Product Description
"Theme and Variations" by G.
Rossini, arr. Brennan for Solo Euphonium/Baritone with Piano accompaniment
This edition is the theme and variations from Rossini's
"Introduction, Theme and Variations" originally for clarinet and
orchestra.
This version has been performed
and recorded by a number of internationally renowned Euphonium soloists.
We first published the complete
"Introduction, Theme and Variations" for Euphonium in 1991 and performed it on
a 1830s ophicleide and a 1840s square piano in 1993. This edition comes with a shortened
introduction,theme and variations. Duration around 8 ½ min.
Solo part in treble and bass clef.
Message from Sean Brennan:
This
arrangement, or more correctly transcription, was first published by us in
1991, although its origins go back much further than that. I do remember being
transfixed in the 1970s by Richard Stoltzmans recording of the original form
of the work for clarinet and orchestra. I was convinced it would work for
Euphonium and that one day there would be players with the technique, and above
all musicality, to bring it off. For me, this vision came true in 1994 when we
first performed the piece in Birmingham in 2004, and then again 10 years later
when David Thornton and the Black Dyke Band recorded the Theme and Variations.
Rossini
composed the "Introduction, Theme and Variations" for clarinet and orchestra in
1810 at the request of a fellow student at the Conservatorio di Bologna.
Although the autograph score has been lost, and some musicologists have
questioned the authenticity of the work, I find no reason for doubt since
Rossini recycled some of the material in later works, and apart from that his
evervascent musical personality is abundant from beginning to end.
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