Stig Nordhagen: Euphonium Concerto (version for euphonium, piano and percussion)

Stig Nordhagen: Euphonium Concerto (version for euphonium, piano and percussion) (1997 - revised 2022)
"My fascination with the euphonium began long before I wrote this concerto, but it was only here that I seriously tried to put something down on paper. This version is for euphonium, piano, and percussion, so this is a different approach to the material than in the original brass band version. Nonetheless, it clearly demonstrates my ambition, namely to showcase the versatility and tonal variation that this instrument contains. I try to glide seamlessly between genres and expressions, between darkness and light. In this way, I wish to tie the concerto together with variation, and the variation is the euphonium. That is the way I wish to manifest the euphonium, which, in my opinion, lives a life out of sight for many."
Stig Nordhagen
Performed by
Bente Illevold - euphonium
Gunnar Flagstad - piano
Anders Kregnes Hansen - percussion
Recorded 30. - 31. september 2023 in Teglen, Spikkestad kirke- og kultursenter by AT-recordings.
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