| Euphonium Concerto | |
| Composer: | Joseph Horovitz |
| Other Name: | Concerto for Bassoon |
| Key: | C minor |
| Composed: | 1972 |
| Published: | 1972 (original) & 1991 (piano arrangement) |
| Publisher: | Novello |
| Duration: | 16 minutes |
| Movements: | Three |
| Scoring: | Solo euphonium (or bassoon) with brass band (or chamber orchestra, wind orchestra, or piano) |
| Premiere Date: | 14 October 1972 |
| Premiere Conductor: | Stanley H. Boddington |
| Premiere Location: | Royal Albert Hall, London |
| Premiere Performers: | Trevor Groom (euphonium soloist) with the GUS Footwear band |
Euphonium Concerto is a concerto written by Joseph Horovitz for euphonium and British-style brass band (or, alternatively, wind orchestra or chamber orchestra). It is considered as one of the first euphonium concertos. It was commissioned by the National Brass Band Festival with funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain. The concerto is based on the classical form[1] and consists of 3 movements, following the traditional fast–slow–fast structure.
The movements are as follows:[2]
There is quite a number of tempo/mood changes in movements 1–2.
The 1972 edition includes the following programme notes.