Trombone Ensemble 8-part
- moderately advanced
SKU: CY.CC2762
Composed by Gustav Holst.
Arranged by Ronald
Barron. 20th Century
British. Score and parts.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2762).
The
Evening-Watch was written
in 1925, when Holst lived
in Thaxted, England
having had to
temporarily leave his
teaching duties because
of overwork and illness.
This setting of Henry
Vaughan's
‘Dialogue
between the Body and the
Soul' was too
austere for
listeners of its day and
it remained out of print
for thirty years, until
1965. Its mood of calm
strength and passionate
resignation sounds as if
it belongs to the 1960's.
This
beautiful arrangement for
8-part trombone choir by
Ronald Baron seems
altogether appropriate
given the instrument's
vocal character, its
frequent use for music at
funerals and Holst's
other musical passion;
his short career as a
trombonist.
The
4 minute piece is
appropriate for
moderately advanced
performers.
