Air Moving. This is simply one of the most beautiful tunes I’ve ever heard, by Kathryn Tickell, the brilliant Northumbrian pipes player. She gave me permission to arrange it for trombone quartet so here it is. The original tune is published by Not Them Again/Purple Patch publications.
Here is the trombone and piano version of Air Moving, also arranged for trombone quartet elsewhere on this site. To do both versions I acquired the kind permission of the composer, Kathryn Tickell, who wrote it for her renowned band of Northumbrian pipes, violin, accordian and guitar.
Heloisa Pinto is the actual name of the girl from Ipanema. The songwriters were sitting at a café there in the morning and she walked past, and inspired one of the world’s most famous tunes.
The beautiful melody from the Faure Requiem. I've taken the opportunity to add my own expression and phrase marks. Listen in the Virtual Venue to see if you agree. I've marked the solo part to be played on cornet, but trumpet is fine too.
It’s a ubiquitous trick in a lot of pop music, to shift up a semitone every verse, possibly most memorably used in Stevie Wonder’s hit ‘I just called to say I love you’. This is the Blaydon Races tune exaggeratedly given the same manoeuvre, with the John Iveson middle section thrown in as well (see ‘Deck the Halls’).
A very old favourite tune of mine, this is a version arranged for ten piece brass group, and recorded by Barbican Brass. I updated the arrangement and added percussion in 2019.
