Martin Ellerby
Euphonium Concerto
A four-movement concerto of wide contrast, from a driving opening to a poignant, jazz-tinged slow movement.
| Composer | Martin Ellerby |
|---|---|
| Composed | 1995 |
| Era | 20th century |
| Type | Original |
| Difficulty | advanced |
| Available scorings | Piano, Wind Band, Brass Band |
| Duration | ~20 minutes |
| Clef | bass, treble |
| Originally for | Euphonium |
| Piano part | Difficult |
| Technical demands | contrasting character, high register, jazz inflection, endurance |
| Good for | advanced recital, competition |
| Publisher | Studio Music (1995) |
Martin Ellerby’s concerto ranges widely in mood across its movements, including a much-loved slow movement (“Album Leaf”) whose lyricism has made it a popular excerpt in its own right. Written for Steven Mead, it exists in both brass-band and wind-band scorings and has become one of the defining concertos of the 1990s repertoire boom.
Recordings
- Steven Mead ; Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band; James Gourlay — Vistas: The Music of Martin Ellerby
Sources
- Lloyd Bone & Eric Paull, Guide to the Euphonium Repertoire (2007)
- https://www.euphoniumstore.net/cds/steven-mead-cds/product%3Dvistas-the-music-of-martin-ellerby