Tom Harrold
Locked Horns
(2013)
for horn in F, 2× trumpet in Bb, trombone and tuba
Duration: 5'
Instrumentation details:
horn in F
1st trumpet in Bb
2nd trumpet in Bb
trombone
tuba
Locked Horns
Sample pages
Work introduction
Locked Horns was completed in April 2013, and was commissioned by Total Brass in late 2012. This short work opens with the trombone as the main protagonist - its unsettled, biting material is interrupted by hard-edged, relentless rips from the rest of the ensemble. The bickering between the ensemble continues, becoming considerably more frenetic and frenzied as the work develops, with only a momentary repose