Brass Symphony, Jan Koetsier. Brass Tentet

Product Details
Composer: Jan Koetsier
Instrumentation: Brass Tentet
Publisher: Editions BIM
Difficulty: 5
Product Type: Set of Parts
Duration: 0:15:00
Edition Number: ENS34

Brass Symphony op. 80
for 10 brass instruments
Level: advanced
Duration: 15'

I. Allegro

II. Larghetto

III. Rondo

Presentation
A masterpiece of the brass repertoire
The Symphony for Brass op. 80 was commissioned by Philip Jones, premiered in Regensburg Feb. 21st, 1980, and recorded in 1981 on Focus on PJBE by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Today it has become a masterpiece of the international brass ensemble repertoire

Details
Instrumentation: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Composed: 1979
Genre: contemporary
Published: 1985
Movements: I. Allegro, II. Larghetto, III. Rondo
Publisher: Editions Bim

Biography
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
Jan Koetsier was born in Amsterdam in 1911 and did his musical studies in Berlin. After having learned his profession in several positions, he was engaged as head conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. In 1950 he assumed the same position with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra in Munich.
In 1966 he was named tenured professor at the Staatliche Musikhochschule in Munich. Since his retirement he devoted himself exclusively to  the composition. His many works for brass have enjoyed great success throughout the world.
Jan Koetsier died in April 2006 in Munich.