Category: SOLOS for E♭. Horn Composer: Philip Harper
Elegy and Episodes was composed in 2013 for Cory Band tenor horn player Ailsa Russell, and premiered by her at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. A melancholic elegy section featuring lyrical solo lines and a rippling accompaniment is contrasted with a light-hearted but high-energy rondo which requires excellent dexterity, rhythm and range from the soloist. A real challenge!
Category: SOLOS for E♭. Horn Composer: William Elsom
This melodic Tenor Horn solo was composed for Kate Brown of the Fulham Band. With moving band parts and a tuneful, yet technical solo part, this piece allows the soloist to show off their high register and technical skills whilst maintaining entertainment value for the audience. A welcome addition to any horn player’s repertoire.
Category: SOLOS for E♭. Horn Composer: Andrea Price
Grade 5 (Soloist 6)
A virtuosic tenor horn solo with a celtic flavour by Andrea Price.
Commissioned by Sheona White and premiered by Sheona and the University of Salford Brass Band in 2013, Enter the Dance is a lively and virtuosic tenor horn solo. The piece was inspired by the stone circles of celtic legend, where unsuspecting passers-by would be enticed into a circle to join the "Lords and Ladies" of fairie folk-lore in their dance - never to be seen again. The dance-like outer sections frame a beautiful slow melody which requires good breath control and sensitive, lyrical phrasing.
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