Symphony

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic era.

Brucker completed Symphony No. 9 in 1896.

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic era.

Brucker completed Symphony No. 7 in 1883.

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic era.

Brucker completed Symphony No. 1 in 1866.

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic era.

Brucker completed Symphony No. 4 in 1874.

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

In Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 (1885), the three trombones appear exclusively in the fourth movement, where Brahms reserves them for the opening ominous chorale theme (adapted from Bach - derived from a bass line in Cantata BWV 150).

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

Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, was completed in 1883. Scored for three trombones, they are used only in the outer movements (tacet in the third), adding weight and warmth to the symphony’s climaxes and low sonorities.

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

Brahms completed Symphony No. 2 in 1877. Brahms uses the trombone section with great care in this symphony in both quiet passages and in the dramatic final moments, where the trombones have a magnificent exposed D major chord all to themselves in the final five measures.

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

Brahms completed Symphony No. 1 in 1876. The trombone section is used sparingly in Symphony No. 1 but does have quiet but exposed passages in the last two movements.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer of the Classical and Romantic periods.

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’, is one of the three symphonies by Beethoven to include trombones (see also the 5th and 6th symphonies).

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer of the Classical and Romantic periods.

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 is notable (particularly for trombone players) for being the first symphony to include trombones.