12-part brass ensemble &
percussion - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2874
Composed by Johannes
Brahms. Arranged by
Matthew McCrady.
Romantic. Coil Booklet &
bound parts. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2874).
Brahms Academic
Festival Overture was
composed in 1880 as a
thank you to the
University of Breslau
which awarded him an
honorary Doctorate. The
work is a boisterous
collection of student
drinking songs but not
without some of his
patented dark melancholy
in between
sections.
Matthew
McCrady has beautifully
arranged the entire
10-minute work for
12-part Brass Ensemble,
Timpani and Percussion,
employing the rich sounds
from Brahms'
composition.
For
advanced performers, the
instrumentation is
for:
4 Trumpets (2 in
C, 2 in B-flat plus
Flugelhorn), 2 Horns, 3
Trombones, 2 Euphoniums,
Tuba, Timpani and 2
Percussion.