PARTITIONS GRATUITES : ORGUE SEUL
- Chorale for brass quintet

By Various. Arranged by R. Harrison. Quintet. For brass quintet. Published by Cimarron Music Press

Brass Quintet

SKU: ST.Y290

Composed by Timothy Wilson. Wind & brass music. Score and Parts. Score and parts. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #Y290. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.Y290).

ISBN 9790220223228.

Winn er of the 2011 Stainer & Bell Award for Brass Composition held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Timothy Wilson's Avidity is a dynamic endorsement of the competition's aim to provide exciting new brass music for schools, conservatoires and professional ensembles. Generated by the composer's skilful invention and purposeful structure, its fast-moving six-minute sonata form for brass quintet delivers the musical counterpart of the eagerness and expectancy implied by its title.

In the outer sections of Avidity strongly accented rhythms command the attention, with arresting unisono phrases balanced by effervescent staccato passages. The level of energy is sustained through unexpected rhythmic twists and turns distorting the pulse of the music, with striking crescendi and strong dynamic contrasts that are a particular strength of the brass idiom. There is respite however, with two episodes of solemn, chorale-like material whose arched lines sound no less well on the five instruments. But the last word is with the opening theme, returning with unstoppable momentum and concluding Avidity with a decisive cadence of abrupt repeated chords.

Brass Quintet - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2954

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Justin Bland. Baroque. Score and parts. 20 pages. Cherry Classics #2954. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2954).

ISBN 9790530057735.

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (Our God is a secure fortress), BWV 80 is a church cantata based on Martin Luther's hymn that Bach composed for Reformation Day around the year 1723.
This movement Aria and Chorale is the second movement of the cantata. The Euphonium/Trombone part performs the bass solo and the Trumpet 1 part performs the Soprano/Oboe solo which is the Chorale itself in an embellished style of the melody.
Justin Bland has done a superb job of arranging this beautiful movement of about 4.5 minutes in length for moderately advanced performers.
Instrumen tation is: Trumpet 1 (C & B-flat parts are provided), Trumpet 2/Flugelhorn in B-flat, Horn, Euphonium/Trombone in bass clef & Tuba.