Euphonium Concerto by Joseph Horovitz - 2nd Movement

Euphonium Concerto by Joseph Horovitz
Treveor Groom - soloist

Commissioned by the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britian. World premired October 14,1972 in the Royal Albert Hall . The soloist was British virtuoso Trevor Groom with the G.U.S.Footwear band conducted by Stanley H. Boddington .

In this recording Trevor Groom is once again playing with the G.U.S. Footwear Band but the composer,Joseph Horovitz, is conducting.

During the 1960's,1970's and 1980's Mr. Groom set a standard of virtuosity for euphonium playing that had never been heard before. His playing has been the inspiration of young performers since that time. He has been the role model for many of today's superstar players.

This concerto was the first ever of it's kind written for euphonium. Mr. Horovitz said of his work " The 3-movement structure reflects my essentially classical outlook concerning concertos. Traditonally this design favors the listener,as it were,first in the head,then in the heart,and finally in the toes.My Concerto for Euphonium with brass band fits comfortably into this scheme."

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• euphonium
• concerto
• Trevor
• Groom
• Joseph
• Horovitz
• tuba
• trombone
• trumpet
• GUS
• FootWear

[Euphman]

Still one of the most beautiful movements from any euph solo.

[MrChambs915]

I NEED THIS SHEET MUSIC!!!!!

[flexgalaxy]

Tempo shouldn't really be the hard part about this song. You can fluctuate the tempo as long as you have a musical reason to do so and can back it up with the emotion(s) you are trying to deliver. This is probably the hardest movement out of the three, due to the end of this movement. Holding that droning A for 20-some measures, you not only have to keep it in tune, but make it the most beautiful, non-boring A anybody has ever listened to. I'm playing this for my college sophomore recital.

[Euphonious91]

Currently working on this - it's very hard to keep a consistent tempo at times, especially when practicing the solo part without accompaniment. Such a gorgeous piece though - I absolutely love it.

[MrHerps123]

this is the shit euphs\ baritones rock well all low brass reallylolzzz

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[TheEuphman]

@Debayet Agreed.

[rkl106]

I agree Sparkes music is awesome, but there is some kind of passion in this movement where Sparke doesn't come close. They are two completely different composers, you can't really say one is better than the other.

Groom is awesome in this too.

p.s. I agree maybe a few intonation moments, but firstly we all get them, especially with euphoniums being built the way they are, and also standard/quality of instruments have come a long way since the 70's.