Ensemble

A popular Mass for brass! Ken Bray's magnificent arranging skills are once again apparent with this work. The key has been altered to be more idiomatic for the brass choir and some of the development...

Exultate Deo has been scored for a brass choir consisting of 3 trumpets, horn (alternate trombone part included), and 3 trombones. Massaino is best known for his works for 8 and 16 trombones but this...

The two famous hymns Christ the Lord is Risen Today and Jesus Christ Has Risen Today have been arranged as an accompaniment for the original hymn. This can be used to replace an organ or to augment it...

This beautiful work was originally for voices and the singing quality of a brass quintet can bring a new sound to this piece. There are sets of duets with a ritornello passage for all players between...

This vocal showpiece for soprano has been adapted for a trumpet showpiece within a brass quintet. The string accompaniment has been simplified and divided between the remaining players. This is a grea...

Questo è un arrangiamento del movimento iniziale del Salmo 19 del compositore italiano Benedetto Marcello. Sebbene rimanga un pezzo vocale popolare, è di natura molto simile a una fanfara e si adatta...

This motet was composed about 1570 and was originally set for four voices. It transcribes beautifully for brass and could be considered a companion piece for the popular O Magnum Mysterium. The trumpe...

The Silver Swan,' 'My Heart to Thee Now Makes Its Plea,' and 'Now Is the Month of Maying' make up this set of famous madrigals. There are two slower melodies and one fast one to add variety to this su...

The Prelude to Te Deum is the short opening section which is the most famous part of this work because of its heroic nature, often performed as an organ solo at a wedding. The organ part offers some r...

This famous hymn tune, found under many names in hymn books such as All Creatures of Our God and King, A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing, Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds, and Ye Watchers and Ye Holy On...

This is among the most popular and often used pieces at weddings and recitals. The simple accompaniment combined with the famous flowing melody makes Ave Maria a great choice to feature the horn playe...

This collection presents new settings of four favorite hymn tunes from 19th-century America. Included are: (1) My Hope is Built on Nothing Less, (The Solid Rock), (2) When Peace, Like a River (It is W...

Quando si sente il nome di Faure, si pensa automaticamente al noto compositore francese Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Molto meno noto è Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914), celebre baritono d'opera francese...

Quando si sente il nome di Faure, si pensa automaticamente al noto compositore francese Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Molto meno noto è Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914), celebre baritono d'opera francese...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) fu un compositore barocco francese durante il regno di Luigi XIV. Charpentier dominò la scena musicale barocca nella Francia del XVII secolo grazie alla qualità de...

Ora ringraziamo tutti il nostro Dio è un popolare inno cristiano. È una traduzione dal tedesco "Nun danket alle Gott", scritto intorno al 1636 da Martin Rinkart (1586-1649), che a sua volta si ispirò...

The great Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was a supreme melodist and master of lieder. This transcription is based on his 'Sanctus' (Holy, Holy, Holy) from his German Mass in F. (ca. 1815...

Originally written for orchestra and a large choir, this powerful work was to be performed in a large church in Venice, perhaps even Saint Mark's Cathedral. One Monteverdi scholar believes that this w...

Strumentazione: 2 Trombe Sib, Corno Fa/Mib, Trombone, Tuba in Do o Basso Sib.