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Monolith
Composer: Guardia Jr., Alejandro
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: Trombone, Tuba
Genre: ContemporaryTuba solo with Trombone Quintet
For many centuries, large stone figures have brought up more questions than answers about life of the ancient times that they were created. Monolith for Bass Trombone explores and in some cases fantasizes one of those theories. In the piece, the Bass Trombone represents the large mysterious figure and gives up insight to what it has seen over its many centuries of standing watch over the area. The piece is written as a six-part Arch-Rondo Form.
At the beginning of the piece the accompaniment creates a dark mysterious mood depicting a foggy jungle evening. The soloist enters with short melodies that weave in and out of the ominous texture created by the trombone quintet. It is as if you can see the large figure peeking through the breaks in the forest’s canopy above you. As this develops the melody starts to come through the texture as more and more of the Monolith reveals itself. When the Monolith is found its discoverers immediately look it upon as deity of some sort. The second section erupts with an energetic dance depicting a wild bacchanalian worship festival. The worship of this false idol has gotten out of hand. As the debauchery continues the soloist declares it’s frustration of being idolized and is unable to change the fate that has befallen him. At this point hard times have fallen upon the worshippers. The Monolith is witnessing the worshippers pray and beg their idol for salvation. The slow third section is an empathetic mourning for the worshippers as they start to die off from hunger and disease. As conditions worsen the worshippers start to doubt the power of their idol and start a riot. This fourth section is the same energetic dance as the bacchanalia, but it has darker overtones as the Monolith watches helplessly as the people riot and the conflict essentially rips their community apart. The fifth section leaves the Monolith in the middle of sea of carnage. The soloist weaves in and out of the 54 ostinato created by the trombone accompaniment as a lamentation of the people who once stood on the now burnt and bloody earth before him. Nightfall comes and just as it began the piece ends with the opening texture as the Monolith is standing watch, bathed by moonlight, as it has done for centuries only to be discovered and start the cycle all over again.
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Let My Prayer Arise, Op. 24, No. 6
Composer: Chesnokov, Pavel Arranger: Pendergast, Robert
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Trombone
Genre: Classicalwith Trombone Quartet
Let My Prayer Arise, Op. 24, No. 6 was written in 1910 as part of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. This predominately Eastern Orthodox Lenten ceremony is held in the evening during Holy Week, usually on Wednesday and/or Friday. These vespers are quite solemn and are preceded by a day of total fasting and spiritual preparation. The Op. 24, No. 6 is a setting of Psalm 141. This Psalm is sung after the priest blesses a kneeling congregation with a lighted candle and the words, “the light of Christ illumes all.” While the Psalm is sung, an offering of incense is given. This mirrors the imagery of the Psalm; “Let my prayer arise in Thy sight as incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.” The Holy Eucharist is not consecrated during this service. The Host offered is blessed on the previous Sunday, hence the name Presanctified Gifts.
The original scoring of Op. 24 No. 6 is for solo alto voice and male chorus. It has also been adapted for solo voice with mixed choir, as well as, transcribed for instrumental ensemble. This arrangement utilizes the vocal qualities of the trombone. The choice of the euphonium as the solo voice is intended to emulate the broad, deep sound of the Russian basso profundo.
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Don't Reject Me in My Old Age
Composer: Chesnokov, Pavel Arranger: Arnow, Chad
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: Bass Trombone, Trombone
Genre: Classicalwith Trombone Quintet
From the arranger:
In early 20th-century Russian choral music, few figures loom as large as Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944). Trained at both the Moscow Conservatory (where he later taught choral conducting) and the Moscow Synodal School before their merger, his compositions number around five hundred. Do Not Reject Me in My Old Age (Opus 40, No. 5) is somewhat unusual among this output. Rather than being a traditional SATB choral work, it is a sacred concerto for oktavist (a term for a male voice with an extreme low range, sometimes used interchangeably with the term basso profundo) and chorus. It is based on a passage from Psalm 71, in which the psalmist begs God not to abandon him in his old age. While some of the text is rather bleak, the passage Chesnokov uses ends with “But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.”
This arrangement preserves Chesnokov’s original key. The solo bass trombone part follows the original vocal solo line, showing the range Chesnokov expected of his singer. Breath marks in the score and parts are designed to line up with the original text in most cases. Tempo makings may be adjusted by the performers to suit needs of breathing while playing brass instruments. Throughout, the piece benefits most from a dark, singing sound from the sensemble.
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Three for Two (or One or Three)
Composer: Garcia, Antonio
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: Euphonium, Trombone
Genre: ContemporaryThree for Two (or One or Three) is a versatile composition for trombone(s) and/or euphonium(s) with optional percussion (bongos, snare drum) on any or all movements.
A 6-8 minute work playable with a tenor-bass “trigger” trombone, challenging for but playable by a college senior. Three for Two teaches jazz stylistic characteristics that are not normally encountered in standard classical solos.
The three movements can be performed entirely or independently, and with variances in instrumentation from solo trombone or euphonium (TC euphonium parts included) to duos including bass trombone or percussion or trios including the same. All notes are playable without a trigger-horn, and the duo version is easier for the brass-performer than the solo version. An optional percussion part includes the highly portable instruments of bongos and snare drum so that staging is easily accomplished for a horn/percussion duo or trio.
The title of the piece refers to the three movements scored for duo, solo, or trio (ordered so within the title since it rhymes with the popular title “Tea for Two”). One can generate fourteen instrumentations of this composition, as indicated on the cover sheet of each part.
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Bone of Lucifer, The
Composer: Romera, Juan López
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: Bass Trombone, Trombone, Tuba
Genre: Contemporarywith Piano
The Bone of Lucifer was written in November 2010 for the wonderful bass trombonist Nuno Martins to play with Mr. SC and the Wildbones Gang. I tried to write a piece that leaves the bass trombonist room to play both with full power and adroit phrasing. Although it traverses a variety of sections, feels, and characters, the piece is essentially a passacaglia over an ostinato of nine pitches that I found to be particularly demonic.
– Jon Hansen
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E Lucevan Le Stelle
Composer: Puccini, Giaccomo Arranger: Caldarise, Joseph
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: Bass Trombone, Trombone, Tuba
Genre: Classical, Operawith 6 Trombones and Bass Trombone
“E Lucevan Le Stelle”, extracted from the third act of the opera Tosca, is one of the most important arias in the operatic repertoire. The character Mario Cavaradossi, a painter in love with Tosca, sings it as he awaits his execution on the roof of the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome. Here, it is set for solo tuba and trombone choir.
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Shipped - Wind's Dance
Composer: Ferro
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: TromboneSoloist with 8 Trombones
Composed for Joseph Alessi and the Trombone Collective and premiered at the 2009 Slidefactory. A real show stopper!
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Shipped - Napoli
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Kazik, James
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: TromboneSolo Trombone with 8 Trombones and 4 Bass Trombones
An inventive tema e variazioni arranged by James Kazik. As recorded by Joseph Alessi and the Juilliard Trombone Choir on the Naxos recording 'Return to Sorrento.'
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Songs of the Forest
Composer: Gulino, Frank
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: Bass Trombone, Trombone
Genre: Contemporarywith 8 part Trombone ensemble Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.From $28.00
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Shipped - Super Bone
Composer: Ferro
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: TromboneUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.$20.00