Joseph Horovitz. Suite of five pieces for brass quintet: two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba. Set of parts.This
work was composed in 1964 at the request of the well known American
tuba player Roger Bobo. It was soon taken into the repertoire of the
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, who gave the first BBC broadcast. The
first recording was on Pye records, by the Hallé Brass Ensemble. Since
then it has become a regular repertoire piece and recorded as well as
broadcast all over the world.
The Suite consists of five
movements, all illustrating aspects of the Burlesque Theatre, Music
Hall, circus and cabaret, so popular at the end of the 19th century and
into the 20th. The titles of the short movements are: Soubrette Song,
Trick Cyclists, Adagio Team, Soft Shoe Shuffle and Les Girls.
The
five orchestral brass instruments (two trumpets, horn, trombone and
tuba) are exploited in a chamber music manner, but the cumulative
effect has a theatrical quality in keeping with the title.
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