Category: SOLOS - Euphonium Composer: Philip Sparke
Grade 4.0 Duration 2.0
Solo for euphonium and brass band.
A Final Fling was written at the request of David Childs for a CD recording with a Celtic theme, which he released in 2007.
The phrase ‘a final fling’ means a last quick effort at doing something, perhaps when this item is used as an encore, and also, a fling is a type of Scottish Highland dance, which tied in with the Celtic theme. A light-hearted piece, A Final Fling starts in the mood of a folk dance and quotes from The Irish Washerwoman before flying to a close. A perfect way to put your euphonium player in the spotlight.
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Categories: NEW & RECENT Publications, SOLOS - Euphonium Composer: Rodney Newton
Durantio 10.30
These five pieces depict characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's celebrated trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, which made a great and lasting impact upon the composer from the time when he first read the books as a teenager, living opposite Sarehole Mill, the model for Tolkien's own ‘Hobbiton Mill', on the banks of the River Cole in a leafy suburb of Birmingham.
I Gandalf
The benevolent wizard of Middle Earth is called by a number of names throughout the trilogy. Here he is seen casting spells to ward off the encroaching darkness, with a central section depicting him riding his fabulous horse, Shadowfax.
II Gollum
One of the nastiest and most dangerous characters in the saga, Gollum's vicious nature is evident in his spiteful music, punctuated by the gulping sounds he makes which give him his name. A central, slower episode is marked ‘as if wheedling or insinuating'.
III Bilbo Baggins
A country gentleman at heart, Bilbo the hobbit shares a love of life, comfort and good food with the rest of his race. His fussy demeanour hides a courageous heart and a noble spirit.
IV Balrog !
A malevolent entity from the dawn of time, the Balrog is described as a creature "of shadow and fire". Terrifying to behold, these creatures serve Morgoth, the evil god of Middle Earth.
V Tom Bombadil
J.R.R. Tolkien explained that the character of Tom Bombadil represented ‘the vanishing spirit of rural England'. Strikingly dressed in a blue jacket, yellow boots and a hat with a feather stuck in its brim, the quirky Tom lives an idyllic life and embodies a happy world of lost innocence.
Category: SOLOS - Euphonium Composer: N. Rimsky-Korsakov Arranger: David Childs
Solo for Euphonium
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Flight of the Bumblebee was originally composed by Rimsky-Korsakov as an orchestral interlude for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1899). The piece closes the first Tableau of Act lii, right after the magic Swan-Bird gives Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar’s son) instructions on how to change into an insect so that he can fly away to visit his father (who does not know that he is alive). In the century since its composition, the piece has become a standard showcase for solo instrumental virtuosity. This arrangement is by one of the finest exponents of the euphonium, David Childs. Duration c. 1.45
Categories: SOLOS - Euphonium, Howard Snell Music Composer: George Bizet Arranger: Howard Snell
Arranged as a euphonium solo - duration 4.17
Bizet's talents were hardly appreciated in his lifetime, being yet another composer scantly rewarded for his talents. This lovely aria from Carmen shows again the heights he could scale.
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The recording is 20 SUPREME YEARS on Bocchino BOCC106
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