Euphonium Concerto by Joseph Horovitz - 1st 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."

Please look for the second and third movements posted here on YOU TUBE . I had to post them seperately due to the time restrictions set by You Tube.

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Tags:

• Euphonium
• Concerto
• Trevor
• Groom
• Joseph
• Horovitz
• tuba
• trombone
• trumpet
• GUS
• FootWear
• band

[jboorf]

Well, this is the guy who Give steven mead Lessons on Euphonium, So Steven mead got the Trevor Groom Sound;-)

[larenslarens]

Incredible nice Euphonium playing.... I love this composition.....

[musicguy692]

I'm playing this movement for my colleges concerto competition next year and I have some fierce competition. I hope I can memorize it in time.

[euph4ever]

I know very many good people ends up playing like this, but personally I don't like that much vibrato. It may be cause I grew up with wind bands?

[Bee924]

Wow really nice tone! Round and dark

[swgic1]

he has a good sound but i don't hear any difference between the loud and quiet parts.

[juanypunto92]

I'm an euphonium player and I'd never listened to this great euphonium concerto, I heard something about it to a teacher because he thought that it seemed Philip Sparke's Euphonium Concerto no. 1 that I'm playing at the moment.

I'd like so much to play it...

[Cellist70]

I do miss the band concerts of my childhood. Just not much going on on the West Coast except for USC and the other big colleges. This was a treat.

[CG112263]

Brilliant! Makes it sound so easy!

[Euphist24]

Wow. I thought I was getting along okay with the piece until I heard this!!!