Colors for Trombone

{{Short description|Concerto by Bert Appermont}}

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Colors for Trombone is a concerto for solo trombone and concert band.http://www.dehaske.com/product/detail/24005/colors {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} It was composed in 1998 by Belgian composer {{Interlanguage link multi|Bert Appermont|nl}} in Ravels. It was written for Belgian trombonist Ben Haemhouts. The piece is in four movements, each based on a color, and characterizes a typical musical quality:

1. Yellow - inspiring and stimulating, (also: wisdom and light)
2. Red - dynamic, passionate developing into dramatic, furious and fighting (also: courage and will-power)
3. Blue - melancholic, dreamy and introvert (also: truth and peace)
4. Green - hopeful and full of expectation (also: balanced power and harmony)

The work exists in versions for solo trombone and brass band,{{cite web |url=http://www.dehaske.com/product/detail/58799/colors |title=De Haske Online |website=www.dehaske.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606233606/http://www.dehaske.com/product/detail/58799/colors |archive-date=2014-06-06}} fanfare band,{{cite web |url=http://www.dehaske.com/product/detail/24006/colors |title=De Haske Online |website=www.dehaske.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222847/http://www.dehaske.com/product/detail/24006/colors |archive-date=2014-06-06}} and piano.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bertappermont.be/en/index.php/colors-for-trombone-bis |title=--- bert appermont --- |access-date=2014-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210415/http://www.bertappermont.be/en/index.php/colors-for-trombone-bis |archive-date=2014-06-06 |url-status=dead }}

This piece is widely considered a virtuoso piece of trombone literature and is frequently performed. A performance of the composition usually lasts around 15 minutes.