Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 by Johannes Brahms, arranged for 11 piece Brass Ensemble by Michael Allen.
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the Tragic Overture, Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the University of Breslau, which had notified him that it would award him an honorary doctorate in philosophy.
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Duration: 10' 00"
Instrumentation:
423.11 - Trumpet in E flat (alternate C trumpet), Piccolo Trumpet in B flat, Trumpet in B flat (alternate C trumpet), Flugelhorn, 2 Horns, 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Cymbals, Bass Drum, Triangle)