Instrumentation

ptpt.3 tpt.hn.3 trbn.btrbn.tuba

Availability

Score 0-571-57115-8 (fp) on sale, parts on special sale from hire library

Programme Notes

Malcolm Arnold is well known to brass players as a composer of often extrovert sounding music specially suited to the bright colors obtainable from brass instruments. . .The first symphony that was written for the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble is in four movements. The music explores a wide range of moods from brilliant and brash to wistful. The work culminates in a vigorous double fugue, both fearsomely difficult to play and exciting to listen to. Philip Jones Please contact Philip Jones for permission to use this.

Symphony for Brass

Evangelische Kirche (Cologne, Germany)

Sinfonia Köln/Tobias van der Locht

Symphony for Brass

broadcast of recording

BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Symphony for Brass

Village Hall (Studland, Dorset, United Kingdom)

Bournemouth Symphonic Brass/Matthew Wood

Symphony for Brass

Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, United Kingdom)

student ensemble

Symphony for Brass

Kings Place (London, United Kingdom)

James Watson/Students of RAM