The Symphonic Euphonium II Brass Orchestral & Concertos Chandos

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The Symphonic Euphonium II

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

premiere recording in this version

Concerto for Tenor Tuba and Orchestra (1954)

12:35

in B flat minor • in b-Moll • en si bémol mineur

Adapted c.2018 from Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra

in F minor • in f-Moll • en fa mineur

by David Childs and Rodney Newton

Prelude. Allegro moderato - Cadenza - Largamente

4:26

Romanza. Andante sostenuto

5:08

III

Finale. Rondo alla Tedesca. Allegro - Poco animato -

2:52

Tempo I - Poco animato - Tempo I - Poco animato - Cadenza - A tempo

EDWARD GREGSON

premiere recording

Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra (2018)

22:43

For David Childs

Dialogues. Allegro agitato (Tempo 1) - Senza tempo -

8:19

A tempo - Senza tempo - Tempo giusto (Tempo 2) -

Song without Words. Not too slowly - Tempo 2 - Gentley flowing -

9:35

Tempo 3. Calm and serene - Tempo 2 ma poco agitato -

III

A Celtic Bacchanal. Fast, with energy -

4:48

Poco più mosso, ma espressivo -

PAUL MEALOR

premier recording

Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra (2017)

15:56

For David Childs

'I am all too sad and tearful, like a white swan that has been torn,

sounding her call on a small grassy loch, forsaken' Fear a'Bháta

Adagio espressivo - Adagissimo, espressivo - Molto adagissimo -

4:43

Allegro con brio - Presto - Tranquillo - Presto -

3:22

Adagissimo, espressivo - Lento, molto espressivo - Adagissimo, espressivo -

3:41

10.

Cadenza - Allegro con spirito -

1:41

11.

Allegro vivace - Presto

2:27

MICHAEL BALL

premiere recording

Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra (2002)

18:25

Recast 2004 by the composer from an original version with brass band

For David Childs

12.

Crotchet = c.52 - crotchet = c.138 - Meno mosso - Reawakening - Tempo I -

7:00

13.

Crotchet = c.54, but very flexible -

7:20

Expansive but moving on a little more - Meno mosso - Come prima, flezzibile - Cadenza -

14.

Dotted crotchet = c.96

4:03

Total time: 70:06

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Yuri Torchinsky leader

Conductor: Ben Gernon

“… David Childs’s contribution throughout strikes me as a marvel of technical security, nimble poise and rewarding musicality. What’s more, he enjoys simply superb support from the BBC Philharmonic under Ben Gernon, and everything has been captured with demonstration-worthy realism by the experienced team of producer Brian Pidgeon and balance engineer Stephen Rinker. A classy issue and unexpected treat: do investigate!”

Andrew Achenbach - Gramophone magazine - February 2020

Performance **** Recording ***

“… Childs plays with richly expressive tone (using the customary brass band vibrato) and is fully on top of all the works’ technical demands. He is responsively supported by the orchestra …”

Anthony Burton – BBC Music magazine – January 2020

“…All the concertos are heard in premiere recordings including Michael Ball’s 2002 work, originally composed for euphonium and brass band. Recast in 2004 to a Childs commission with orchestral support it, too, is full of interest, segueing from lyricism to urgency, admitting some possible VW-like harmonies, as well as some lovely thematic writing. Ball’s recasting ensures some warming work for the orchestral strings and allows Childs a cadenza that tests his virtuosity to the utmost. The perky finale with a quotient of folksy frolicsome bonhomie makes a fitting end for the concerto and indeed for the disc… There is so much here that is so approachable and finely done …”

Jonathan Woolf – MusicWeb-International.com – 2 December 2019

Programme ***** Performance ***** Recording ***** Presentation *****

“… It’s [Euphonium Concerto] a work of dazzling invention and creative brilliance, which brilliantly exploits the soloist’s musicianship within a framework of the highest creative credentials. David Childs is nothing short of breathtaking in his performance. The sublte touches of colour and shade; the instinctive responses to the music, and the remarkable levels of clarity he brings to every note make for an utterly compelling listening experience of a work that absorbs… The musical empathy and enjoyment of the BBC philharmonic is aided throughout by conductor Ben Gernon … David Childs remains an ambassador for the euphonium without equal. A musician with a powerful combination of charismatic stage presence, unerring musical instincts, and a sound and completeness of technique that places him in a league of his own amongst his fellow practitioners of the instrument…”

Christopher Thomas – Brass Band World – November 2019

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