Romanovich Porubinovski. In the Impromptu the euphonium plays an almost improvised and charming melody exploring the cantabile character of the instrument, and although it was originally written for bassoon the long arching melodies suit the euphonium perfectly.

solo parts included: TC, BC, Bb BC

Available on: Audacious

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (WB) - Saint-Saëns/arr. Vertommen
	£104.00 - £98.95 Reference:  SMWBBP06 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

Camille Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, opus 28 is his first work for violin written in 1863. Since its premiere it has continued to be one of Saint-Saëns most popular compositions and has been performed by notable virtuosi including Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern and Maxim Vengerov.

In the 1850s, Saint-Saëns became acquainted with a fellow musical prodigy, the Spanish violinist Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908). Sarasate was 19 when Saint-Saëns wrote the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for him in 1863, and the technical challenges of the work attest to the violinist's prowess. Saint-Saëns did not publish the piece until 1870, but Sarasate frequently programmed it in his concert engagements throughout Europe and the United States. The slow introduction, marked Andante malinconico (melancholy), becomes gradually more animated and ends in a mini-cadenza that opens the rondo, Allegro ma non troppo. The syncopated theme stated by the violin has a distinct Spanish flavour with some idiomatic Spanish rhythms and featuring huge leaps and brilliant arpeggios. The orchestra opens the bridge to a contrasting lyrical theme, con morbidezza (with tenderness), played in 2/4 by the soloist over the 6/8 time of the accompaniment. Even the rondo theme reappears in a more introspective mood, before the orchestra bursts once more into the bridge passage. After the final statement of the rondo the violin moves from a short cadenza of triple-stopping to a brilliant coda, undoubtedly written as a showcase for Sarasate's virtuosity. This work was popular enough that both Georges Bizet and Claude Debussy made arrangements of it. This version for euphonium is undoubtedly affected by the playing of Sergei Nakariakov of this classical showpiece. At first glance the violin part seems impossible for a few valves. The adjustments make some valuable hours of study for both technique and musicianship and in the end this version sounds as if originally conceived for the euphonium.

difficulty rating: 6 (1-6)
duration: 9:04
solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Introduction and Tarantella (WB)- Pablo Sarasate/arr. Vertommen
	£55.00 - £52.95 Reference:  SMWBBP02 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

Introduction and Tarantella is an incredible violin virtuoso showpiece by the composer of the well known ‘Zigeunerweisen – Gypsy Airs’. For those who love practicing the technical side of the instrument; now you need to practice a bit more!

difficulty rating: 6 (1-6)
duration: 5:40
solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements from the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher. 

 

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	Le Dernier Sommeil de la Vierge (WB) - Jules Massenet/arr. Vertommen
	£62.00 - £59.50 Reference:  SMWBBP16 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

The Last Sleep of the Virgin (Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge) was the only piece to survive in Jules Massenet’s lifetime from an oratorio in four scenes based on episodes from the life of The Virgin Mary from the Annunciation to her death. It was first performed at the Paris opera in 1880. La Vierge enjoyed modest popularity in its day but the atmospheric ‘Dernier Sommeil’, the prelude to the final section was encored and soon found its way into popular orchestral programmes. It became one of Thomas Beecham’s favourite ‘lollipops’ and could become the euphonium’s answer to Massenet’s massive violin hit ‘Meditation’ from ‘Thaïs’.

solo parts included: TC, BC, Bb BC

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Lucy Long (WB) - Fred Godfrey/arr. Vertommen
	£55.00 - £52.95 Reference:  SMWBBP01 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

Here is the definitive version of this old 'warhorse' in the original edition as featured in the first London Promenade concerts. This edition finally uses the whole compass of the modern euphonium as well as its technical and musical versatility.

difficulty rating: 4/5 (1-6)
duration: 6:10
solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements of the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Peace, Please! - Frode Thingnaes
	£85.00 - £79.95 Reference:  SMWBMH03 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

The new Steven Mead Concert Collection from Mythen Hollanda contains some of your favorite pieces for euphonium now available with a WIND BAND accompaniment. 'Peace, Please!' is from Frode Thingnaes and was written for Steven a few years back. This piece has become one of Steve's favorites and he performs it all over the world. While set in a quasi-jazz setting, the sweeping melodic lines will leave your audience wanting an encore! A great piece for any occasion!

solo parts included: BC, TC

	Pokarekare Ana (WB) - Paraira H. Tomoana/arr. Vertommen
	£39.00 - £35.95 Reference:  SMWBBP03 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

Pokarekare Ana is a tender simple melody from the New Zealand Maori tradition. For lovers of a good slow melody.

difficulty rating: 2/3 (1-6)
duration: 4:05
solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements from the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

 

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	Requiem Paraphrases (WB) - Pete Meechan
	£92.00 - £85.00 Reference:  SMWBPMM10 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

Grade: band 4 / soloist 6

Written as part of the 250 year celebrations of Mozart's birth (1756), this is a solo guaranteed to please an audience, and be an enjoyable challenge to perform. Originally commissioned by and dedicated to Steven Mead, he described the work as "...Requiem Paraphrases will probably turn out to be regarded as perhaps the most important work for euph and brass ensemble ever composed...simply magnificent and if Mozart were alive today he would have enjoyed the funky middle section, I'm sure."

