Bach - Three Gamba Sonatas for Euphonium & Piano

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Bach - Three Gamba Sonatas for Euphonium & PianoJ. S. Bach, the genius of Baroque music and the "Father" of Western Music composed three exquisite Sonatas for Viola da Gamba. They are now available for Euphonium and Piano, beautifully transcribed by retired Principal Trombonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ralph Sauer. This edition is truly the only version that fully exploits the possibilities of the Euphonium. A must for all serious performers. Each work is a full Sonata of at least fifteen

along with his professional skills as a player of the trombone and trumpet have provided him ample opportunity to formulate "The Old Guy's Guide to Better Trumpet Playing

although most of his music was not performed during his lifetime

Most recently the song was used in the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton to great applause

Moderately advanced work of about ten minutes for 2 Trumpets in B-flat

Blue Lullaby

"Spanish Prelude" features a lot of syncopations and a battle between major and minor with the major winning out in the end

Sauer has once again found the perfect key for his Trombone and Piano transcription

on Two Thematic Ideas and on a Figured Bass by Tomaso Albinoni

The music of Samuel Scheidt is a beautiful fit for modern Brass instruments and Keith Terrett has done a magnificent job with this arrangement which can be performed by moderately advanced performers

Difficulty is moderate

The 1st part is for advanced performers

some are harder and some are easier than the Bordogni originals

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