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Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 36:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maslanka Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $349.00 | Score Only (print) - $159.00
Movements
1. Requiem – 10:50
2. Beloved – 14:10
3. Be Content, Be Calm – 10:10
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Trombone
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II-III
Oboe I
Oboe II/English Horn
Bassoon I
Bassoon II/Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Bass Trombone
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Cello
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crotales
- Marimba
- Orchestra Chimes
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (2)
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Tom (5)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Conversations with Gary Green and Tim Conner (the conductor and trombonist who commissioned the music) led to the idea that this concerto should be a “cross-over” piece, one that could be played by either a wind ensemble or a symphony orchestra minus most of the strings. Before I began composing, word came of the untimely death of Christine Nield Capote, wonderful flutist and teacher and long-time friend to Gary, Tim and me. It was only a year ago, in July of 2006 that Gary, Christine, and I worked together at the Interlochen Center for the Arts on a deeply moving performance of my Song Book for Flute and Wind Ensemble. It was one the Christine’s favorite pieces. She had only nine months to live. It became clear that the Trombone Concerto would be a memorial for Christine. To that end I chose an ensemble or orchestral winds, plus piano, double bass, percussion, and one solo cello, the cello representing her cellist husband, Manny.
It feels presumptuous for me to say anything at all about this music, presumptuous even to have written the piece, trying to embody Christine’s still-living presence, her voice, her feelings, for us who are left behind. Following her death I saw Christine in a meditative vision. She gave me the most brilliant smile of recognition and reassurance. She then turned and walked away. Requiem – beloved – be content, be calm.
The Concerto was commissioned by a consortium of music schools headed by Gary Green of the University of Miami Frost School of Music, and is dedicated to the memory of flutist Christine Nield Capote.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Alabama Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Ozzello, conductor; Jonathan Whitaker, trombone)
- Audio CD: Illinois State University Wind Symphony (Stephen K. Steele, conductor; Stephen Parsons, trombone)
- Audio CD: University of Alabama Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Ozzello, conductor; Jonathan Whitaker, trombone)
- Audio CD: University of Miami Frost Wind Ensemble (Gary Green, conductor; Tim Connor, trombone)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.) Wind Orchestra (James Patrick Miller, conductor; Kyle Langer, trombone; Elizabeth Bergquist, cello) - 12 February 2022
- Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor; Timothy Higgins, trombone) - 22 May 2016
- Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) Wind Ensemble (Joseph P. Missal, conductor; Paul Compton, trombone) – 25 March 2009 (CBDNA 2009 National Conference (Austin, Tx.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alex and the Phantom Band (2002/2015)
- Angel of Mercy (2015)
- California (2016)
- A Child's Garden of Dreams (1981)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1999)
- Concerto for Marimba and Band (1990)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2015)
- Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1979)
- Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2012)
- Concerto No 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (2002)
- Concerto No 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2016)
- Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2007)
- Crown of Thorns (1991)
- Desert Roads (2005)
- Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall). See: Recitation Book
- First Light (2016)
- Four Pieces for Band (1980)
- Give Us This Day (2005)
- Golden Light (1990)
- Heart Songs (2001)
- Hell's Gate (1997)
- Hohner (1999)
- Hosannas (2015)
- Husa (2016)
- Hymn for World Peace (2014)
- Illumination (2013)
- In Memoriam (1990)
- Laudamus Te (1995)
- Letter to Martin (2015)
- Liberation (2012)
- Little Concerto (1990)
- Mass (1995/2005)
- Montana Music: Chorale Variations (1993)
- Morning Star (1997)
- Mother Earth (2008)
- Mountain Roads (1997)
- On This Bright Morning (2013)
- Peace (2012)
- Prelude on a Gregorian Tune (1981)
- Procession of the Academics (2008)
- Quintet for Winds Number 2
- Recitation Book (2006)
- Remember Me (2013)
- Requiem (2013)
- Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)
- Saint Francis (2015)
- Sea Dreams (1998)
- The Seeker (2016)
- Song at the End of Time
- Songs for the Coming Day (2012)
- Song Book (2001)
- Symphony No. 2 (1987)
- Symphony No. 3 (1991/2007)
- Symphony No. 4 (1993)
- Symphony No. 5 (2000)
- Symphony No. 6 (2004)
- Symphony No 7 (2004)
- Symphony No 8 (2008)
- Symphony No. 9 (2011)
- Symphony No. 10 (2018)
- Tears (1994)
- Testament (2001)
- Traveler (2003)
- A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (1995)
- ufo dreams (1999)
- Unending Stream of Life (2007)
- Variants on a Hymn Tune (1995)
Resources
- Maslanka, D. (2007). Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble [score]. Carl Fischer: [New York].