For Brass Quintet-Joseph Horovitz. Suite of five pieces for brass quintet: two trumpets horn trombone and tuba. Full Score.This work was composed in 1964 at the request of the well known American tuba player Roger Bobo. It was soon taken into the repertoire of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble who gave the first BBC broadcast. The first recording was on Pye records by the Hallé Brass Ensemble. Since then it has become a regular repertoire piece and recorded as well as broadcast all over the world.The Suite consists of five movements all illustrating aspects of the Burlesque Theatre Music Hall circus and cabaret so popular at the end of the 19th century and into the 20th. The titlesof the short movements are: Soubrette Song Trick Cyclists Adagio Team Soft Shoe Shuffle and Les Girls.The five orchestral brass instruments (two trumpets horn trombone and tuba) are exploited in a chamber music manner but the cumulative effect has a theatrical quality in keeping with the title.

Just Brass Lollipops No. 7-The Just Brass series ranges from Giant Just Brass to Just Brass (mainstream) of which Just Brass Lollipops is the second level of difficulty. The Chanson de Matin is scored here for two Trumpets Horn in F or Horn in E flat Trombone and uba or E flat bass.Elgar’s Chanson de Matin was originally written for Violin and Piano. The composer later Orchestrated the work for small Orchestra. Much later the distinguished trombonist Roger Harvey formerlyof the Halle Orchestra and the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and now co-principal trombone of the BBC Symphony Orchestra rearranged this melodic piece for brass ensemble to be used for young or less experience performers. He iswidely known as a freelance musician teacher and music publisher.

London Rags is largely based on two patriotic tunes God Save The Queen and Rule Britannia. These are used in blues and ragtime transformations and the melodies are not complete until they appear in the form of a classical rag in G major at the end. Commissioned by London Brass at the suggestion of Philip Jones. The first performance was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London 16 December 1986. Scored for 2 Trumpets Horn Tenor Trombone and Tuba. Score available separately (NOV120873).

Score and Parts-This haunting music has become one of the best known pieces in all of classical music. Expertly arranged for the Canadian Brass by Stephen McNeff recorded on the RCA Red Seal release The Canadian Brass: More Greatest Hits.