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Euphonium Concerto is a concerto written by Joseph Horovitz for euphonium and British-style brass band (or, alternatively, wind orchestra or chamber orchestra). It is considered as one of the first euphonium concertos. It was commissioned by the National Brass Band Festival with funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain.
A Willson 2900 euphonium, a professional model commonly used in American service bands. The euphonium repertoire consists of solo literature and parts in band or, less commonly, orchestral music written for the euphonium. Since its invention in 1843, the euphonium has always had an important role in ensembles, but solo literature was slow to ...
A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.. English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments (the taille de hautbois, vox humana and the oboe da caccia) had the role of the tenor or alto ...
Born in Fredrikstad, Madsen demonstrated musical ability at an early age when he began to learn to play the piano at age six and first started composing aged seven. [1] Madsen went on to study under Egil Hovland and Erik Werba , [ 1 ] and developed an interest in everything from the Russian masters Prokofiev and Shostakovich to the works of ...
UFO Dreams: Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble (1998). Premiered March 1999 by euphonium soloist Matthew Maslanka and the Hellgate High School Wind Ensemble (John H. Combs, conductor) of Missoula, Montana, on a commission by that ensemble. The three-movement work's title puns upon the name of the solo instrument.
John Golland (14 September 1942 in Ashton-under-Lyne – 14 April 1993 in Dukinfield) was an English composer. He is most famous for his works for brass band, such as Sounds, Atmospheres, Peace, Rêves d'Enfant, his two euphonium concerti and a flugelhorn concerto. He also composed incidental music for the 1983-84 BBC sitcom Dear Ladies.
Concerto pour Euphonium et orchestre (commande du Festival et Concours international de Tuba de Guebwiller, 1997) Concerto Ibérique, pour trompette et orchestre (création lors du Concours international de cuivres de la ville de Narbonne, 1998) Concerto de Berlin, pour violon et orchestre version du film La 7ème Cible (1984) – env. 9'
There are nine concertos, many showing jazz influences. The first piece he acknowledged was the Concertante for clarinet and strings, Op. 1, written as a student work using Weber's Clarinet Concertino as his template. [15] The Violin Concerto (1950) is one of his most serious works, directly influenced by his studies with Nadia Boulanger.