Trombonanza - Trombonanza - London's premier trombone ensemble

The concert we gave on Sunday 17 May under the direction of Eddie Thompson was a great success. We premièred Daniel Basford's Praeludium for 16 Trombones and Percussion and followed up with Rimsky-Korsakov's Cortège from Mlada (arranged by our very own John Wells), Enrique Crespo's Bruckner Etüde für das tiefe Blech, three choral works by Rachmaninov (arranged by Edward Solomon), with trombone students from the surrounding area joining the members of Trombonanza, and Gordon Jacob's Trombone Octet, dedicated in this performance to Alan Hazeldine, with whom the group recorded the same work last year. The second half featured some of Pete Smith's legendary 1960s set of arrangements for sixteen trombones and rhythm section, which were performed to great acclaim with the arranger himself present.