Solo Trombone & Trombone
Ensemble - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2688
Composed by Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky. Arranged by
J. Mark Thompson.
Romantic Russian. Score
and parts. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2688).
Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
composed his String
Quartet No. 1 in D, Op.
11, in 1871. Countless
arrangements of its
second movement, Andante
cantabile, have been
made, but it was not
discovered until after
his death that he, too,
had arranged this
movement in 1888, his
version being for solo
cello and strings. In
this version, Tchaikovsky
transposed the movement,
originally in the key of
B-flat Major, up to B
Major.
The
singing melody is based
on a popular Russian folk
song, and it lends itself
quite well for
performance on
trombones.
This
arrangement premiered
February 14, 1997, at the
Texas Music Educators'
Association Convention in
San Antonio, TX.
Soloist: Ron
Barron, Principal
Trombone, Boston Symphony
Orchestra
Ensemb
le: Texas University
Teachers' Trombone
Ensemble (TUTTE), J. Mark
Thompson, conducting.
Andrew Russell, program
organizer and
presider.
It was
subsequently featured on
July 7, 2012, at the
International Trombone
Festival at the Paris
Conservatory in Paris,
France.
Soloist: Ron
Barron, Principal
Trombone, Boston Symphony
Orchestra
(retired)
Ensemb
le: William F. Cramer
Memorial Trombone Choir,
Irvin Wagner,
conducting.
