Bass Trombone Unaccompanied - Advanced SKU: CY.CC3021 Composed by Gregory...(+)
Bass Trombone
Unaccompanied - Advanced
SKU: CY.CC3021
Composed by Gregory
Kosteck. Arranged by Jeff
Reynolds. Classical. Solo
part. Cherry Classics
#CC3021. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC3021).
ISBN
9781774310618. 8.5 x 11
in inches.
Cherry
Classics Music and Jeff
Reynolds are thrilled to
introduce for the first
time in print an
excellent work for
unaccompanied Bass
Trombone from the 1960's
by the late American
composer Gregory Kosteck.
Here is what Jeff
Reynolds says about the
Kosteck - Concert Music
for Bass Trombone -
unaccompanied: When I was
a student, my teacher,
Roger Bobo handed me the
1963 Kosteck manuscript
(originally written for
tuba when they both lived
in Amsterdam) to have a
look for my senior
recital. He said it was
not right for him but I
might find it worthy.
Worthy it was, and I went
on to play it on my
recital and also as the
solo piece for my
audition for the bass
trombone chair with the
L.A. Philharmonic. After
playing it on the
audition, conductor Zubin
Mehta asked, Did you miss
any notes? My response
was, No. Some years later
I recorded the piece on
an album called The Big
Trombone for Crystal
Records. Also available
on iTunes. The music of
about 5 1/2 minutes in
length is contemporary
sounding in four
sections: Lyrical -
Scherzando - Cadenza -
Lyrical and is
appropriate for advanced
performers. The range
goes from a pedal F up to
a high G above middle C.
The beautiful performance
on the audio sample is
taken from Jeff Reynold's
album The Big Trombone
from Crystal Records and
also available on
iTunes.
Bass trombone unaccompanied - advanced SKU: CY.CC2912 Composed by Phil Br...(+)
Bass trombone
unaccompanied - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2912
Composed by Phil Brink.
Contemporary. Booklet.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2912).
Phil Brink's
new work for
unaccompanied Bass
Trombone is in three
contrasting
movements: 1.
Harmonies - subtitled The
Trombone Strikes Bach is
pensive in mood and in
the style of an
Unaccompanied Prelude by
Bach.
2. Balooze
- subtitled A Sort of
Soliloquoy is in a swung
blues-style including a
free cadenza-like
introduction. It also
includes a foot tapping
accompaniment and
multiphonics, reminiscent
of Bernstein's Mippy
II.
3. Rhythmus
- Movement At High Speed,
the finale is in a Presto
tempo with lots of
technical wizardry for
the performer. This
very fine work of about
7-minutes in length is
appropriate for advanced
performers. The live
sample sound track
featuring a portion of
each movement is
performed on the Bass
Trom bone by the
composer himself, Phil
Brink.