Love Hurts - Carmen Remix (version for concert band)

(2003/16) 22' / for trombone and concert band based on themes by Georges Bizet

Premiere performance: October 12th, 2016 in Helsinki, Finland with the Guards Band Helsinki under the direction of Vytautas Lukocius, with Mike Svoboda, solo trombone

Instrumentation

piccolo flute
flutes 1 & 2 (1st doubling piccolo)
oboes 1 & 2
Eb clarinet
Bb clarinets 1-3
Bb bass clarinet
Eb alto clarinet
Bb contrabass clarinet (optional)
bassoons 1 & 2
contra basson (optional) Eb alto saxophone 1 & 2
Bb tenor saxophone
Eb baritone saxophone
Bb bass saxophone (optional) solo trombone horns in F 1-4
Bb cornet 1 & 2
Bb trumpets 1-3
trombones 1-3
euphonium
tuba string bass (optional) timpani 3 percussion

1st: pair of sand-blocks, pair of 12“ cymbals á due, small triangle, tambourine, ACME mouth siren, medium-sized concert bass drum, small German friction drum aka "waldteufel", ca. 10 pages of paper to tear and crumple

2nd: pair of sand-blocks, pair of 14“ concert cymbals á due, medium triangle, tambourine, ACME mouth siren, medium-sized concert bass drum, medium German friction drum aka "waldteufel", ca. 10 pages of paper to tear and crumple

3rd: vibraphone, pair of large concert cymbals á due, large triangle, large ride cymbal, large German friction drum aka "waldteufel", ca. 10 pages of paper to tear and crumple