Guise, Jean François de - Short effect for brass ensemble op. 17, No 19

Guise Jean François de
Short effect
for brass ensemble
 op. 17, no. 19

As the title suggests, Jean François de Guise uses short motifs and effects, but these are generated conventionally, through the use of various mutes and articulations. The composer, himself a trumpet player, does not make it easy for the ensemble. He demands high precision at all times, great playing skill and a permanent musical and rhythmic coordination among themselves.
Nevertheless, there is room for each wind player to leave his own individual fingerprint. The respective players are free insofar as they always have to act soloistically in their passages. All of this then comes together again in a chamber-musical way to form the whole.
Due to the level of playing required, this piece is almost only adequately playable by the elite of brass ensembles. However, this piece is worth every effort of rehearsal, as a gem of brass music comes out in the end. The piece offers the audience interesting sounds and makes them want to hear it again right away.

2 trumpets in Bb, horn in F, trombone, tuba
score & 5 parts / 27