Overture

Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) was an Italian composer in the romantic era.

Nabucco was completed in 1841.

Richard Wagner (1813-1883), was a German composer of the Romantic era.

Wagner completed Tannhäuser in 1845.

Richard Wagner (1813-1883), was a German composer of the Romantic era.

Wagner completed The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) in 1870.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), was a Russian composer of the Romantic era.

Rimsky-Korsakov completed Russian Easter Festival Overture in 1888.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), was a Russian composer of the Romantic era.

Rimsky-Korsakov completed The Golden Cockerel in 1907.

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was an Italian composer whose career spanned the classical and early romantic periods.

Guillaume Tell (William Tell) was completed in 1829.

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was an Italian composer whose career spanned the classical and early romantic periods.

La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) was completed in 1817.

Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) was an Italian composer in the romantic era.

La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) was completed in 1862.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), was a German composer of the Romantic era who used trombones sparingly but strategically.

Brahms’s Tragic Overture in D minor (1880) is scored for a large orchestra including three trombones and tuba, it uses the low brass sparingly but effectively with a chorale-like permutation of the main idea.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), was a German composer of the Romantic era who used trombones sparingly but strategically.

Academic Festival Overture (1880) is a celebratory collage of German student songs. Trombones are silent for much of this composition but when they do make an appearance late in the work, they add ceremonial authority.