This 3 movement piece fuses the standard brass quintet (2 Bb trumpets, horn, trombone, bass trombone/tuba) with jazz trio (guitar or piano, bass, drums).
Written to commemorate the 500th birthday of Martin Luther, this arrangement of A Mighty Fortress is Our God is an exciting yet very playable composition that uses syncopations inspired by Renaissance dance music.
The pieces included here are He That Will an Alehouse Keep by Thomas Ravenscroft (1590-1633); Would You Have a Young Virgin by John Gay (c. 1730-?); and Trinklied im Winter by Franz Schubert (1797-1828).