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You will have heard in that intro that Adam was then a member of His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Some of us have met him before as he is also a trombonist in Mardi Brass Ensemble. That quintet were the first musicians we took into Leatherhead Trinity School, in the Summer of 2016. Here we have one of those little insights into how musicians work. In another side-item from the recording days at King's, Adam adds a camera to his slide (the moving part of the sagbutt or trombone). Another short video as they rehearse In Ecclesiis, by Giovanni Gabrieli, composer, and organist of St Mark's Basilica in Venice: |
Sagbutt slide view and sound, rehearsing
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/1557-1612) In Ecclesiis In Churches Choir of King's College Cambridge, with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, but principally Adam Woolf's sagbutt |
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Before we move on to the modern orchestral trombone, here is the sound of the sackbutt in concert with cornetts, and a small organ. A more blended sound than we have heard so far. Composer and organist Priuli was another Venetian. A collaborator and friend of Gabrieli, he left the city after Gabrieli died and he took up a post with the Habsburgs in Austria. |
Giovanni Priuli (c1575-1626)
Canzona seconda à 6 Second Song for 6 performed by Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble |
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Beethoven is considered the first composer to specifically call for the trombone rather than the sackbutt, rather than leave it to the ensemble's choice.
This beautiful set of pieces, Drei Equali, was written in 1812 and moves us through sounds which could easily have been of the sackbutt. They are 'equal' because each part is equally difficult to perform, there is no '1st, 2nd...' here. This is 'tower music'. In this case, music to be played from a church tower on All Soul's Day. They had their premiere at the Linz Old Cathedral on 2nd November 1812. Equals 1 and 3 were performed at Beethoven's funeral by brass, and in a vocal arrangement of verses from the Miserere. And the three pieces were played at the funerals of Gladstone and of King Edward VII. |
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Drei Equali Three Equals i Andante ii Poco Adagio iii Poco sostenuto performed by the trombone section of the Philadelphia Orchestra and introduced by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin (and his cat Rafa) |
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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Concerto in Bb for Trombone and Military Band (1877) Allegro vivace Andante cantabile Allegro-allegretto. (March) performed by Gabriele Marchetti, trombone with the Macau Wind Symphony Lio Kuok Man, conductor |
Rimsky-Korsakov wrote his Concerto for Trombone and Military Band for a fellow marine officer to perform at a garrison concert on Kronstadt Island, St Petersburg, in 1878.
It has three movements, the second and third of which conclude with cadenzas. The trombonist in our recording is Italian-born Gabriele Marchetti. His musical studies began at the age of six with accordion, then euphonium, trombone, and bass trumpet. Since 2007 he has been member of the Italian Wonderbrass. He has been freelance Solo Trombone for Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Firenze, Teatro alla Scala and Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala in Milan, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI in Torino, and more. In 2012 Marchetti joined Theater Orchester Biel Soloturn (www.tobs.ch/) as Solo Trombone and in 2017 he was appointed Trombone Professor at the Conservatorio F Morlacchi in Perugia and at AIMART in Rome (www.aimart.it). He plays modern and classical period, handmade trombones, crafted to his own design by Matthias Hölle in Germany www.hoelle-posaunen.de |
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Breton-French composer and poet Guy Ropartz wrote his Pièce for Trombone and Piano in 1908. We will hear Jörgen van Rijen who is joint Principal Trombone of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, a founding member of Dutch ensemble New Trombone Collective and a Professor of Trombone at the Amsterdam Conservatory. |
Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864-1955) Pièce in Eb minor for Trombone and Piano, (1908) performed by: Jörgen van Rijen and pianist at the International Trombone Festival 2005, held at Loyola University New Orleans |
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Our next performance is also from Jörgen van Rijen. We willhear two movementes from pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar's arrangement of Stravinsky's jolly (and jolly demanding) Pulcinella Suite. The recording was made in a broadcast, on Dutch TV, of the Sunday evening music programme Podium Witteman. |
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882-1971) arr for trombone & piano Daniel-Ben Pienaar Pulcinella Suite (1920) i Introduzione - Sinfonia • viii Menuetto e Finale performed by: Jörgen van Rijen and pianist Daria van den Bercken for NPOR's Podium Witteman on 7th February 2016 |
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For our closing piece we return to Beethoven, and a trombone ensemble. Beethoven wrote the suite of incidental music for Goethe's play Egmont for full symphony orchestra. We shall hear Áron Simon's arrangement for eight trombone (including 2 bass trombones). Áron Simon is a graduate of Béla Bartók High School of the Arts, and the University of Szeged Music Department. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Szeged Symphony Orchestra. He is a founding member of the group we shall hear - Szeged Trombone Ensemble. |
Ludwig van Beethoven
arr for 6 trombones and 2 bass trombones, Áron Simon (b1987) from incidental music to the play Egmont Op 84 (1809-1810) Overture Sostenuto, ma non troppo - Allegro Sustained, but not too much - Fast performed by Szeged Trombone Ensemble Trombone: György Gyivicsan (& Artistic Director), József Tóth, Tamás Asztalos, András Pálfy, József Vörös, Zoltán Czirok Bass Trombone: Péter Vörös, Dávid Sztranyák |
