Category: SOLOS for TUBA Arranger: Oystein Baadsvik
Solo for Tuba & Wind Band.
One of the simplest and most beautiful melodies of all time. The origin of the melody is unknown. Most hymnals attribute it to an early American folk melody. The lyrics was written by the slave trader John Newton after he had "seen the light" and released all his slaves. Newton later became a minister.This arrangement was made for a concert with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in 1989. It is technically easy and works well for a school orchestra and a relatively unexperienced soloist. The set is delivered with solo part in Bb, C and E-flat, treble- and bass clef. The arrantgement is open for imrovisation in the solo part, but a composed improvisation can be used.
This delightful tuba solo has become a firm favourite all over the world in its brass band and piano versions and Winwood Music is delighted, at last, to make this work available in a wind band accompaniment by the composer. An orchestral version (also by the composer) is also available on hire. Written for James Gourlay (who premiered the orchestral version in 2005) Capriccio is by turns bold and purposeful, broody and romantic. With a couple of short cadenzas neatly woven into the structure it is effectively a nine-minute concerto with a proven track record with players and audiences. Now available in versions for piano, brass band, wind band, and orchestra, Capriccio can be seen as an important contribution to the literature for the instrument.
Categories: New & Recent Titles, SOLOS for TUBA Composer: Lucy Pankhurst
Nightlights was commissioned by Chris Jeans and Don Collins for Youth Brass 2000, to be used as part of their programme at the 2019 European Championships.
Written during January 2019, Nightlights received its world premiere by Youth Brass 2000, conducted by Chris Jeans with Siobhan Bates as soloist, at the 2019 European Brass Band Championships in Montreux, Switzerland.
Nightlights is intended to illustrate a winter’s evening looking out across Lake Geneva from Montreux.
Tiny lights appear beneath the mountains from faraway homes and vehicles, flickering in the distance and shimmering in the reflections on the water. Tiny, blinking nightlights against the inky blue of the clear sky. Thousands of stars shine above, blurring the boundaries between land, water, and the heavens into a sparkling ether.
Transfixed, the bustle of sounds and lights from Montreux seems a lot further away than it is in reality. Eventually, each little light blinks out, one at a time, leaving the chill of the cold night air and an empty sky.
Categories: New & Recent Titles, SOLOS for TUBA Composer: Philip Sparke
Grade 5.0 Duration 13.18
When writing his tuba concerto, Philip Sparke wanted to create a work which explored the many aspects of the instrument’s technical and vocal qualities but without resorting to caricature. The result is a concerto in two joined movements, which can both be programmed individually, that contains both many lyrical lines together with stunning virtuosic passages. An outstanding concerto that tuba players and brass band audiences alike will enjoy and applaud.
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