Baritone Horn Solo Music - Share your Recommendations!

[Anorak-Horn]

I am on the prowl to build up my collection of baritone horn solos and was wondering if anyone has some ideas.

For next year, I have two pieces organised;

Lied - Eugene Bozza (originally for Trumpet)
Valse Caprice - Percy Code (in a book of 11 solos originally for Cornet)

The second is for the Australian National Brass Band Competition 2018, in Melbourne, however I also have other eisteddfods and competitions I want to attend so I need more music.

So what would you suggest? Anything (slow melodies included) is good and I am at a grade 7(wish) standard.

Thanks in advance!

[MikeS]

The Neruda Trumpet Concerto works really well on baritone. The second movement, in particular, is lovely if you are looking for a slow melody piece. You can find it on http://www.freesheetmusic.net/neruda...n%20E-flat.pdf .

[davewerden]

I don't play baritone often, but here is one slow melody piece I did on baritone horn:

Schubert An Die Musik:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmoILRqZ2Ks

Here are some I've done on euphonium:

Holst Song without Words (from his 2nd Suite in F):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRlyUVXTg-U

On Wings of Song by Mendelssohn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DTo2aB8xrY

Mendelssohn For the Mountains Shall Depart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE5UD-RuGXw

If you can transpose treble clef music in concert pitch, I can suggest some other interesting songs from the pop realm.

[euphdude]

Some great baritone solos can be found on Kristy Rowe's website....I ordered the book that has many of the parts from her Romanze CD (which is also quite excellent in its own right)

https://kristy-rowe.com/

[Anorak-Horn]

Thanks for the suggestions so far. This is a brilliant start!

Dave, I have no issue reading bass clef, or tenor of that matter. Fortunately playing trombone for a few years gave me some skills.

[JasonDonnelly]

Ellerby Baritone Concerto

[davewerden]

In recitals I like to pull in one or two selections from popular or Broadway music. Here are some that I have done over the years:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...F5JcyBiDcb22Zb

Most times the sheet music link is available if you read the whole YouTube description. And most of those links are to a piano/vocal score. The beauty of today's world (also a curse in some ways) is that you can buy sheet music online and download it immediately. Most of what I play on the list above was as piano with vocal in concert pitch. So I had to mentally transpose up a step from the vocal part to put myself in the right place for a treble clef player (which, at heart, I am). However, the price is quite low for these songs, and many offer the ability to transpose to any key. If you are not comfortable with the transposition I just described, you can order 2 copies. Get one to print in the concert key you choose and use that copy for the piano, and print the other up a full step so you can read it easily. But in the long run it is good for any of us to lean to play from a concert-pitch vocal part so we can open a whole new realm of choices!

[Anorak-Horn]

The Ellerby concerto is one on my list to look at; it's certainly going to take some work if I get it!

Thanks for the link, Dave.

I hadn't thought about reading up on concert-pitch parts; that will make things a lot easier! Years of Christmas carol events have taught me that skill so I shall apply it to other performances.

[knuxie]

I've gotten orders for this from baritone players:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title...row_by=Ballade

[Fujiifilm]

Apologies for the replying to an older thread, but I wanted to add my recommendation for the Ellerby Concerto. It's definitely a challenge but a very enjoyable work to learn!

I would also recommend looking up recordings of Katrina Marzella, she has some wonderful repertoire on Youtube and her CD album (which includes the Ellerby)
Some other pieces that were specifically composed for baritone that might be work checking out:

Donegal Bay by Paul Lovatt-Cooper
The Healing Power of Flame by Tom Davoren (written for Kristy Rowe)

[iiipopes]

Why should the euphs have all the fun with Grandfather's Clock?
Why should the cornets have all the fun with Carnival of Venice?

[Anorak-Horn]

Thanks Fujifilm. I shall be looking into those.

Good questions iiipopes. I have been dabbling with both; still a fair way off yet though!

[will-68]

Hi,
I am also going to Australian Nationals but under under junior Baritone. A good place for solos, I've found, is trove. They have most of the Percy Code solos to download. https://trove.nla.gov.au/music/result?q=percy+code here is the link to where you can find more code solos.

[JTJ]

Philip Sparke wrote a solo, "Scaramouche," for baritone commissioned by Katrina Marzella. I bought the sheet music and read through it on euphonium a few times a few years ago. Never worked on it seriously, but played it enough to get a feel for it. I think it would be a really fine solo to work up (it's very Philip Spark, so if you like his other music, you'd probably like it). Sparke's notes on the piece are here:

http://www.philipsparke.com/Scaramouche%20BB.htm

[John Morgan]

Check out this "youngster", Tobias Reifer, playing Scaramouche. He doesn't even shave yet!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpWFaGkU5KA