Why did Saint-Saëns use a contrabass trombone in an American work?
About Edward Solomon
Holst and The Cloud Messenger
It turns out that Gustav Holst wrote a work for chorus and orchestra that uses a contrabass trombone.
Maisie Ringham Wiggins (1924-2016)
Farewell, Maisie. It was an honour and a privilege to know you and be your pupil.
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1
With the onset of winter and an all-Russian programme in the orchestra, what better way to kickstart 2015 than by taking a look at Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13? We will be performing this work in a few days’ time and have been tirelessly dedicating ourselves to approaching it in the right style.
Contrabass trombone repertoire
In an effort to clear up some of the confusion about classical works scored for the contrabass trombone, I wrote a post in February 2008 on The Trombone Forum. Although this was aimed at compiling a list of works explicitly scored by the composer for the contrabass trombone, it did also touch on works that are sometimes performed using a contrabass trombone,
