Trombone Octet - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2824
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Arranged
by Ralph Sauer. Baroque.
Score and parts.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2824).
Bach's Fantasia
& Fugue in C minor, BWV
537 is a work for Organ
written around the year
1723 while the composer
was in residence in
Weimar.
Bach
composed many of his
greatest organ works
during this
period.
The
music of the Fantasia is
lush and ornate. The
Fugue is an amazing 130
bars in
length.
Thi
s work was transcribed
for orchestra in 1921 by
Edward Elgar who mourned
after the death of his
wife. He was to
orchestrate the Fugue and
Richard Strauss agreed to
do the Fantasia, however
after two years Elgar
completed the entire work
as Strauss never held up
his part of the
bargain.
Mr.
Sauer has subtly added
phrasings, breaths and
articulations to the
original score to aid in
the performance for
Trombone
choir.
The music
is about eight minutes in
length and is appropriate
for advanced
performers.
