The original work for oboe and piano arranged for tuba and string orchestra. Melodic passages alow the tuba to sing while the strings support with lush chords and moving passages. Medium difficulty.
Brass Choir (4 Flugelhorns, 4 Horns, 1 Euph., 1 tuba) Phrases are quickly passed from one instrument to another to create motion, depth and to give a sense of continuous music.
3 B-flat trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba. Symphony No. 8 has been called a Slavonic rhapsody, due to its folksong character. The Finale has been abridged but retains the charm of the original. Fun! Euph. part in TC & BC.
3 Trumpets (alt. Bb Picc. for Tpt. 1), 2 Horns, 2 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba. Franck was a popular and prolific composer of church music. This motet is in the Venetian style, but with no separation of the choirs: antiphonal parts are within the group.
Seven Brass: 3 Trumpets in C, French Horn, 2 Trombones, and Tuba. Moderate difficulty. An excellent example of Renaissance music for brass by Giovanni’s uncle Andrea. Used for celebration of Christmas Mass.
3 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones, and Tuba. A nice antiphonal piece for brass taken from the Credo of the Tridentine Mass. The cadences allow for long pauses to let any natural reverb envelop the chord. Should be performed in a huge church or hall.
Picc Tpt (A), Tpt in Eb (D), 3 Tpts in C (Bb), 4 Horns, 3 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba and optional Timp/Cymbals. This majestic, hymn-like Adagio is Mahler`s expression of love & nature. Beginning quietly, it slowly rises to a powerful climax
4 tpts, 2-4 hns, 3 trbs, euph, tuba, opt. timp/cym. (Transposed to B-flat) This arrangement for brass ensemble (no organ!) captures the power of the last movement of this majestic symphony. (also available on Dorm40Music in the original key of C)
4 Bb(C) tpts, 2-4 hns, 3 trbs, euph, tuba, opt. timp/cym. This abridged arrangement for brass ensemble (no organ!) captures the power of the last movement of this majestic symphony. Tpt. 1 goes to high C. (Also available in a version transposed to B-flat)
4 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 4 Trombones, 2 Euphoniums, 2 Tubas. The a cappella choral works of Strauss are rarely performed. However, the harmonic and textural characteristics of these works translate perfectly to the expressive sonorities of brass.
