Brass duet

Dialogues IV for euphonium and tuba was composed in 2019 as the fourth in a series of duets by John Stevens for tuba and other brass instruments. This work is dedicated to the second of my four grandsons and is intended to showcase both the lively... Read more

In this Trio, Corrado Saglietti adopted a language that is both essential and refined. A pause, when used with purpose, can easily create an element of surprise in the musical discourse: its silence becoming music itself. The piece is structured in... Read more

Charles Reskin's Friedrichstrasse, composed in 2019 for the Velikogoricki Brass Festival (Croatia), and dedicated to trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich, his wife Erika, and his son David, divides itself into two sections. In the first of the two, the... Read more

This homage goes well beyond the famous novel, the story of «Elan», ocean tugboat, and its captain Jacques Avril. Henri Queffélec (1910-1992), the brilliant Breton novelist, is the pre-eminent author cum narrator who leads us through the discovery... Read more

This homage goes well beyond the famous novel, the story of «Elan», ocean tugboat, and its captain Jacques Avril. Henri Queffélec (1910-1992), the brilliant Breton novelist, is the pre-eminent author cum narrator who leads us through the discovery... Read more

Dialogues III for horn and tuba is a five-movement piece, technically demanding work for both instruments in a variety of musical styles. Read more

Dialogues II for trumpet and tuba is a technically demanding work in a variety of musical styles. Read more

Ride ‘em Cowboy is a short, concise jazz duet for flugelhorn and trombone which is meant to be fun and enjoyable to play. Both melody and harmony are based on the interval of a third and this can be seen in the opening theme and also other motifs. Read more

The use of antiphonal strings with one group with the trumpet and the other with the trombone gives so many possibilities, not usual in a piece featuring soloists. This concept comes directly from the father of brass writing, by the venitian master... Read more

The work was written to demonstrate the various colors and styles available to brass players of today, and so there are sections containing the typical aggressive passages associated with brass writing, while other passages are more impressionistic... Read more

To compose “Eastwind”, Jean-François Michel took his inspiration from the rich musical folklore of the gypsies who have developed many different styles all over the Balkan and the East-European countries where they have settled. These folk tunes... Read more

To compose “Eastwind”, Jean-François Michel took his inspiration from the rich musical folklore of the gypsies who have developed many different styles all over the Balkan and the East-European countries where they have settled. These folk tunes... Read more

To compose “Eastwind”, Jean-François Michel took his inspiration from the rich musical folklore of the gypsies who have developed many different styles all over the Balkan and the East-European countries where they have settled. These folk tunes... Read more

Tango e Paso Doble is inspired by the Argentinean tango by Astor Piazolla and by the traditional Spanish dance “Paso Doble” in its metric, its harmony and in the dance pace without ever losing sight of the Latin sense of humour. Read more

Canções lunares (Lunar Songs) are a group of four small pieces for horn, tuba and piano. Respecting the language and aesthetics of the French “Mélodie et Chanson”. The horn stands out because of its lyrical involvement. The support in counterpoint... Read more

This work revisits classical trio form with piano adding modern rhythms and lively musical motifs. Thus we go directly from the Ländler (Scherzo) to a Blues (3rd movement) and then to a Boogie (Rondo), all based on a symphonic concept of sound. Read more

“Colors of the City” represents a nostalgic look back at New York City and is an attempt to capture the energy, vitality and beauty of that extraordinary place. In a sense, the piece presents a portrait of a typical New York City day, “Awakening”... Read more

In fact Complex is, in actuality, a mini-suite encompassing primordial elements that must be both understood and executed by an accomplished musician, including rigorous rhythmical placement, an instrumental “singing” quality, control of phrasing,... Read more