Today’s MidWeek Melody is Victor Ewald’s Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 5. This work is the earliest known piece of concert music specifically written for brass quintet. Ewald was an amateur cellist and hornist who was born in Russia in 1860. He wrote several brass quintets, and it is presumed that he also took part in their performance.

The video is located on our YouTube channel at the following link:

Victor Ewald "Brass Quintet No 1, Op 5" - YouTube

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Performers: Trint Castle, trumpet 1 - Teddi English, trumpet 2 - Philip Johnson, horn - Blake Castle, trombone - Mike Burt, tuba