Double Concerto for Trumpet, Bass Trombone and Band
This work bears the designation Opus 192.
General Info
Year: 2003
Duration: c. 23:05
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €230.00 | Score Only (print) - €46.00
Movements
1. Allegro energico – 11:00
2. Lento con moto – 6:00
3. Variations: vivace – 6:05
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo B-flat Trumpet
Solo Bass Trombone
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Castanet
- Claves
- Crash Cymbal
- Crotale
- Glockenspiel
- Maracas
- Roto-toms
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-tam
- Temple Blocks
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Vibraslap
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The double concerto was written early in 2003 as a result of a commission from CDMC in Haut Alsace (France).
The first movement of the concerto has at least five main themes, but they are organised (sic) to give a rough arch shape. The faster of these themes reflect (sic) the Spanish landscape which surrounds me in my home in Mallorca, with castanets, tambourine claves and maracas helping to set the scene. The other themes are slower and elegiac in character. About two thirds of the way through there is a cadenza for the two soloists based largely on the opening material.
The slow second movement is in triple time and is almost entirely melodic in character,largely with a simple descending bass line accompanying the melody.
The finale is a straightforward set of variations on the theme announced at the outset by the two soloists. The following variations can be described roughly as follows:
1. Waltz
2. Allegro with a slight Caribbean flavour
3. Slow waltz with a surprise interruption
4. Comic march
5. A sort of perverted rumba
6. Presto finale
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Pieter Jansen, conductor) (Movement 1)
- Audio: Reference recording. Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Pieter Jansen, conductor) (Movement 2)
- Audio: Reference recording. Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Pieter Jansen, conductor) (Movement 3)
- Audio CD: Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Pieter Jansen, conductor) – 2005
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
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- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)
All Wind Works
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- Band Land
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- Brass Quintet No. 2 (1972/2015)
- Bridges Over the River Cam (1990)
- Calypso (1980/1985)
- Cancion de Cuevas
- Concert Pels Obradors de Cas Concos
- Concert Prelude for Euphonium and Band
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band (2003)
- Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band (2006)
- Concerto for Brass Sextet and Concert Band (1994/1997)
- Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra (2009)
- Concerto for Percussion (1995/2004)
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Band (2012)
- Concerto for Three Trombones (1977/2004)
- Concerto for Three Trombones & Percussion
- Concerto for Trombone and Concert Band (1989)
- Concerto Grosso (1980/2005)
- Contrasts for E flat Clarinet and Tuba (2013)
- A Cotswold Symphony (1988/2000)
- Crazy
- Diversions (1985/1987)
- Double Brass Quintet (2007)
- Double Concerto for Trumpet, Bass Trombone and Band (2003)
- Fantasy Triptych (1995/2004)
- Felanitx Fandango
- Felanitx Fantasy
- Felanitx Fiestas (2006)
- Fribourg - The Old City (2004)
- Funfair
- Galaxy (2015)
- Green Dragon
- HAFABRA Fanfare (2013)
- HAFABRA Overture (2002)
- Happy and Glorious Concert March
- Lliria Celebration
- Mallorca (2003)
- Metro Gnome (1997/2001)
- Molesworth's Melody (2001)
- Northern Lament
- Oboe Dream Dance (2013)
- Osteoblast (2005)
- Perchance to Dream (1969/1998)
- Piccolo Picante (2005)
- Rainbow Overture (2015)
- Renaissance Revisited (2015)
- Repic de Pascua
- Rhythm With a Smile (2017)
- Roller Coaster
- Romance for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra (1991)
- Rondo Grottesco (1986)
- Royal Tournament (1990)
- Scherzo Funebre (2006)
- Serenade (1965/1980)
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)
- Sinfonia Andalucia. See: Symphony No. 41 in C major
- Sinfonietta (1983)
- Six Easy Pieces for Brass
- Sonata for Brass Quintet (1965/1980)
- Song of Farewell
- Suite from Christmas on the Underground
- Symphony for William (2004)
- Symphony No. 4. See: A Wine Symphony
- Symphony No. 6. See: A Cotswold Symphony
- Symphony No. 8 (2002)
- Symphony 16 (2004/2006)
- Symphony No. 41 in C major (2007/2009)
- Symphony No. 68. See: The Tower of Babel
- Symphony of Winds (1980/2004)
- The Tower of Babel (2011/2012)
- Trumpet Gallop
- Two Christmas Pieces (1984)
- Walking the Dog (as arranger) (1937/2007)
- A Weather Suite
- The Well of the Moon
- West of England Fanfare (2001)
- White Dragon
- A Wine Symphony (1978/2008)
Resources
- Bourgeois, D. [2003]. Double Concerto for Trumpet, Bass Trombone and Band [score]. HAFABRA Music: Voeren, Belgium.
- Perusal score (Movement 1)
- Perusal score (Movement 2)
- Perusal score (Movement 3)
- Haugeberg, William Jason. Derek Bourgeois' Concerto for Trombone, Opus 114 a Performer's Guide and Annotated Bibliography of His Solo and Chamber Works for Trombone. 2012. Florida State University, Ph.D. dissertation.