Bass Trombone Astra Perdita

Four tiny vignettes for those lost exploring the stars

I. Soyuz 1 (Andante)
II. Soyuz 11 (Adagio tranquillo)
III. Challenger (Adagio con amore)
IV. Columbia (Grave)

Instrumentation:

1 Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboe
1 English Horn
3 Clarinets (Bb, Bb, A)
2 Bassoon
1 Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets (Bb, Bb, C)
2 Trombone
1 Bass Trombone
1 Tuba
Timpani (A, Bb, F, D)
Percussion
Strings

En Memoriam: Vladimir Koramov, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov,

Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik,
Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson,
David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon

Special Thanks to Mark Vendy

© 2022 Mark Robert Henderson

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I. Soyuz 1 (Andante)

  
           
  = 60

     


  
II. Soyuz 11 (Adagio tranquillo)

                 
          
 
23  = 74

   2 


     
III. Challenger (Adagio con amore)

     
         
  
 = 71
35
3

 3


   
 
IV: Grave


                  
  = 26


59

 


  



                   

74 Cadenza

    
    


© 2022 Mark Robert Henderson