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  • Intermezzo Op 119, No 2
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    Brahms arr Eric Crees

    Intermezzo Op 119, No 2

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    Instrument: brass tentet (score and parts)
    Grade: conservatoire
    Catalogue No: AL001

    In December 1890, a world-weary Brahms sent his publisher a note: "You can now take leave of my music: it's high time I stopped". It was not to be, since in 1891 he heard the clarinetist, Richard Mühlfield and was inspired to write the A minor Trio and B minor Quintet for him to play. These were in turn followed by a series of piano pieces published in four sets as Op. 116, 117, 118 and 119.

    The Intermezzo No. 2 shows Brahms' extraordinary ability to transform a seemingly simple melodic idea into a coherent whole. In particular, the remarkable metamorphosis of the moody minor opening theme into the glorious central waltz tune in the major key. If performed without a conductor, the syncopations of the opening and closing sections must be based around an overall pulse for rhythmic clarity, especially the continual quaver movement in the lower parts.

    This arrangement is an ideal companion to the other two Op. 119 works published by ALAW.
    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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