spitfiretrombones.co.uk

     the website of

        The Spitfire Trombone Quartet

The Spitfire Trombone Quartet play music to suit all tastes,   ranging  from new and contemporary music , through "classical" favorites to the lighter end of the repertoire.

The group champions new music for this under-used medium, and are currently working with the French composer Anne Chmelewsky.

Boulevard Montparnasse - Anne Chmelewsky (listen)

Secret Love Songs - Gary Carpenter

Memories of Quiberville - Paul Patterson

Chorale D'Actions de Graces - Jean Chatillon

5 Sketches for 4 trombones – Buxton Orr (listen)

Tissington Variations – Raymond Premru

Four Pieces for four trombones - Gareth Wood

Suite Quatuor pour 4 trombones - Flor Peeters

Deux Pieces Pour Quatuor de Trombones - Jules Semler-Collery (link in French)

Little Suite for Four Trombones - David Dorward 

Suite Parisienne - John Glenesk Mortimer

Suite for Trombone Quartet - Peter Atherton  

“Classical”

Locus Iste - Anton Bruckner arr. Edward W. Swindell

Canzona – Marini

Drei Equale fur vier Posaunen -  Beethoven (listen)

La Paix from the Fireworks Music - Handel arr. A.P. Taylor

Aria from Suite in D - J.S. Bach arr. Edward W. Swindell

Ave Verum - Edward Elgar arr. Edward W. Swindell

Adagio from Symphony no. 3 - Saint Saens (listen)

William Tell Overture - Rossini, arr. A. P. Taylor

Ricercar del Duodecimi - Andrea Gabrieli arr. Alex Cauthen

Canzonata - Joh. Georg Franc. Braun

Air - J.S. Bach transcribed by P McCarty

Arioso - J.S. Bach transcribed by P. McCarty

Humoreske - Antonin Dvorak transcribed by Ulrich Dittmar

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - J. S. Bach arr. A. P. Taylor

Overture to 'The Magic Flute' - W. A. Mozart arr. Tom Hammond  

Concerto in A minor - Vivaldi (ed.Prisma) (listen)

“Lighter”

Scarborough Fair - Traditional arr. Bill Reichenbach

The Irish Washerwoman - arr. Gordon Langford

A Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie arr. Mark Nightingale

Radetsky March - J. Strauss arr. A. P. Taylor

Blue Moon - Hart/Rogers arr. Philip Thrift

Washington Post March - John Philip Sousa arr. Rodney S. Miller

Liberty Bell March - Sousa, arr. A. P. Taylor

Moanin' trombones - arr. Rob Collinson

Gospel Time - Jeffrey Agrell (listen)

Hey Jude - Lennon/McCartney arr. Ingo Luis

Portrait - George Gershwin arr. Dennis Armitage

Spitfiretrombones are always eager to explore new compositions and arrangements. 

If you have a score you would like to hear played please contact us.