Academic Festival Overture

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.

For 11 piece brass ensemble and percussion

Instrumentation:

• Trumpet 1 in E♭ (alt C Part provided)
• Piccolo Trumpet 2 in B♭
• Trumpet 3 in B♭ (alt C Part provided)
• Flugelhorn
• 2 Horns
• 2 Trombones
• Bass Trombone
• Euphonium
• Tuba
• Timpani
• Percussion (Cymbals, Bass Drum, Triangle)

This arrangement is part of our Boulder Brass Signature Series.