Where to buy our music?
One of our aims as an ensemble in the pursuit of new music is that most of our commissions and arrangements are available to purchase by anyone. Below is information on all of our available commissions/arrangements and where you can get them.
Original works
Commissioned by Slide Action - for more information on our composers, visit this page.
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For 4 trombones.
This motet (originally SSAATTBB) has been arranged for 4 trombones (TTTB). The first tenor part can be performed on alto trombone if desired. Bogoroditse Devo, raduisya (Rejoice, o Virgin Mother) is a movement from Rachmaninov’s Vsenoshchnoe bdenie (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37.
Available to purchase from Resonata Music here.
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For 4 trombones.
First published in 1572, this motet (SATB) has been arranged for 4 trombones (TTTB) but the first tenor part may be played on alto trombone if desired. O magnum mysterium (O great mystery) is a setting of text from Christmas Vespers.
Available to purchase from Resonata Music here.
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For trumpet (or voice) and 4 trombones.
Having escaped the Nazi takeover of the German government, Kurt Weill found himself in Paris in 1933, trying to get a foothold in a new artistic landscape. His reputation there was solid, though based mostly on the 1930 French film and stage versions of The Threepenny Opera (L’Opéra de quat’sou), which had been popular. Still, at thirty-four, Kurt Weill was essentially starting over. Luckily, he met cabaret and film star Lys Gauty, who commissioned two songs from him: Complainte de la Seine & Je ne t’aime pas, which he wrote with the famous French lyricist Maurice Magre in 1934.
Originally written for voice and piano, the songs have been arranged for solo trumpet accompanied by four trombones (TTTB), however the solo trumpet part may of course be performed by a vocalist or other instrumentalist.
Available to purchase from Resonata Music here.
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For 4 trombones.
This motet (originally SATB) has been arranged for four trombones (TTTB). It is a communion motet for the feast of Holy Innocents. Source of text Matthew 2:18 (citing Jeremiah 31:15).
Taken from Communiones II, first published ca. 1595, then published in Venice in 1611.
Available to purchase from Resonata Music here.
Arranged by members of Slide Action
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for 4 trombones
Duration: 6 minutes
[Premiered 11/06/2022 Britten Studio, Aldeburgh Festival]
Cymothoa Exigua is a parasitic isopod in the form of tongue-eating louse that attaches itself to a fishes tongue by entering through the gills. [source: Wikipedia]
Available from Composers Edition here.
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for 4 trombones.
Duration: 4 minutes
[Premiered 11/06/2022 Britten Studio, Aldeburgh Festival]
“Close palms started in a little part of my opera, 'Folie a Deux', which includes the lyric “close palms”. It’s a moment where two become one. I took that passage and developed it for this piece. Something about the atmosphere of that moment really suited this unusual set up of trombone quartet.” Emily Hall, 2021
Available directly from Emily - contact through their website: www.emilyhall.co.uk
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for 4 trombones.
Duration: 10 minutes
[Premiered 30/11/2021 Royal Over Seas League]
Imagine 4 medieval trombonists running around the citadel one morning, waking everyone up.
Available directly from Alex - contact through their website: www.alexpaxtonmusic.com
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for 4 trombones.
Duration: 6 minutes
[Premiered 11/06/2022 Britten Studio, Aldeburgh Festival]
Taking inspirations from traditional jazz; New Orleans and the Blues, Jurd finds a new angle in which to explore the textures of these well-established sound worlds in ‘Swamped’ for 4 trombones.
Available directly from Laura - contact through her website: www.laurajurd.com
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Premiered 28/10/2024 at the Royal Overseas League, London.
Commissioned by Slide Action as the final work on their debut album - RE:BUILD. They asked Joanna a question of ‘where’s next?’ and she created a piece based on games and rules. Partially notated, this work features a background audio of Slide Action and Joanna playing Frisbee.
Available directly from Joanna - contact through her website: