Contemporary classical music for Brass Ensemble – a collection of modern brass works by composer David Avshalomov, with sound files and scores.
| Listen | Score | Title | Scoring | Dur. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. See WORKS/BAND page for band transcription. | ||||
| Canzona | trumpet, horn, tenor trombone, tuba/or bass trombone | 1’35 | 1976 | |
| Order This» | Solemn faux-Renaissance contrapuntal start, homophonic sad middle, soft reprise. | ||||
| Exeunt Omnes | 2 trumpets, 2 trombones | 2' | 1968 | |
| Order This» | Solemn recessional with stately opening, lively fugal middle and quiet reprise, written for the first wedding of my dear friend Craig McCroskey | ||||
| Intrada--Le Grand Condé | brass ens. (3 trumpets, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani) | 1'10 | 1997 | |
| Order This» | Pure Louis XIV period fanfare with toccata rhythms, ABA with minor middle. | ||||
| Lifeboat Fanfare | brass ens. (2 trumpets, 3 cornets, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani, percussion, glock.) | 1' | 1997 | |
| Order This» | A brash show-off march variation for 5 trumpets/cornets with low brass and percussion, big ending. (From the Lifeboat Variations.) | ||||
| Pavane | 2 trumpets, 2 trombones | :30 | 1970 | |
| Order This» | Stately faux-Renaissance morsel in pavane rhythm. Also for recorders, or krummhorns, or viols | ||||
| Quickstep Entry | 2 trumpets, flugelhorn/or F horn, euphonium/or horn | :45 | 1993 | |
| Order This» | Zippy showoff snapper in old-fashioned Gazebo Bandstand style | ||||
| Rowboat Caccia | 4 F horns | :40 | 1975 | |
| Order This» | Lively variant on "Row Your Boat" excerpted from the "Lifeboat Variations" as a quick encore. | ||||
| Solemn Prelude | trumpet, F horn 1/or tpt 2, F horn 2, tenor trombone, bass trombone/or euphonium, tuba | :40 | 1979 | |
| Order This» | Slow, stately, sonorous prelude with tragic final harmonies. Dark sonority. | ||||
| TRANSCRIPTIONS | |||||
| Bartok - Change of Time (transcription) | 3 trumpets, 3 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, vibraphone, marimba (opt), glockenspiel, chimes, bass drum, susp. cymbal | :40 | arr. 1989 | |
| Order This» | (Mikrokosmos 126) | ||||
| Josquin - Vive le Roy (transcription) | 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (alt. F horn parts for voice 2 or 3) | 1' | arr. 1968 | |
| Order This» | Bouncy canonic intrada over an inner-voice cantus firmus, from Canti C numero cento cinquanta (Venice, 1504) | ||||