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What is a brass quintet?
What is a brass quintet? A brass quintet is a chamber ensemble composed of five brass instruments. Most commonly, the instruments of the brass quintet are two trumpets, a french horn, trombone and a tuba or a bass trombone. This instrumental configuration of the brass quintet evolved from brass ensembles and brass bands over hundreds of years, becoming standardized in the middle of the twentieth century.
Trombone Mutiny - J.S. Bach's Fugue from Toccata in D Minor BWV 913
The trombonists of Brass Over Bridges mutiny to play a trombone quartet while sheltering in place. Bach's Fugue from Toccata in D Minor BWV 913. This arrangement was made famous by the legendary trombone quartet Four Of A Kind, comprised of the trombone players Mark Lawrence, Joseph Alessi, Scott Hartman and Blair Bollinger.
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