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Adagio (Stevens)
General Info
Year: 1991
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Editions Bim
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - CHF38.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Euphonium I-II-III-IV
Tuba I-II-III-IV
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Adagio was composed in 1991. It was commissioned by the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association.(T.U.B.A.) to be premiered by the International College All-Star ensemble at the 1992 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Lexington, Kentucky.
The work was written in memory of Rayburn Wright, long-time professor of jazz studies at the Eastman School of Music, who had passed away earlier in the year. As my first teacher of arranging and composing, Mr. Wright was instrumental in launching my career as a composer and continues to be a great inspiration to me. The style of the piece was inspired by the many beautiful ‘adagios’ in the orchestral repertoire.”
- Program Note by composer
Originally a piece composed for low brass in 1991, it was arranged for strings in 2010, continuing the tradition of famous adagio compositions, although this may be the only one originally composed for tubas and euphoniums and then arranged for strings, instead of the other way around.
- Program Note by Michael Tegethoff for liner notes of Duisburger Philharmoniker CD Grand Concerto 4 Tubas
Media
- Audio CD: Melton Tuba Quartett - 2013
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Eastman Wind Orchestra (Rochester, N.Y.) (unconducted) - 9 October 2020
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble (Scott Roeder, conductor) – 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Benediction (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2010/2022)
All Wind Works
- Adagio (1991)
- Benediction (Brass Dectet) (2003/2015)
- Benediction (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2010/2022)
- Benediction (Tuba Quartet) (2003/2019)
- Benediction (Wind Ensemble) (2003/2010)
- Dances (1978)
- Euphonium Concerto (2004/2009)
- Jubilare! (2002)
- Manhattan Suite (1979)
- Power (1978)
- Symphony in Three Movements (2006)
- Vexilla Regis (as arranger) (1892/1995)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Stevens, J. (1993). Adagio : for eight part tuba euphonium ensemble [score]. Ed. BIM: Bulle, Swit.