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Like many other events, this year's International Trombone Festival, due to take place in Tokyo, has had to be cancelled. Trombonists travel from all over the world to attend this annual event, at which young players in the high school divisions have the chance to meet professional players like Peter Moore of the London Symphony Orchestra, Jiggs Whigham who plays in the Glenn Miller and Stan Kenton bands, and trombone professors from several major university departments. Brass players have a reputation for: • a) being last to leave the bar before the concert • b) being first to find the bar after a concert or rehearsal, and • c) just not taking themselves too seriously. So it is no great surprise to find a number of trombonists gathered at the Festival in 2018 with a plan to do something fun. 28 players perform Freddie Mercury's Bohemian Rhapsody... although they slightly adjust the title. |
Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara (1946-1991) Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) arranged for 28 trombones as Bonehemian Rapsody (2018) by Christopher Bill (b1992) for the 2018 International Trombone Festival in Iowa performed by: Jiggs Whigham - Glenn Miller, Stan Kenton Denson Paul Pollard - Met Opera / Jacobs School of Music Jennifer Wharton - Leader Bonegasm - jenniferwharton.com/ Thomas Hultén - Houston Grand Opera/Houston Ballet Josiah Williams - Blast: The Music of Disney Joseph L. Jefferson - Southeast Missouri State University - josephljefferson.com/ Gerry Pagano - Symphony - gerrypagano.org/ Javier Stuppard - Fresh2Def Horns/ Rath Artist Peter Moore - London Symphony Orchestra Marshall Gilkes - New Album! marshallgilkes.com/ Martin McCain - Texas State University - martinmccain.com/ Zsolt Szabo - Western Carolina University Jeremy Wilson - Vanderbilt University - jeremywilsonmusic.com/ Isabelle Lavoie - Thunder Bay Symphony Amanda Stewart - St. Louis Symphony - amandatrombone.com/ Dr Natalie Mannix - UNT - www.nataliemannix.com/ Zoltan Kiss - Mnzoil Brass - www.zoltankiss.com/ Matyas Veer - Essener Philharmoniker Saatsoper Stuttgart - www.matyasveer.com/ Paul The Trombonist - The Internet - youtube.com/channel/UCJ6e... Dr Karen Marston - Mt San Antonio College/Omni Brass Javier Nero - Jazz Soloist / Composer - www.javiernero.com/ Dr Deb Scott - Stephen F. Austin State University, Rath Artist - sfatrombones.wordpress.com/ Tolga Akman - Lätzsch Performing Artist Domenico Catalano - SlideSticks Trio/Basel Symphony/Haag Artist José Milton Vieira - Orchestra Brazil György Gyivicsan - Szeged Trombone Ensemble - szegedtrombones.com/en Brian Hecht - Atlanta Symphony - www.brianhecht.com/ |
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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary Z860 ( i Funeral March performers: Baroque Brass of London Mark Bennet, flatt trumpet • local trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins, and Michael Laird, slide trumpets • Ron Bryans, sackbut •Robert Howes, percussion |
Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893)
Marche funèbre d'une marionette (London, 1871) Funeral March for a Marionette originally written for pianist Madame Viguier, here the March seems to have been performed as the finale to a school concert. We may know this better as the theme tune to the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Hitchcock asked to take this piece with him to the BBC's Desert Island. |
Jazz Night in America
Canceled Funerals Warning: here is a short, but quite tear-jerking performance and description from Winston 'Trombone' Turner, band-leader of Brass-A-Holics, of New Orleans. He is safely joined by Tannon 'Fish' Williams, trumpet, and Emeka Dibia (Mecca Notes), voice, in their performance of I'll Fly Away, by southern gospel composer Albert E Brumley (1905-77) |
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Canceled Funerals: Relative to other states, Louisiana experienced an early spike in COVID-19 cases. On March 16, the city of New Orleans issued social distancing guidelines that advised against gatherings of more than 10 people. That included funerals.
When a few names on the deceased list hit close to home, Brass-a-Holics bandleader Winston Trombone Turner felt they needed to be honored like they would have been, ordinarily - with music. So, in a moment when so many are offering what they can for the common good, Turner picked up his horn and called a few friends to record a performance of I'll Fly Away in City Park. It's a song played at almost every traditional New Orleans funeral that allows the congregation to celebrate the passing of a soul from one life to the next. |
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Music on Thursdays - Organs Online
Organs of Paris ♥ Les Orgues de Paris organs from the top 3 Parisian churches, from the concert hall, and from one other venue artistes: Olivier Latry, Daniel Roth, Thomas Ospital, Jean Guillou, Wayne Marshall, Aaron Shows music, including improvisations, by: Latry • Marcel Dupré • JS Bach • Debussy • Ron Goodwin • Michel-Maurice Lévy • Marshall • Katchaturian • Saint-Saëns access concert: by clicking on the date or the pictures - from Thursday 18th June onwards Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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Music on Thursdays - Online
Flute Fest artistes: Sir James Galway ♦ Lady Jeanne Galway ♦ Paris Voxmusicorum Orchestra, conductor Ada Pelleg ♦ Icelandic Flute Ensemble David Antich, recorder ♦ Leonardo Luckert, cello ♦ Ignasi Jordà, harpsichord Gianluca Vanzelli, flute ♦ Kammerorchester Timisoara, conducter David Crescezi Shin-jung Oh, flute ♦ Heo Jung-hwa, piano ♦ Dave Valentin, jazz flute music by: Cimarosa • Boismortier • Händel • John Rutter • Pedro Flores access concert: by clicking on the date or the pictures Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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Music on Thursdays - Online
guest curator Lynda Chang with a personal musical selection titled Virtual Viola featuring music by: York Bowen • Telemann • Brahms • Rebecca Clarke performances by: Ting-Ru Lai ♦ Timothy Ridout ♦ Jeremy Berry Academia Bach de Buenos Aires access this concert: by clicking on the date or the picture Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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Music on Thursdays - Online
Multi Piano music by: Rossini • Holst • Mozart • Rollins • Lavignac • Beethoven under the hands and fingers of 55 pianists playing on 31 pianos (not all at once, of course) and including some quite famous names among the pianists access this concert: by clicking on the picture or the date Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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