Two Cod Pieces
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Peter Warlock arr Eric Crees

Two Cod Pieces

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Instrument: brass tentet (score and parts)
Grade: conservatoire
Catalogue No: AL007

The delightfully humorous 'Cod-Pieces' are amongst scholar, critic and composer Peter Warlock's earliest compositions, although not published in their piano duet version until 1971. The original manuscripts are on two and sometimes three staves, cheekily marked 'Whistle what's in green ink or get a second player'.

'Beethoven's Binge' is an hilarious skit on the great composer's 5th Symphony and should be played as fast as possible: the obligatory singing should be performed with great gusto and, preferably, standing up.

'The Old Codger' is a ragtime spoof of the main theme in the last movement of Cesar Franck's D Minor Symphony. It was dedicated to Colin Taylor, Warlock's music teacher at Eton College. There is evidence that it was performed in band arrangements at both Selfridge's department store and at the Savoy Hotel (where Warlock was born). A very exaggerated performance is recommended!
Eric Crees
Eric Crees is one of the most distinguished trombonists, arrangers and educators in the UK. He was Co-Principal Trombone in the London Symphony Orchestra for twenty-seven years and from 2000 until 2020 was Section Principal Trombone with the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He has played on many of the most iconic film tracks, including the first four 'Star Wars', 'Superman' 1&2, 'Harry Potter' 1,2&3, 'Braveheart', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and dozens more.

Eric has taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London since 1977 and in 2014 was awarded two prestigious honours, Conferment to Professor at the Guildhall and the International Trombone Association's Neil Humfeld Award for Teaching Excellence. He is internationally recognised as a conductor and arranger of brass music at the highest level and has been the Musical Director of London Symphony Orchestra Brass and the Brass Soloists of the Royal Opera House and made seven CDs with them, mainly of his own compositions, arrangements and editions. He is now Artistic Director of his own group, The Symphonic Brass of London and has released two albums with them, 'A Bridge across the Pyrenees' and 'Preludes, Rags and Cakewalks'.


For more information see the two websites: ericcrees.co.uk
thesymphonicbrassoflondon.com
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