A Celebration of Hanukkah (and a bit more)

This arrangement is one of two pieces commissioned by Phil Smith for the New York Philharmonic Principal Brass and Percussion/Canadian Brass Holiday Brass Concert in December 2008 at (then) Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City.

Personnel for the first performance…

Canadian Brass…

• Joseph Burgstaller, Brandon Ridenour, Trumpets
• Jeffery Nelsen, Horn
• Eugene Watts, Trombone
• Charles Daellenbach, Tuba

New York Philharmonic Principal Brass and Percussion…

• Philip Smith, Matthew Muckey, Trumpets
• Philip Myers, Horn
• Joseph Alessi, Trombone
• Alan Baer, Tuba
• Markus Rhoten, Timpani;
• Christopher S. Lamb, Daniel Druckman, Percussion

For 2 Brass Quintets and Percussion (422.02). The instruments are marked as Canadian Brass and NY Philharmonic in the score and parts.

Instrumentation:

• 4 Trumpets in C
• 2 Horns
• 2 Trombones
• 2 Tubas
• Timpani
• Percussion 1 – Tenor Drum, Chimes
• Percussion 2 – Tambourine, Glockenspiel (or Crotales)