Trombone Concerto (Grøndahl)

Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra was written in 1924 by Danish composer Launy Grøndahl during his time in Italy. It was inspired by the trombone section of the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in Copenhagen (of which Grøndahl had been a violinist since the age of thirteen). This work was premiered in Copenhagen by the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre with soloist Vilhelm Aarkrogh, the principal trombonist of the orchestra.^[1] The work has been recorded by Joseph Alessi, Brett Baker, Håkan Björkman, Jesper Juul Sørensen, Massimo La Rosa, Christian Lindberg, Jacques Mauger, and Branimir Slokar, among others.^[2]

Structure edit

The concerto has a duration of approximately 15 minutes and is cast in three movements:

Moderato assai ma molto maestoso
Quasi una Leggenda: Andante grave
Finale: Maestoso - Rondo

Instrumentation edit

This score is written for the following instruments:

Brass
- Solo trombone
- horn in F
- 2 trumpets
Woodwinds
- 2 flutes
- 2 oboes
- 2 clarinets in Bb
- 2 bassoons
Strings
- 1st violins
- 2nd violins
- violas
- cellos
- double basses
piano

Additional versions exist for:

solo trombone and concert band.
solo trombone and brass band.
solo trombone and brass ensemble (3 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, euphonium and tuba), edited by Michael Stewart.
solo trombone and piano.

References edit

^ Orpheus Music Prose; Doolin, Craig (2010). "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra – Launy Grøndahl" (PDF).
^ "Discography of Classical Trombone CDs". Retrieved 2017-11-14.

External links edit

Introduction to the piece(in traditional Chinese)

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[1] Orpheus Music Prose; Doolin, Craig (2010). "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra – Launy Grøndahl" (PDF).

[2] "Discography of Classical Trombone CDs". Retrieved 2017-11-14.

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