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Kit Powell  

6 Fragments for 4 Trombones


for trombone quartet

  • Programme Note

    At my farewell from the conservatorium (June 2003) I spoke to Kari Lassauer, Philip’s first trombone teacher in CH and he said if I were to write something for trombone quartet he would be pleased to perform it with his group (in St Gallen where he also plays in the St Galler Oper). I was pleased to have a new performance possibility and set to work straight away using the ‘Gaol Bird’ (see above) as a starting point. At much the same time I heard a new work by Rudolf Kelterborn in which longish movements were separated be short and often sparsely orchestrated fragments. What stayed with me in the end were these fragments and so came the idea for this suite. Apart from the song-like second movement (‘Gaol Bird’) and the clock-like 3rd movement the pieces are abstract but try to use typical trombone sounds with glissandi, big dynamic changes and wahwah mutes. I sent the score and parts off to Kari L. in March 2004, he thanked me and promised I would hear more soon. A year went by. I wrote him an email. He said he was trying to arrange a performance for April or May. As I write it’s now 17. May and so far not a word � although I specially asked to be able to hear an earlyish rehearsal, it’s important to me that I have time to make any improvements that may be necessary.

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John Rimmer  

A Cambridge Canzona

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1961, r. 2008
for brass quintet (orchestral instruments)

John Rimmer  

A Cambridge Canzona

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1961, r. 2008
for brass quintet (brass band instruments)

John Rimmer  

Agincourt

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2002
March for Brass Band

Eric Biddington  

Andante

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1995
for horn and piano

Gillian Whitehead  

Antiphons

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1980
for brass nonet

Alex Taylor  

antiphony

Duration: 02' 30" Year: 2009
brass fanfare

Dorothy Freed  

Aquarius March for Brass Band

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1971
for brass band

  • Instrumentation
    1 E flat cornet, 5 B flat cornets, 1 B flat repiano cornet, 1 B flat flugelhorn, 2 B flat 2nd cornets, 2 B flat 3rd cornets, 3 E flat tenor horns, 2 B flat baritones, 2 B flat euphoniums, 2 B flat tenor trombones, 1 G bass trombone, 2 E flat bass, 2 B flat bass, snare drum, bass drum, cymbal.
  • Programme Note

    Scored for full brass band (about 27 players) this work was originally written for a brass band competition.

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John Rimmer  

Arioso-Spiritoso

Duration: 06' 00"
for flugelhorn and piano

Ross Harris  

Arquebus

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1986
for tuba and piano