The Symphonic Euphonium Vol.2 | Chandos CHAN10997

The Symphonic Euphonium Vol.2

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN10997

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st November 2019

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About

Unlocking the full potential of the euphonium as a concerto instrument with symphony orchestra has been an ambition for David Childs since he premiered the orchestral version of Philip Wilby’s Euphonium Concerto in the BBC Young Musician of the Year final in 2000. The four compositions on this album are all results of that ambition, in different ways.

Written for the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the London Symphony Orchestra, Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto was premiered, at the anniversary concert in 1954, by the orchestra’s principal tubist, Philip Catelinet. After the premiere the possibility of creating a version for tenor tuba (euphonium) was initiated by Catelinet, Vaughan Williams approved, but its commercial viability was questioned. Over six decades later, with the approval of OUP and the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, an edition for tenor tuba and orchestra has been realised for this recording by David Childs and the orchestrator Rodney Newton.

The other three concertos on this disc were all commissioned by David Childs.

‘It’s a disc that will appeal not only to brass players, but to music lovers throughout the world’ – Brass Band World

‘It’s easy to enjoy David Child’s warm honeyed tones as his euphonium dances through this enjoyable selection of British concertos’ – BBC Music

‘Childs’s playing is wonderful, the extended range and physical agility defying credibility’ – TheArtsDesk

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