Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (Broughton)

Bruce Broughton originally wrote the Tuba Concerto as a sonata for tuba and 24 orchestral winds in 1987. He later rewrote it for tuba and piano accompaniment. In 2003, Broughton reworked the sonata into a concerto so that it could be performed by a full orchestra. The tuba concerto was originally written for Tommy Johnson.

Instrumentation
The concerto is scored for a solo tuba and an orchestra consisting of two flutes, piccolo, oboe, English horn, two clarinets in A, bass clarinet, two bassoons (second doubling on contrabassoon), two horns, two trumpets, three trombones (two tenors, one bass), harp, timpani, percussion and strings.

Structure
The tuba concerto consists of three movements.
 * 1) Allegro moderato
 * 2) Aria (Andante moderato)
 * 3) Allegro leggiero

Notable Performances
Dennis Hale in 2010 with the North Oregon Coast Symphony conducted by Collin Heade.