Bridge - Four Pieces for Euphonium and Piano Female composer Both parts are in B-flat

Both parts are in B-flat transposition

The composer remembers describing this movement to Stephen Fissel as a "Manic Waltz

Movement I

Purcell's Twelve Sonatas of 1683 are a blend or hybrid of French and Italian Baroque 17th Century musical styles

The performance sample is from the 4th movement and beautifully played by the Mir Quintet

Bridge - Four Pieces for Euphonium and Piano Female composer Both parts are in B-flatBritish composer Frank Bridge is mainly remembered for his beautiful chamber music. The Four Pieces from 1912 are originally for Violin and Piano and are titled: 1. Meditation 2. Spring Song 3. Lullaby 4. Country Dance Mr. Sauer has done a beautiful job scoring these works for Euphonium. There is a wonderful simplicity to Bridge's music that was lost forever just two years later, at the beginning of the "Great War," WW I. Bridge's most famous