Contrabass Trombone: Saint-Saens

The rare contrabass trombone is a very loud and powerful instrument. I’m convinced it can also be an instrument of warmth and beauty. In the few days I had access to one I wasn’t able to fully achieve that beauty. Nonetheless, I think this video has a few glimpses of the richness possible from this unwieldy beast. For this video I adapted “The Swan“ by Camille Saint-Saens. This piece is orginally for solo cello with a flowing accompaniment. It is from a larger work called “Carnival of the Ani