Bruce Broughton is busy. In addition to his music for film and television, he’s on the verge of releasing three new works for orchestra…
Bruce Broughton is busy. In addition to his music for film and television, he’s on the verge of releasing three new works for orchestra…
Bruce Broughton’s latest work, Grimm Tales, is an opus inspired by the well-loved, and often creepy, stories by the Brothers Grimm. The five-movement suite for symphonic winds is evocatively dramatic and energetic, colorfully lyrical, and based on the unexpurgated original fables: “Rapunzel,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Shoes that Were Danced to Pieces,” “Rumpelstiltskin” and… Read more…
On Friday, June 9th, three of the five movements from Bruce Broughton’s symphonic wind suite, Grimm Tales, will be premiered at Carnegie Hall in a program performed by the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Dr. Scott A. Stewart conducting. Based on the familiar stories of the Grimm Brothers, the three pieces include Little Red Riding Hood,… Read more…
On March 26th and 27th, 2022, Bruce Broughton’s Concerto for Horn and Orchestra will be performed as a concert highlight for the Houston Orchestra’s two-week “Andrés Fest: A Symphonic Celebration” paying tribute to Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada, who will be stepping down at the end of the 2021–22 season. The three-movement concerto, which was commissioned by the… Read more…
In this premier release by Jacaranda Live Recordings, A Charged Embrace includes six live concert performances of Broughton pieces, most notably, Concerto for Violoncello and 10 Instruments and Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, both featuring acclaimed cellist Andrew Shulman.