Trombone

 

 

The trombone is a standard feature of the symphony orchestra. Concertos for this brass instrument have been relatively rare throughout the centuries - the first one was possibly composed by Wagenseil or Albrechtsberger, whilst during the 19th century only the Rimsky-Korsakov concerto seems worth mentioning. Since the start of the 20th century, trombone concertos have been composed by the likes of Aho, Milhaud, Rota, Rouse, Larsson, Holmboe, Nyman and Tomasi. I have selected the "Motorbike Concerto" for trombone and orchestra from 1989 by Swedish composer Jan Sandström. It is played by Christian Lindberg with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Leif Segerstam on BIS.