Sheet Music for Brass Ensemble

Although the 'ripieno' and 'concertante' elements are played equally by each of the five instruments in turn, this fast, virtuosic and pithy work is essentially a mini-concerto for brass quintet. Cast...

Mitia' was his intimate's nickname for Dmitri Shostakovich. 'We have a happy life under the sun of Stalin's constitution' . This prudently ironical quotation is taken from the private correspondence o...

2 trumpets, 2 trombones (alternative parts: trumpet in Bb and C, horn in F and Eb, baritone Bb, trombone, euphonium in Bb) Most of the work of Clement Janequin (1485-1558) consists of settings of text...

These three essays were ordered by my friend and publisher Jean-Pierre Mathez and premiered on July 3, 1968, at the Municipal Theater, by the student brass ensemble he directed, on the occasion of the...

2 Spielpartituren Complex , commissioned by the French tubist François Thuillier, was written in the autumn of 2011. It was preceded by a collaboration between the composer and the tubaist that began...

The opening piece of a brass chamber music concert can be decisive for its success and the general mood. With Start!, Jean-François Michel has hit the mark musically. His short, breathtaking opening w...

The Jubilee Fanfare I, II and III by Jean-François Michel are based on the same musical material, adapted to three different instrumentations: Jubilee Fanfare I for brass quintet: 2 trumpets (C or Bb)...

2 trumpets, 2 trombones (alternative parts: trumpet in Bb and C, horn in F and Eb, baritone Bb, trombone, euphonium in Bb) The composer, organist and theoretician Michael Praetorius (c. 1572-1631) lef...

2 trumpets, 2 trombones (alternative parts: trumpet in Bb and C, horn in F and Eb, baritone Bb, trombone, euphonium in Bb) The composer, organist and theoretician Michael Praetorius (c. 1572-1631) lef...

The Jubilee Fanfare I, II and III by Jean-François Michel are based on the same musical material, adapted to three different instrumentations: Jubilee Fanfare I for brass quintet: 2 trumpets (C or Bb)...

The Jubilee Fanfare I, II and III by Jean-François Michel are based on the same musical material, adapted to three different instrumentations: Jubilee Fanfare I for brass quintet: 2 trumpets (C or Bb)...

A day like many others with special and sometimes unique moments and feelings: a spiritual calling which touches you deeply; an exciting encounter that you're anxiously waiting for; a grey sky that re...

Circular Argument takes its roots in the music of Balcan countries. Each movement of this suite has its own character, based on a main theme. A lively and casual work which connects to all kinds of me...

Circular Argument takes its roots in the music of Balcan countries. Each movement of this suite has its own character, based on a main theme. A lively and casual work which connects to all kinds of me...

The four movements which comprise 'Armenian Scenes' are pictures of Armenian life: 'Morning Song', 'Drinking Song', 'Song of Grief', 'Wedding Procession' illustrate the cultural settings and tradition...

One aspect when writing for brass quintet that has always interested me has been all the available color and timbre possibilities. My first brass quintet, Four Sketches (BIM ENS48 - 1990), explored a...

A perfect interlude in Mozart's style Voice I: trumpet in C or Bb. Voice II:trombone (bass or treble clef) or horn in F or alto horn in Eb. Voice III: euphonium (bass or treble clef)

A perfect interlude in Mozart's style Voice I: trumpet in C or Bb. Voice II:trombone (bass or treble clef) or horn in F or alto horn in Eb. Voice III: euphonium (bass or treble clef)

Charles Reskin's Friedrichstrasse, composed in 2019 for the Velikogoricki Brass Festival (Croatia), and dedicated to trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich, his wife Erika, and his son David, divides itself int...

Charles Reskin's Friedrichstrasse, composed in 2019 for the Velikogoricki Brass Festival (Croatia), and dedicated to trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich, his wife Erika, and his son David, divides itself int...