I took the melody from a monteverdi Opera and played around with it a little. This is members of the BBC Philharmonic that have recorded this. I have a feeling that the opening passage is played slower that I had written in.

Ben Coulson - Monteverdi Magic

This was written to meet the criteria of being in 'Arch Form' structure. 'A' is a gradiosso section with lots of chromatasism. 'B' has a more tango feel to it and uses a lot of motifs and the melody from 'A'. 'C' starts as a lyrical tennor horn solo and then the whole thing reaches a climax. And then we come back though reworkings of 'B' and 'A'. The pieces finishes almost exactly as it started. It was written for 2 cornets, tennor horn, trombone, Eb tuba and Piano. 'Housut' is Finnish for 'trousers'. Because I'm mad, i think that trousers can also be described my the exam board specification of 'Arch Form'.

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