Says Ewazen, "The work is scored for two combined ensembles — an 8-part low brass ensemble of trombones, euphoniums, and tubas, and an 8-part percussion ensemble of both mallet and non-pitched

This is a straightforward yet beautiful arrangement of the famous tune.  It will require sensitive musicianship and good technique, but is such a fine piece, it practically plays itself.

This work is written in the spirit of 19th-century sonatas for winds and piano where the soloist and the pianist are very much equal partners, with musical gestures constantly tossed back and forth between