Artem Vassiliev: 10 Simple Answers - Large Trombone Ensemble

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Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music and Warwick Music for the British Trombone Society. First performance by RAM trombone choir, conducted by Bob Hughes, The Royal Academy of Music, London, 20 November 2007

The piece is a dialogue between each of the 10 performers and the rest of the group. Most of the musical questions and answers as they appear in the final version of the piece, were found during rehearsals with RAM trombone choir and Bob Hughes, to whom the piece is dedicated.

ITA Journal Review (Jan 2014) copyright International Trombone Association

Based in Moscow, but born in Kazakhstan, Artem Vassiliev has produced a large repertoire of successful compositions for many ensembles, traditional and electroacoustic. To my knowledge, this is his only composition for trombone ensemble. 10 Simple Answers is written for an ensemble of ten trombones, posing musical questions and answers by means of juxtaposing solos with the full ensemble in a sort of musical dialogue. The character of the work is best described as ponderous and eccentric. The piece is devoid of traditional tonality and at times incorporates bitonality, dissonant harmonies, and harmonic clusters. Vassiliev also frequently uses tempo and meter changes to attain his musical goal; however, in both the score and the parts many unnecessary time signature reminders are included. This could simply be an editing error. All parts are written in bass clef. Straight mutes are used by all ten trombones and cup mutes are incorporated into all tenor parts. The combined ranges of all parts are EE to c2. The work was commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music and Warwick Music for the British Trombone Society. Cory Mixdorf - University of Arkansas

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SKU: TB888
Composer: Artem Vassiliev
Difficulty: Advanced
Instrumentation: Large Trombone Ensemble (8 Tenors, 2 Bass)
Range: F1-C5