Rains of castamere brass quintet sheet music

RAINS OF CASTAMERE BRASS QUINTET SHEET MUSIC NO CD

In the beginning I had some doubtsabout this idea because recordings of most of these pieces are already available, but I realized that there is no CD where these pieces are assembled in one place. Many asked me to make a second CD consisting of the more common solo pieces for bass trombone auditions. David SampsonД«en Van Dijk: The concept for this CD came about as a result of many reactions to my first solo CD, 'Nana'. It makes the title and subject matterseem even more appropriate. Coincidently, I found out later that Scott Brubaker also celebrated his fortieth birthday around the time I was writing this work.

The movements portray the progression from crisis to inner doubts and shadows to the cherished memories and finally to a resolution of building on the past and moving on. When I began writing this horn sonata for Scott Brubaker, this working out process flowed directly into the composition and presented me with a natural form. I spent a great deal of effort sorting through basic questions of time, vulnerability and choices. Even though I had read that this В®taking stockВЇ period was very common around this age, it surprised me that the emotions were so powerfully disturbing. As it approached, I found myself becoming increasingly agitated with thoughts of dreams unfulfilled, countless failures, missed opportunities and questions concerning what direction my life should take now. This birthday along with my twenty-first and thirtieth, was a transitional one.

Completed on February 2, 1992, the title and composition were inspired by my fortieth birthday. Sonata Forty, for horn and piano, was commissioned by Scott Brubaker and the International Horn Society.

Rains of castamere brass quintet sheet music