This effective 10 minute work is now also available with a brass band accompaniment that is sure to take any audience by storm. All sets of music come complete with score, parts, with the soloists part in both bass clef concert and Bb treble clef parts.

Also available with brass ensemble, brass band or piano!

 

	Sir Eu - Thomas Doss (WB score)
	£17.00 Reference:  SMWBMM01-1 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

Sir Eu was commissioned by the regional music authority of Upper Austria and the brass band SoundINNBrass. The composition was meant to be very virtuoso and was written for the euphonium player Steven Mead, who premièred it and has played it regularly worldwide. The title Sir Eu alludes to the master of the euphonium himself, and also to the concept of Europe. From jazz through romanticism to folkloristic elements – this work offers everything that the musical heart could wish for!

	Sir Eu - Thomas Doss (WB set)
	£120.00 Reference:  SMWBMM01 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

Sir Eu was commissioned by the regional music authority of Upper Austria and the brass band SoundINNBrass. The composition was meant to be very virtuoso and was written for the euphonium player Steven Mead, who premièred it and has played it regularly worldwide. The title Sir Eu alludes to the master of the euphonium himself, and also to the concept of Europe. From jazz through romanticism to folkloristic elements – this work offers everything that the musical heart could wish for!

	Six Studies in English Folksong (WB) - Vaughan Williams/arr. Vertommen
	£85.13 Reference:  SMWBBP07 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

The Euphonium Virtuoso Collection is a new series of euphonium solos arranged by Luc Vertommen especially for Steven Mead and offers exciting study and performance opportunities for every aspiring soloist.

Top quality arrangements available in different versions for soloist and brass band, symphonic wind band or piano accompaniment.

By the time Ralph Vaughan Williams had created his Six Studies in English Folk-Song in 1926 he had been travelling around the country collecting English folk songs for a quarter of a century. Along with Cecil Sharp, he preserved for posterity many examples of this great English musical tradition. These small studies are jewels and were originally written for the cellist May Mukle, who gave first performance at the Scala Theatre in London on 4 June 1926. The touching lyricism of these short and beautiful studies, so fresh and loving, are perhaps an off-shoot of his preoccupation with some of the best folk songs in his opera Sir John in Love (1929). These slight but attractive pieces are not literal transcriptions of folk-melodies, but are based on well-known tunes, freely treated and ornamented, whose identity can be easily traced. The first study is a setting of the Norfolk tune Lovely on the Water , in which the tune emerges naturally from the accompaniment , well suited to the lyrical qualities of the euphonium. Spurn Point is a fine tribute to this unique place with sand and shingle banks in the Britsh Islands on the Yorkshire coast. Van Dieman's Land is another fine slow melody and the original name used by Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Lady and the Dragoon is another tune in a slow tempo. In the fourth study 'She borrowed some of her mother's gold', the arpeggio accompaniment rocks gently back and forth, occasionally acting as a kind of descant for the euphonium. The last of the set, As I walked over London bridge ('Geordie') is a 'rum-ti-tum' affair with its air of innocent jollity, its varied accompanying texture, and its surprising ending, is so terse that one regrets the composer did not treat the tune more expansively. But then perhaps the succinct wit of the setting would have been lost.

difficulty rating: 2/3 (1-6)
duration: 7:45 solo parts included: BC, TC, BC Bb

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

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	Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34 (WB) - Tchaikovsky/arr. Luc Vertommen
	£85.00 - £79.95 Reference:  SMWBBP17 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo, a sprightly violin showpiece, was written to fulfil a promise made to Iosif Kotek. Exact information on the work on the Valse-Scherzo does not survive. It is only from letters from Iosif Kotek to Tchaikovsky that an approximate date for the piece might be established as early 1877. Later that same year Tchaikovsky wrote his Fourth Symphony, and the opera Eugen Onegin, and it is thought by this time the Valse had already been completed. The Valse-scherzo was performed for the first time on 21 September 1878 in the Trocadero Hall , Paris at the third ‘Russian Concert In Paris', by the violinist S. Barcewicz, It is possible that the waltz was partly or wholly orchestrated by Kotek after Tchaikovsky completed the version for violin with piano. This of course makes it a supreme challenge for a brass player especially the ‘moto perpetuo' section near the end. The challenge for the brass player is to capture beauty and elegance of the waltz despite the technical difficulties.

solo parts included: TC, BC, Bb BC

Available on: Audacious

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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	Walking on Music (WB) - Roger Deronge
	£62.00 - £59.50 Reference:  SMWBBP11 Stock:   In stock Quantity: 123456789

In 2004 Roger Derongé wrote his Walking on Music for the 10th edition of the Church Concert of his own brass band ‘Bravoer’. To mark this occasion they choose a soloist that had some affinity with the history of the band. Belgian euphonium player Stef Pillaert had as a young boy been a member of the ‘Bravoer’ music camps and had been soloist with the band on a few occasions. Roger Derongé choose to showcase the lyrical side of the instrument and the accompaniment is very austere. In the brass band version the cornet players can even spend some time at the bar. The title explains the way every euphonium virtuoso would like to play this little gem, as easy as ‘walking on music…’ It is a work demanding quite a sustained lyrical approach from euphonium soloist but well worth the effort. Audiences will love this.

solo parts included: TC, BC, Bb BC

All Brass, Wind & Fanfare Band arrangements in the Euphonium Virtuoso series are shipped directly from the publisher.

 

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