Bass Trombone (or
Trombone) & Piano
SKU:
SU.90800002
For
Bass Trombone (or
Trombone) & Piano.
Composed by Nancy
Galbraith. Brass,
Trombone. Score & Parts.
Composed 1997. Duration
10'. Subito Music
Corporation #90800002.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.90800002).
Bass Trombone
or Trombone, Piano
Duration: 10' Composed:
1997 Published by: Subito
Music Publishing
Composer's Note: Although
composed as a memorial, A
New Life is primarily
joyful rather than
elegiac. The piano opens
a mysterious, prayerful
introduction, and is soon
joined with reflective,
lyrical passages from the
trombone. The meditative
mood ends abruptly with
the piano sharply
announcing the rhythmic
and energetic middle
section. The trombone
enters with lively
thematic material that is
richly woven throughout
the main body of the
work. Following a final
flourish, the piano
suddenly returns with the
opening material, this
time attended by a
plaintive farewell from
the trombone.
—N.G.