Gesualdo - Three Motets for five Trombones Saint Saens 2 B-flat Trumpets

2 B-flat Trumpets

repeated passage in the entire work is in Number 5

Tenor Sax or Bari Sax substitute

This four minute work for advanced performers is in swing style and is fun and challenging to perform with all players getting a "kick at the can"

he offers clear and basic solutions to the dynamic development of proper corrective techniques

Gesualdo - Three Motets for five Trombones Saint Saens 2 B-flat TrumpetsCarlo Gesualdo, who lived in the late Renaissance period is compared to Richard Wagner because of his shifting harmonies. His music was considered "progressive" and even today we are taken aback by the violent shifts in tonality. An additional bit of information about the composer is that he murdered his wife and her lover after discovering them together. The Three Motets for Five Trombones come from a series of sacred works from 1603 titled, Sacrarum