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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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David Farquhar  

Birthday Fanfare

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1965, r. 1994
for two trumpets and two horns

• Instrumentation
  2 trumpets in C, 2 horns in F
• Programme Note

  This is the first piece from Three Horn Duos and has been arranged for two trumpets and two horns.

Hugh Dixon  

Dream Odyssey (horn quartet version)

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1997
for horn quartet

• Instrumentation
  4 horns in F (trombone can substitute fourth horn)
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Ronald Tremain  

Fanfare for Brass Quartet

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1974

Ross Harris  

Homage to Robert Burch

 Year: 2007
for horn quartet

• Instrumentation
  four French horns
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Eric Biddington  

Hornoresque

 Year: 2008
for four French horns

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Chris Gendall  

Leggiero

 Year: 2010
for trombone quartet

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  • BonaNZa - A History of the Trombone  Year: 2010 

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Kit Powell  

Metamorphoses

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1990
for brass quartet

• Instrumentation
  2 trumpets and 2 trombones
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Douglas Lilburn  

Quartet for Brass

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1957
for 2 trumpets, horn and trombone

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  • Grant Cooper and Concord Brass: Points in a Changing Circle 

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  • New Zealand Brass Quintet  Year: 1983 

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David Hamilton  

Quartet for Brass

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 2007
for 2 cornets, baritone and trombone

• Programme Note

  This work was written for a group of students at New Plymouth Boys’ High School. All were brass band players, hence the unusual combination of instruments. The requested score was to be “not too difficult, not to slow” and with “one fast movement and one slow movement”. In the end, the work became a four movement work, giving the players a choice of material.
  
  The opening fanfare is the most dissonant movement, and features a lyrical melody idea that seems unable to properly assert itself. Every time it gets going it is overwhelmed by other ideas.
  
  The Slow Tango uses a simple syncopated idea that moves around the various instruments during the course of the movement. The Waltz allows the 1st cornet and baritone a chance to take the limelight. The Rondo finale is a lively exploration of a simple melodic idea. The music includes a fugal section in the middle, before dashing to a energetic conclusion.

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