Advanced Pieces for Trumpet

New Carnival of Venice was written in 1985 for an American Independence Day (July 4th) concert traditionally performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl (17,400 seats). T...

Prometheus and the Gift of Fire was commissioned by tubist Roger Bobo, composed in 2009 and premiered by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of trumpet John Aley with the UW-Madison Tuba-Euphoni...

This is a two-movement piece: a short prelude in 4/4, followed by a scherzo in 12/8. The main concept of the work places two instrumental groups in musical combat that is sometimes dramatic and violen...

Joby Talbot's Trumpet Concerto, Desolation Wilderness was commissioned by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. First performed on 28th October 2006 by the R...

When Tantalus, a figure from Greek mythology, invited the gods to a banquet, he served them his son Pelops, whom he had cut into pieces. He did so to test whether his guests were omniscient. As a puni...

A fantastic piece full of mystery which will captivate the imagination of both players and audiences.

Diese Komposition wurde von der japanischen Komponistin Mayumi Ueno mit dem Gedanken an ein glücklicheres 21. Jahrhundert für alle Menschen komponiert.

Three Pieces is a suite in three movements for trumpet and piano. The rather fast first movement is reminiscent of a classical minuet, enlivened by numerous semiquaver ornaments. The middle movement i...

This work was commissioned by the Osaka Kyoiku University Wind Orchestra. The world premiere took place with trumpet soloist, Osamu Kumashiro and was conducted by the composer, who was inspired by the...

Bereits die Einleitungstakte des ersten Satzes nehmen in ihrer Dreiklangsthematik den Choral 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' vorweg, der dann im 2. Satz das Geschehen beherrscht.

I composed my opera Le Grand Macabre from 1974 to 1997. The Mysteries of the Macabre are arrangements of three coloratura arias of the chief of the 'Secret Political Police' which have been arranged (...