Performer: David Childs
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic
Conductor: Ben Gernon
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Release: 2019
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Tuba Concerto in F Minor (Arr. for Euphonium & Orchestra)
01. I. Prelude. Allegro moderato
02. II. Romanza. Andante sostenuto
03. III. Finale – Rondo alla tedesca. Allegro
Edward Gregson:
Euphonium Concerto (Version for Euphonium & Orchestra)
04. I. Dialogues
05. II. Song Without Words
06. III. A Celtic Bacchanal
Paul Mealor:
Euphonium Concerto
07. I. Adagio espressivo
08. II. Allegro con brio
09. III. Adagissimo, espressivo
10. IV. Cadenza
11. V. Allegro vivace
Michael Ball:
Euphonium Concerto (Version for Euphonium & Orchestra)
12. I.
13. II.
14. III.
Unlocking the full potential of the euphonium as a concerto instrument with symphony orchestra has been an ambition for David Childs since he premiered the orchestral version of Philip Wilby’s Euphonium Concerto in the BBC Young Musician of the Year final in 2000. The four compositions on this album are all results of that ambition, in different ways. Written for the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the London Symphony Orchestra, Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto was premiered, at the anniversary concert in 1954, by the orchestra’s principal tubist, Philip Catelinet. After the premiere the possibility of creating a version for tenor tuba (euphonium) was initiated by Catelinet, Vaughan Williams approved, but its commercial viability was questioned. Over six decades later, with the approval of OUP and the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, an edition for tenor tuba and orchestra has been realised for this recording by David Childs and the orchestrator Rodney Newton. The other three concertos on this disc were all commissioned by David Childs.