As a composer, I mostly engage in “period composition”, writing in the musical languages I am most fluent in as a performer. I also make orchestrations, and arrangements of orchestral repertoire for wind ensemble.
Here is a selected list of recent original compositions.
Sonata per il Trombone solo. Grave.
Composed in December 2022
Recorded on Scorrete lagrime mie
Available for purchase from Cherry Classics
Premiered at the International Trombone Festival 2025
Sonata for tenor trombone and basso continuo. Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds
Canzon a tre ‘La Laurenziana’
Composed in 2026 for the Consort laurentien
To be premiered on September 6th, 2026
Canzona for violin, cornetto, trombone and basso continuo. Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds
Il bianco e dolce cigno passeggiato alla bastarda
Composed in 2015, revised 2022
Solo part included with the Sonata per il Trombone solo available from Cherry Classics
Diminutions for tenor trombone ‘alla bastarda’ on a madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt.
Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds
Entrada for the Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga
Composed in 2025-26 for Early Music Vancouver
Premiered on July 31st, 2026 by the Pacific Baroque Orchestra at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver
Entrada for 5 trumpets and timpani in the style of Girolamo Fantini, meant to precede the Toccata of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Recercada sobre La Spagna
Composed in 2021
Recorded on Scorrete lagrime mie
Recercada for tenor trombone and organ or harpsichord over the tenor ‘La Spagna’, in the style of Diego Ortiz. Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Maximilien Brisson 