The beautiful Welsh hymn tune Crugybar has been arranged by Kenneth Downie as a cornet solo with brass band accompaniment. The dedicatee Martyn Bryant has recently featured the solo with The International Staff Band of The Salvation Army.
Category: SOLOS for E♭. Horn Composer: Kenneth Downie
Bel Canto, a solo for Eb Tenor Horn and band, was written for Sheona White. As the title suggests the music is very song-like and features soaring melodic lines which exploit the middle and upper registers of the tenor horn.
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Although in three movements, this work for euphonium and piano only lasts for five minutes in total!
I. Allegro Energico is in traditional sonata form with the briefest of codas (two bars!).
II. Molto Moderato is a chaconne, a traditional form used by Purcell and Bach.
III. Molto Vivace is a short high-spirited rondo which lasts just one minute!
Category: SOLOS - Euphonium Composer: Simon Parkin
Euphonium Solo - with piano accompaniment.
In its original form, Skunk was first performed by David Childs and Simon Parkin on January 26th 2001 at the RNCM Festival of Brass. Following subsequent revisions, the work later received its official premiere on January 7th 2004 in London's Purcell Room on the South Bank, performed by David Childs and pianist Harvey Davies.
Composed in a jazz-rock idiom the work seeks to explore both the technical and lyrical boundaries of the euphonium soloist and pianist. The music is rhythmically complex throughout and following a return to the original material; Skunk comes to an abrupt end with a series of fortissimo grunt noises depicting the sound a skunk might make!
This publication comes complete with composer biography and performance tips from David Childs
Category: SOLOS - Euphonium Composer: Simone Mantia Arranger: Peter Meechan
Euphonium Solo - This solo was originally composed and made famous in the early 1900s by Simone Mantia, the same man responsible for the popular variations on 'Believe me if all those endearing young charms'. Here the solo line is Mantia's original but the arranger has given the accompaniment a more modern treatment. The solo begins with a dashing introduction before the main theme is heard. A set of tricky variations then follow with a couple of cadenzas thrown in for good measure! This arrangement was made at the request of Nicholas Childs and Black Dyke Band and first performed by David Thornton and Black Dyke Band at the National Brass Band Championships Gala Concert 2004.
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The recording is ESSENTIAL DYKE Vol.5, Celebrate Rotary - CD is DOY CD193
Category: SOLOS for E♭. Horn Composer: Vittorio Monti Material: Steve York
Tenor Horn Solo
Vittorio Monti (1868 - 1922) was born in Naples and studied at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella with Pinto (violin) and Serrao (composition). He went to Paris in 1886 where he perfected his violin playing studying with Sivori, and was for many years first violin in the Lamoureux Orchestra. His works include ballets and operettas, as well as instrumental, vocal and violin pieces. He is best remembered as the composer of the celebrated Csárdás for violin and orchestra. Csárdás has been arranged for every imaginable instrument. This version, for tenor horn soloist and brass band has been arranged by Steve York. As recorded by Owen Farr on CD 24614 Echoes of the East.
Baritone Solo
Commissioned by Carole Crompton, this work explores both the lyrical and virtuosic characteristics of the baritone in an engaging musical language.
Lyrical Bb.Cornet Solo.
Another Christmas arrangement of the traditional English tune 'Greensleeves'. It takes the form of a solo for Bb cornet, intentionally written to be well within the ability range of most players, yet providing plenty of scope for musical lyricism.
Category: SOLOS - Euphonium Composer: F. Mendelssohn Arranger: Simon Kerwin
Euphonium Solo - duration 5.19
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The recording is POLES APART - Riki McDonnell & Alexandra Kerwin on Doyen DOY CD222
Grade 4 Duration 9:30 Cornet solo duration 4.54 The two movements capture both the lyrical and technical movements of the soloist.
Manhattan was commissioned by the United States Army Band for their solo cornet player Woodrow English and first performed by them in Carnegie Hall, New York, in November 2003. The two-movement work demonstrates both the lyrical and technical abilities of this outstanding player. The 'theme' is a weekend in New York and the opening bluesy movement, Saturday Serenade, describes the city on a Saturday night. While writing Sunday Scherzo, the composer pictured an early morning jog in Central Park. This vivaciously rhythmic second movement ends with an even quicker coda bringing the work to a brilliant close. Each movement can also be played individually when a shorter solo is required.
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The recording is POLES APART - Riki McDonnell & Alexandra Kerwin on Doyen DOY CD222
Arranged as a flugel horn solo from Puccini's opera Suor Angelica.
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The recording is FAIREY BAND IN CONCERT on Doyen DOY CD224
Categories: SOLO WORKS & CONCERTOS, SOLOS - Tuba in BC Composer: Peter Graham
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(In association with Intrada Music Publishing UK) For unaccompanied tuba, this brilliant work was commissioned for and recorded by virtuoso James Gourlay.
Another superb solo from Robin Dewhurst, the easy listening light jazz style employed here is a perfect addition to the repertoire. Panache was commissioned by virtuoso euphonium player Steven Mead. (Also available with band accompaniment).
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The Meeting of the Waters is a traditional Irish toasting song, which tells of the meeting of the two drinks as the toast is carried out. Ralph Pearce has skilfully adapted this beautiful and somewhat sentimental melody as a cornet solo. It is not a direct arrangement of the song, but rather a rhapsody that uses the tune as a basis for the basis of the work. After an introduction, the melody is presented twice, linked by a ruminative central section.
The Meeting of the Waters is a traditional Irish toasting song, which tells of the meeting of the two drinks as the toast is carried out. Ralph Pearce has skilfully adapted this beautiful and somewhat sentimental melody as a cornet solo. It is not a direct arrangement of the song, but rather a rhapsody that uses the tune as a basis for the basis of the work. After an introduction, the melody is presented twice, linked by a ruminative central section.
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