Ensembles

This elegant intermezzo is the most famous part of this opera. It opens quietly, builds, then ends as it began. Melody is in the trumpets and horn and no part is too difficult or taxing. This beautifu...

This monumental piece for concert/military band works very well for this instrumentation. To balance colours and dynamics, the piccolo trumpet and e-flat trumpet are used to perform the original woodw...

One of the most popular pieces for 2 trumpets can now be played within a brass ensemble setting. The solo trumpet parts are unaltered and the orchestral parts are performed by the remainder of the ens...

Originally for an ensemble of 8 trumpets, timpani and basso continuo, this new instrumentation makes this trumpet standard available for the brass ensemble. Using the horns, trombones and tubas to fil...

The Concerto in D minor is a truly exciting addition to the double brass quintet repertoire. This arrangement has been taken from an organ work by Bach. It is one of the transcriptions from a set of 1...

One of the most popular pieces for 2 trumpets can now be played within a brass ensemble setting. The solo trumpet parts are unaltered and the orchestral parts are performed by the remainder of the ens...

This glorious oratorio by Handel transcribes very well for double brass quintet. Brilliant fanfare figures in the trumpets and the powerful choral parts given to the horns and trombones make this piec...

Originally a popular organ solo, this voluntary is a great addition to the repertoire. There is a short chorale prelude played by the ensemble without the solo trumpet, then the soloist enters playing...

This monumental work is a true classic from the Baroque repertoire. Scored here for a double brass quintet and timpani, the full expanse of the original work is captured by this size brass ensemble. T...

The principal theme from the second movement is equal in fame and popularity to Pachelbel's Canon and Albinoni's Adagio. This incredibly simple and beautiful theme was set to words by one of Dvorak's...

An exciting new arrangement of one of Beethoven's masterful symphonies is finally here. This is a real technical display that has all players flying. The 3 b-flat trumpets play most of the violin line...

This is an exciting original composition by Kenneth Bray. Written as a piece to be used at the University of Western Ontario Spring Convocation, this work could be used as an opening fanfare for a con...

This beautiful slow movement from a work for solo organ is a great feature for the horns in a double brass quintet. The melody flows throughout the ensemble and is an ideal work to show off the lyrica...

This popular organ solo is now available for double brass quintet. The energetic Allegro section contrasts the slow and lyric fantasia which allows the brass ensemble to explore several moods and temp...

No catalogue of brass ensemble music would be complete without a Gabrieli canzon. This arrangement for double quintet is an adaptation of a canzon for 6 trumpets and 4 trombones.

Originally written as a work for solo organ, the composer has expanded this piece to make it suitable for brass. Fanfares at the opening of the work provide an interesting contrast to the stately, the...

Featured solos by euphonium, horn, cornet and first trumpet make this work interesting for all the performers. Elgar's haunting melody flows through the ensemble finally reaching the climax at the ver...

The Air is a lovely slow movement that came from Baroquial Suite, a suite in the Baroque style for brass quintet. Reminiscent of the famous Air from J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, Mr. Smallm...

Five Embraces ist ein amüsantes und zugleich verführerisches Stück, in dem der Spanier Ferrer Ferran mit einer großen Portion Humor die fünf Instrumente des klassischen Blechbläserquintetts beschreibt...

The Gospel Truth III stammt aus dem von Gospelmusik beeinflussten Soundtrack zum Disney-Zeichentrickfilm Herkules. Das dreiteilige Lied The Gospel Truth beleuchtet den Hintergrund der Geschichte um de...

Wie fünf Saxophonisten Spass miteinander haben können, zeigt der Niederländer Kees Schoonenbeek in seinem Werk Pleasure for Five.

Vivat Mozart wurde als Thema mit Variationen komponiert. Kees Schoonenbeek wählte als Ausgangspunkt das Eingangsthema des dritten Satzes von Mozarts Klavierkonzert in C-Dur (KV 503). Es handelt sich d...