Gesualdo - Three Motets for five Trombones Saint Saens first heard in the distance

first heard in the distance

Semler-Collery - Barcarolle & Chanson Bachique

Tenor Sax or Bari Sax substitute

repeated passage in the entire work is in Number 5

2 B-flat Trumpets

Gesualdo - Three Motets for five Trombones Saint Saens first heard in the distanceCarlo Gesualdo, who lived in the late Renaissance period is compared to Richard Wagner because of his shifting harmonies. His music was considered "progressive" and even today we are taken aback by the violent shifts in tonality. An additional bit of information about the composer is that he murdered his wife and her lover after discovering them together. The Three Motets for Five Trombones come from a series of sacred works from 1603 titled, Sacrarum