ERIC CULVER: SUITE FOR UNACCOMPANIED BASS TROMBONE
In the summer of 1981, I asked Rick to write a solo for me, “with lots of fun, hard, intervals”; this suite was the result. I paid the princely sum of thirty bucks and a gallon of Harvest Day (cheap) burgundy – money well-spent!
It is composed in his "neo-baroque" style, in four movements, and is reminiscent of Bach's cello suites. Doug Yeo has called it, “the finest piece for unaccompanied bass trombone I have ever played.”
It was published in 1988 through TAP Music and is now available through Ensemble Publications. If you would like to listen to it, Micah Everett has recorded it.
I dug through my library and found (right next to the Dead Sea Scrolls) an autographed copy of the original manuscript in Rick’s hand, including a cute little self-portrait. Here are a couple pictures:
It is composed in his "neo-baroque" style, in four movements, and is reminiscent of Bach's cello suites. Doug Yeo has called it, “the finest piece for unaccompanied bass trombone I have ever played.”
It was published in 1988 through TAP Music and is now available through Ensemble Publications. If you would like to listen to it, Micah Everett has recorded it.
I dug through my library and found (right next to the Dead Sea Scrolls) an autographed copy of the original manuscript in Rick’s hand, including a cute little self-portrait. Here are a couple pictures:
