An extra one of these instruments plays a solo in the second movement of Berlioz's Grand Funeral and Triumphal Symphony.
A piece for this solo instrument is typically played by a person wearing a clown uniform, who turns to the audience and asks "Why?" An extra one of these instruments plays a solo in the second movement of Berlioz's Grand Funeral and Triumphal Symphony. Apart from being a composer, Gustav Holst was also an accomplished player of this instrument, for which Luciano Berio scored his Sequenza V. Though it does not appear in the first three movements, this instrument plays a chorale in the finale of Brahms's first symphony. Christian Lindberg perfomed in a good recording of the definitive concerto for this instrument, the one in B-flat major by Rimsky-Korsakov. The "Tuba Mirum" of Mozart's Requiem begins with a solo for this instrument. This instrument and the (*) piccolo make some of their earliest appearances in orchestral music in the finale of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. This instrument is derived from the medieval sackbut. For 10 points, name this brass instrument with a side whose B-flat tenor variety is scored an octave above the tuba, and an octave below the trumpet.
A piece for this solo instrument is typically played by a person wearing a clown uniform, who turns to the audience and asks "Why?
trombone [accept bass trombone; accept tenor trombone; accept other varieties of trombones]