Contemporary classical music for Brass Ensemble – a collection of modern brass works by composer David Avshalomov, with sound files and scores.
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Brass Rondo | 2 trumpets, 2 trombones | 8′ | 1967 | |
| Order This» | Lively, colorful, euphonious, fast-dancing, rhythmic, varied rondo form with changing polymeters and a hot ending. | ||||
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Pavane | 2 trumpets, 2 trombones | 2′ | 1970 |
| Order This» | Stately faux-Renaissance morsel in pavane rhythm. Also for recorders, or krummhorns, or viols | ||||
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Exeunt Omnes | 2 trumpets, 2 trombones | 4′ | 1968 | |
| Order This» | Solemn recessional with lively fugal middle and slow ending, written for the first wedding of my dear friend Craig McCroskey | ||||
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Intrada–Le Grand Condé | brass ens. (3 C trumpets, 3 trombones, Euphonium, tuba, timpani) | 1′ | 1989 |
| Order This» | Bright, Louis XIV-style fanfare/intrada with military tattoo rhythms, spotlighting high trumpets. Also for baroque orchestra. | ||||
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Bartok – Change of Time (arrangement) | 3 trumpets, 3 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel | 1′ | arr. 1989 |
| Order This» | (Mikrokosmos 126) | ||||
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Josquin – Vive le Roy (arrangement) | 2 trumpets, 2 trombones | 1′ | arr. 1968 | |
| Order This» | Bouncy canonic intrada. | ||||