T-bone Concerto is a concerto for solo trombone and wind band by Dutch composer Johan de Meij which was completed in January 1996. The work was commissioned by the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) for performance at the 1996 KMEA annual conference. The first movement was premiered in February 1996 at the conference in Louisville, Kentucky, performed by the soloist Jeffrey Thomas.
A performance of the entire work with Jacques Mauger on solo trombone and the Band of the Royal Dutch Marines world premiered at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on March 1, 1996.
Instrumentation The work is scored for solo trombone and symphonic band consisting of the following forces:
Woodwind 1 piccolo (doubling 3rd Flute in the second movement) 2 flutes 2 oboes 1 cor anglais 1 E clarinet 3 B clarinets (several on a part) 1 alto clarinet 1 bass clarinet 2 alto saxophones 1 tenor saxophone 1 baritone saxophone 2 bassoons
Brass 4 horns 2 cornets 3 trumpets 3 trombones 1 euphonium 1 tuba
Strings 1 harp* 1 double bass
Keyboard piano (doubling harpsichord in the third movement)*
Percussion timpani bass drum snare drum cymbals (crash and suspended) triangle wood block tom-tom drum xylophone glockenspiel vibraphone tubular bells marimba
* The piano and the harp play the same part.
Movements The concerto consists of three movements (named after ways of preparing a t-bone steak):
Recordings Joseph Alessi, trombone; University of New Mexico Wind Symphony; Eric Rombach-Kendall, conductor Illuminations (Summit Records DCD 367) Brett Baker, trombone; Kew Band Melbourne; Mark Ford, conductor T-Bone Concerto (White River WR12-02) Brett Baker, trombone; Maidstone Wind Symphony; Jonathan Crowhurst, conductor Slide Projections (White River WR12-06) Jesper Juul Sørensen, trombone; The Danish Concert Band; Jørgen Misser Jensen, conductor The Sword and the Crown (Rondo Grammofon RCD 8371) T-Bone Music (Rondo Grammofon RCD 8377) Christian Lindberg, trombone; Symphonic Wind Orchestra St. Michael of Thorn; Heinz Friesen, conductor Johan de Meij: Symphony No. 1 'The Lord Of The Rings'; T-Bone Concerto - (World Wind Music WWM 500.034) The Scandinavian Connection - (Amstel Classics CD 9701) Jacques Mauger, trombone; Orchestre des Equipages de la Flotte de Brest; Claude Kesmaecker, conductor Latitudes Trombone (JCMA 07) Ivan Meylemans, trombone; Symphonic Wind Orchestra St. Michael of Thorn; Heinz Friesen, conductor WASBE Concerts, 1997 (Tonstudio amos CD 5820) Jörgen van Rijen, trombone; Orquestra de Vents Filharmonía; José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana, conductor Canticles (Amstel Classics)
Notes
External links Links to recordings of movements I, II and III by The Philharmonic Winds (Singapore) Discography of Classical Trombone CDs