Prokofiev - Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Piano

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Prokofiev - Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 for Tuba or Bass Trombone and PianoAlso known as Four Grandmother Songs and Old Granny Tales, this work was composed in New York in 1918 at the beginning of the composers self imposed exile from Russia after its Revolution. These short pieces were immediately successful and were performed worldwide. In the epigraph to this work Prokofiev wrote, Some recollections had become half erased from her memory Others will never be erased. Mr. Sauer has produced a magnificent new work for Tuba

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Intermezzo

Ralph Sauer has arranged Wagner's Two Album Leaves for Euphonum and Piano in Bass Clef

Rusalka is one of his greatest works

composed in 1907 was written originally for Piano Solo and is set in four descriptive vignettes:

The most famous of these were the three Beethoven wrote for the Linz Cathedral in Austria on All Soul’s Day 1812

Suite Española

The Delius Three Preludes

For most students at this level

The music uses the "Perfect Fifth" as a starting point for a soundscape that is lush and mysterious

The instrumentation is for Solo Trombone (Alto and Tenor parts are supplied) 2 Flutes

Euph 1 has an improvised solo and all the other parts get their share of the limelight in other ways