SKU: CY.CC2858

* Rienzi is an early opera in five acts first performed in 1842. It was Wagner's first success. The overture is a barnburner with great brass writing.
* Mr. Kempton's exciting arrangement for 4-part Trombone choir of 7 minutes in length is appropriate for advanced performers.
* Listen to Mr. Kempton's Trombone Choir perform his arrangement below.

SKU: CY.CC2287

Malcolm Forsyth is one of Canada's leading composers. A Trombonist himself, Mr. Forsyth's writing for the instrument is brilliant. This 12 minute work is in three movements & is suited for advanced performers. An excellent contemporary work.

SKU: CY.CC2949

ISBN 9790530057681.

The English Suites are an early set of six suites written for harpsichord around 1718-1720. The name English has come from a claim that these works may have been composed for an English nobleman.
This very imaginative arrangement for Trombone Quartet by Mr. Burgstahler is appropriate for advanced performers and is in eight movements:
Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Sarabande embellished (added by the arranger), Gavotte I, Gavotte II and Gigue.
This arrangement can be played in its entirety or even just a few of the movements, still with much satisfaction for the performers.

SKU: CY.CC2755

Bruckner's Pange Lingua motet, composed in 1868 is a hymn by the thirteenth-century theologian, St. Thomas Aquinas. The setting of the simple hymn is chorale-like, with the same music used for all three verses, and a lovely Amen being added to mark its finish. The text haunted Bruckner since his early years and he wrote a few settings of it during his lifetime. The music with all of its simplicity has some unexpected dissonances.

Mr. Sauer's lovely arrangement of about 3 minutes in length is appropriate for moderately advanced performers.