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Concerto for Trombone (arr Wick)
Gordon Jacob (arr. Denis Wick)
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General Info
Year: 1956 / 1999
Duration: c. 18:50
Difficulty: V+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Trombone and orchestra
Publisher: Denis Wick Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - £60.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Trombone
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet (or Cornet) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Probably one of Gordon’s best-known and popular concertos, and one of the few with full orchestra, this concerto is one of the true standards in the original trombone solo literature. At the time it was composed (1956) there were few concertos for the instrument, and this work is almost certainly the most performed of all that have been written, before and since it appeared.
The nobility of the instrument is prominent at the very start of the work with its opening and closing maestoso recitative-like passages, between which a syncopated allegro molto forms the main part of the first movement. In the second movement the trombone sings its plaintive song, at one point in a higher register than an accompanying flute. The final movement with its march theme rounds off the work in rousing style. The trombone in this work has to be very flexible and agile as well as powerful and regal.
- Program Note by Steiner & Bell
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Indiana University (Bloomington) Symphonic Band (Eric M. Smedley, conductor; Jonathan Kraft, trombone) – 3 April 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Battell (as transcriber) (1964)
- Cameos for Bass Trombone and Wind Band
- Celebration Overture (1984)
- Concerto for Band (1969)
- Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (or Band) (1948)
- Concerto for Horn (tr. Rogers) (1951)
- Concerto for Timpani and Band (1984/1988)
- Concerto for Trombone (1956/1995)
- Concerto for Trombone (arr. Denis Wick) (1956/1999)
- Divertimento in E-flat for Wind Octet (1969)
- Double Concerto for Clarinet and Trumpet and Band (1929/1979/1983)
- Fantasia for Euphonium and Band (1969/1973)
- Fantasia on an English Folk Song (1984)
- Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn (arr. Wagner) (1949/2012)
- First Saxophone Quartet. See: Saxophone Quartet No. 1
- Flag of Stars (1956)
- Giles Farnaby Suite
- Moorside March (as arranger) (1928/1960)
- More Old Wine in New Bottles (1978)
- Music for a Festival (1951)
- Old Wine in New Bottles (1958)
- An Original Suite (1928)
- Overture: Alexandra Palace (1975/1994)
- Prelude to a Comedy
- Saxophone Quartet No. 1 (1974)
- Saxophone Quartet No. 2 (1979)
- Second Saxophone Quartet. See: Saxophone Quartet No. 2
- Sir Godfrey Kneller's March
- Suite in B-flat
- Sweet Nightingale
- Symphony AD 78
- Tribute to Canterbury (1972/1977)
- William Byrd Suite (1924/1960)
- William Byrd Suite (ed. Trachsel) (1924/1960/2007)
Resources
- Eric Smedley, personal correspondence, March 2018