Schubert’s music for trombones is highly rewarding to perform as it shows such remarkable insights into how to score effectively for the instrument. The eighth symphony is one such example, though the late masses (in A♭ major and E♭ major) are notoriously demanding.
Understanding Schubert’s trombone writing is actually very straightforward if we consider that his symphonic works are scored for a section of three B♭ tenor trombones.
