Rip Van Winkle Tuba Concertino now available for band, orchestra, and piano

[tubaing]

Elena Specht (Mrs. Tubaing) recently released the piano reduction for her "Rip Van Winkle" tuba concertino. I think the piano reduction is very well done and is very playable for the pianist.

Tuba and Band (MSU Wind Ensemble with Evan Zegiel, tuba)


Tuba and Piano (Mary Grace Ellerbee, piano with Evan Zegiel, tuba)


Tuba and Orchestra (Denver Pops Orchestra and Kevin Specht, Tuba)



Available to order (through her contact form) at: http://elenaspecht.com

"Rip Van Winkle is an American legend written by Washington Irving in 1817. It tells the story of Rip, a man
who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains prior to the Revolutionary War and wakes up twenty years later to find
that everything has changed. My piece follows the narrative of Irving’s story, with the tuba representing Rip Van
Winkle and the orchestra representing his surroundings: the community, the sounds of nature, and the drastic
changes that occurred while he was sleeping. Rip, as depicted by the tuba, is a bright, cheerful fellow, adored by his
community both before and after the time change. The music traces his journey from a colonial town to up on a
mountain where he falls into a drunken stupor, to awakening to a new world where the sights and sounds are
different. At first singing his old song, he quickly learns the customs of his new environment – where subjects of
the king have become citizens of the United States – and changes his tune. Rip Van Winkle is a fun, light-hearted
work for tuba with orchestra. Rip Van Winkle was commissioned by the Denver Pops Orchestra and premiered by Kevin Specht on
February 24, 2018 in Denver."