Scored in three movements, this concerto is a must for the serious euphonium player. The free flowing first movement pairs rubato style solo playing with strict rhythms in the ensemble while the sonorous second movement glistens with flowing melodies and…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The first movement, Fanfares, starts slowly and mysteriously, using motives from the main thematic material of the movement. A brass fanfare ensues followed by an entrance by the solo horn hinting at the main thematic material to follow. The second movement,…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A difficult but highly rewarding duet for tuba and euphonium, Diversive Elements was composed by David Gillingham in five movements: Intrada, Jazz Walk, Euphony, Caccia, and Fanfare/March.
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2012 Number of Players: 3 Duration: 11:30…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This sparkling multi-movement work for Horn, Tuba, and Piano exploits various styles while ranging in moods from serious to “tongue in cheek.”
Grade Level: 5 Copyright: 2013 Number of Players: 3 Duration: 12:00 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Type: Trio…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Elegy for Bass Trombone & String Quartet elicits the multifaceted feelings of grief beginning with the trombone playing a solemn lyrical line in A minor against a quiet backdrop of ascending sixteenths of intervals of sixths and fifths in the string…
Style:
Brass, String
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by the nonsensical poem by Lewis Carroll of the same title, Gillingham's Jabberwocky seeks to capture the adventure and entertain the listener as much as the whimsical poem has over the years.Program NotesJabberwocky was written for Mark Cox,…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Building on the work Quintessence, Gillingham adds a first movement that utilizes more mallet percussion and woodwind (piano) in flowing themes and soft harmonies. A stark contrast to the second movement which has a decidedly jazz feel in the solo parts.…
Style:
Percussion, Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Timepiece includes three movements for Piano and Horn duet. The movements evoke three images of time: Time Past, Time Suspended, and Time Unleashed. In the first movement, the music alludes to ancient, archaic, and primeval times by using harmonic structures…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Concerto for Bass Trombone
Vital Signs of Planet Earth is a programmatic concerto for bass trombone that seeks to depict the “vital signs” of the earth as related to global warming. Global warming is scientific fact. The level of awareness about global…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
It is said that perhaps the greatest Americans are the ones who fought in the most intense and important battle of the 20th century, World War II. Honor those who died and those who survived the horrors with Gillingham's When Speaks the Signal-Trumpet Tone -…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications