Recital Programmes
1 Love, Death and Bandidos - Trombone and Piano
"Next time this marvel is in town, dont stay away!" This is what the London Times wrote when Christian Lindberg and Roland Pontinen played the recital LOVE, DEATH AND BANDIDOS, in Barbican Hall in London. Lindberg has performed this to audiences up to 2000 people in Musikverein, on tour in Japan, in Taiwan, Germany , Italy and South America.Read more and listen
2 Pipes, Bones and Bolero - Trombone and Organ
In Tokyos Suntory Hall, Oslo Concerthall and Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Christian Lindbeg and organ virtuoso Gunnar Idenstam played this highly popular recital programme. Lavanguardia wrote after the concert in Barcelona: "The Swede Christian Lindberg, who has managed to bring in the trombone as a soloinstrument in the great international concerthalls, and his companion Gunnar Idenstam, know that surprices is something that works in their act. They master this tool into perfection. To see Lindberg is a complete spectacle."Read more and listen
3 Bach, Bikes and Barracudas - Trombone and Tape
Lindbergs one man show has created a sensation in many countries. From Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, to Tokyo Opera City Lindberg has performed this programme, including Bach Solo Suite nr 2 BWV 1008, his own spectacular Bombay Bay Barracuda for trombone and tape, and Sandstroms theatrical piece "A Short Ride on a Motorbike"Read more and listen
4 Four Centuries with the Trombone - Trombone and Piano/Harpsichord
This was Lindbergs international recital debut programme in London, including original music for trombone by Frescobaldi, Michael Haydn, C M von Weber, Saint-saens and Berio. The London Times wrote at the debut: "It is rare to hear a recital devoted entirely to the trombone, and rarer still to hear one of such ingenuity and excellence as that given by Christian Lindberg. He took up a baroque instrument for introductory pieces by Cesare and handling with subtlety and fluidity what seemed, in his hands and breath, almost improvisatory sequential patterns and delicately pointing the details of their artifice. For Michael Haydn there was the alto trombone, its warm, elegant voice melifluosly proportioning each nuance of timbre and dynamic in Haydns Andantino, and displaying remarkable control. The trombones potential for both beauty and comedy had been exploited indeed, in the theatrical clowning, brilliantly brought off, of Berios Sequenza V."Read more and listen
5 Condor Canyon - Lindberg and Swewind Quintet
Montserrat festival, Musikfestspiele Saar and Maribor Festspiele are some of the places where Lindberg has created success with this group from his own orchestra, Swedish Wind Ensemble. The programme include a spectacular arrangement called A Night at the Opera, Lindbergs own Condor Canyon and a tribute to the three trombonists Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Jack Teagarden.Read more and listen
6 Invisible Dialogues - Lindberg and Spanish Brass
The collaboration between Lindberg and the only full time brass ensemble in the world today, Spanish Brass has been a huge success. A commission by the Spanish composer Juan Colomer and Bach Toccata and Fugue in d-minor are included in this programme.Read more and listen
7 Transformation - Lindberg with Saxophone Quartet
Two chamber music festivals commissioned the highly successful theatrical piece for Trombone and Saxophone Quartet by Sofia Gubaidulina, called Transformation, dedicated to Christian Lindberg. Other pieces premiered for Saxophone Quartet and trombone by Lindberg are Jan Sandstroms Wahlberg Variations and Fredrik Hogbergs Kit Bones and the Rascher Bunch, both pieces of course included in this spectacular programme.8 Gipsy Kingdom - Trombone and String Quartet
Lindberg has performed with the Vertavo Quartet, the Arditti Quartet and the Yggdrasil Quartet to name a few, and the repertoire has grown to become quite exciting for the comination. Included in this programme is Lindbergs own Gipsy Kingdom, as well as music by Bent Sorensen and J G AlbrechtsbergerRead more and listen