Un brano in due movimenti, ideale per evidenziare le qualità tecniche e liriche del trombettista. Un week-end a New York; la città di sabato pomeriggio, frenetica, ma affascinante. La sera ad ascoltar...
Questo concerto è un adattamento del Clarinet Concerto, sempre di Philip Sparke, ed è stato scritto dal compositore per il virtuoso solista Steven Mead. Il movimento di apertura contiene molte sincopi...
Summer Isles' is one of the solo movements from the 7-movement suite 'Hymn of the Highlands'. This is a dreamy euphonium solo that was named after a group of islands north-west of Scotland and is now...
Mit Capricorno - eine Caprice für das Horn (Corno) - wollte der Komponist, der rein zufällig auch im Sternzeichen Steinbock (Capricorno) geboren ist, dem Solisten Gelegenheit geben, jeden Aspekt der m...
Sunday in the Park was written for tenor horn virtuoso Sheona White, and commissioned by her partner, Matt Wade, as a Christmas present. Composer Philip Sparke had known and admired Sheona's playing f...
Mit einer expressiven Ballade, gefolgt von einem lebhaften Vivace, nutzt dieses an die Tradition der italienischen Commedia dell'arte angelehnte Solostück sowohl die lyrischen als auch technischen Mög...
Harlequin was commissioned by, and is dedicated to, euphonium virtuoso David Childs. The piece takes as its inspiration the happy and sad masks which symbolise the Commedia dell'Arte (which features H...
Omaggio was commissioned by Steven Mead in celebration of his 60th birthday and in memory of his father, Rex. He gave the premiere of the brass band version in Rome in March 2022, accompanied by the I...