It’s going to be a blast: why 100 tubas are heading for a garden in Haddington

Diverse in their unity… the world premiere of Anthony Braxton’s Composition No. 19 for 100 Tubas at the World Financial Center Plaza, New York, June 2006. Diverse in their unity… the world premiere of Anthony Braxton’s Composition No. 19 for 100 Tubas at the World Financial Center Plaza, New York, June 2006. Classical music It’s going to be a blast: why 100 tubas are heading for a garden in Haddington Faced with a new concert venue – a vast and beautiful walled garden – John Harris and the Lammermuir festival had to decide how to fill it with sound. Anthony Braxton’s colossal composition was the irresistible solution.