Piano reduction for Todd Goodman's Trombone Concerto No. 2 [WNM21701]
PROGRAM NOTES
When I started writing concerti, I always said that I would never write more than one concerto for an instrument. I didn’t want to write a second Bass Clarinet Concerto until I gave the English horn some love. I also felt that by writing a second concerto, I was subconsciously saying that the first one wasn’t good, so I had to do it again. But that whole philosophy goes right out the window when someone you’ve looked up to your whole life asks you to write a second concerto.
My first Trombone Concerto was finished in 2010, and personally it was a monumental piece for me. Writing it forced me to grow tremendously and it forced me to step way outside my comfort zone—both wonderful things as an artist. So when Bruce Tychinski, one of my mentors from high school, asked me to write a second trombone concerto, I of course had to say yes. But, the task made me nervous. Would I be able to do it again? Will this piece fall short o
