Helios Overture by Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) - Arranged for Trombone Octet by Brian Bindner.

This arrangement is dedicated to the Trombone Class of the Royal Danish School of Music. Besides his well-known six symphonies, the Danish composer Carl Nielsen wrote many short orchestral works, one of the most famous being the Helios Overture. In 1902, Nielsen signed a contract with the publisher Wilhelm Hansen, which allowed him to go to Athens, Greece, to join his wife Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, who was one of the first sculptors allowed to make copies of the bas-reliefs and statues in the Acropolis Museum. Anne Marie, who had been granted the Ancker Award, was studying Greek art, while Nielsen, being a man of many interests, was interested in archaeology. The local conservatory placed a study room with a piano at Carl Nielsen’s disposal. Here he could sit and compose when he was not on excursions in the surrounding mountains with or without Anne Marie. Nielsen's stay in Athens gave him the inspiration of a work depicting the sun rising and setting over the Aegean Sea, an overture which he called Helios.

He began work on it in March 1903, and finished it on April 23 the same year On the score, Nielsen wrote:

• "Silence and darkness,The sun rises with a joyous song of praise,It wanders its golden wayand sinks quietly into the sea."

This product is available for digital download only - the item includes :

• Score (45 pages)
• 1. Trombone part in tenor clef ( Alto Trombone part included )
• 2. Trombone part n tenor clef
• 3. Trombone part in tenor clef
• 4. Trombone part in bass clef
• 5 Trombone part in bass clef
• 6. Trombone part in bass clef
• 2 Bass Trombone parts in bass clefs