Jesu Impressions for Brass Quintet (2011)

It was time to do something a little different. The holiday CD Black Diamond Brass wanted to do still required additional new music, but not necessarily totally original music. I'd thought about what arrangements might work for the brass quintet and among the things that came to mind was a sort of swing arrangement of Jesu Joy of Mans' Desiring by J. S. Bach. But I say swing somewhat loosely. The original title, Jesu Jumpin' Joy, gave the impression that this would be a rousing jivey sort of tune that you could dance to with the stars, but the swing sections are not that fast, and there is a somewhat somber ballad section in the middle that turns into a slow dance. Consequently a struggle... what to call the piece. Considering its diversity as well as its origin, meaning Bach, of course, and the fact that this really way MY impression of the Jesu Joy, I finally settled on Jesu Impressions. Despite the fact that it's not all swing and not all Bach, I still hope it ends up being all fun.

Jesu Impressions for Brass Quintet


	FINALE FILES	PDFs
SCORES
Score - full size	Finale 2010	PDF-8.5"x11"	PDF-11"x17"-2 sided
Score - 5.5"x8.5" Booklet	Finale 2010	PDF
PARTS
Trumpet I	Finale 2010	PDF-8.5"x11"	PDF-11"x17"
Trumpet II	Finale 2010	PDF-8.5"x11"	PDF-11"x17"
Horn	Finale 2010	PDF-8.5"x11"	PDF-11"x17"
Trombone	Finale 2010	PDF-8.5"x11"	PDF-11"x17"
Tuba	Finale 2010	PDF-8.5"x11"	PDF-11"x17"

All music and parts ©2011 Jeffrey W. Taylor, Art'n'Sounds Publishing