four short pieces by frank bridge 1 euphonium & piano (print) The first slow movement «Largo»

The first slow movement «Largo» has the beautiful flow and expressiveness of a typical operatic aria by Scarlatti

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This work is from around 1680 and follows the typical slow-fast-slow-fast structure

78) by Gabriel Faure was written in 1893 for small orchestra as part of a larger commission of incidental music for the play «Pelleas et Melisande»

Flotow performed regularly with Offenbach for the better part of a century and for whom Offenbach wrote most of his cello and piano music

four short pieces by frank bridge 1 euphonium & piano (print) The first slow movement «Largo»This famous work with its beautifully contrasting 4 movements is a wonderful introduction to English romanticism a must have for euphonium players of all levels. Four Short Pieces H. 1041 was composed in 1912. Most commonly referred to as Four Short Pieces for Violin, but the piece was actually simultaneously realized by the composer himself for either violin or cello.