Prokofiev - Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Piano Ring Cycle ” I was pleased to

” I was pleased to compose dying and dancing in 2013 for Mark Kellogg

Cory Mixdorf and Pianist Dr

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This work is approximately seven minutes in length and can be performed by advanced performers in a large Ensemble or Quartet

The march is in three sections with some very lyrical moments

Prokofiev - Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Piano Ring Cycle ” I was pleased toAlso known as Four Grandmother Songs and Old Granny Tales, this work was composed in New York in 1918 at the beginning of the composers self imposed exile from Russia after its Revolution. These short pieces were immediately successful and were performed worldwide. In the epigraph to this work Prokofiev wrote, Some recollections had become half erased from her memory Others will never be erased. Mr. Sauer has produced a magnificent new work for Tuba