Pierce, Ben - Notes from the Underground

the album features an eclectic mix of new and old, transcriptions and original works. Two new commissions on the album are Robert Mueller’s Notes from the Underground, an expressive euphonium sonata, and Cityscape, a concerto for tuba by Allen Vizzutti. With my good friend Kristy Mezines, pianoand Ben Pierce on Tuba and Euphonium. Program 1. Petar Christoskov (b. 1917), arr. Benjamin Pierce- Moto Perpetuo, op. 2 Henry Eccles (1670-1742)- Sonata in G minor 2. I Largo 3. II Courante- Allegro con spirito 4. III Adagio 5. IV Presto Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), arr. Benjamin Pierce- Three Spanish Dances 6. Jota navarra 7. Romanza andaluza 8. Zapateado Áron Romhányi (b. 1974)- Parallels 9. Allegro 10. Andante, rubato 11. Vivo, very rhythmical 12. Joachim Raff (1822-1882)- Cavatina 13. Joseph Suk (1874-1935), arr. Benjamin Pierce- Burleska Allen Vizzutti (b. 1952)- Cityscape 14. Uptown 15. Midtown 16. Downtown Robert Mueller (b. 1958)- Notes from the Underground 17. Existential Ballade 18. Elegy for Nothingness 19. The Inevitable Moto Perpetuo Elena Lebedeva (b. 1957)- Insects 20. Fly 21. Butterfly 22. Grasshopper 23. Dragonfly 24. Beetle