Medium Pieces for Trumpet

4 Miniatures was commissioned in 2000 by Robert Sulivan (Associate Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic) for a CD entitled 'Kaleidoscope' on the Summit Record label (Summit 317). I wanted to...

2 trumpets and orchestra or piano Exact instrumentation: 1.1.1.1.- 0.1.0.0.- pno, drum - strings: set 6.5.5.4.3

Shinichi Takata's Sonatine in F major is the earliest piece of original trumpet music ever written by a Japanese composer. The existence of this music has only recently been acknlowedged, and among th...

Shinichi Takata's Sonatine in F major is the earliest piece of original trumpet music ever written by a Japanese composer. The existence of this music has only recently been acknlowedged, and among th...

Shinichi Takata's 'Three pieces for Cornet and Piano' is the oldest known written score for the cornet ever composed by a Japanese. Shinichi wrote the work in 1939, when he was 18 years old, for Fujio...

Shinichi Takata's 'Three pieces for Cornet and Piano' is the oldest known written score for the cornet ever composed by a Japanese. Shinichi wrote the work in 1939, when he was 18 years old, for Fujio...

Tenebrae for trumpet and organ was originally written for English horn and string quartet. Tenebrae literally means 'Service of Darkness' and is a solemn Christian ceremony presented on the night of M...

The title Silent Ocean suggests serenity of the ocean, images of a pale blue and orange color sky blending the sound of the trumpet. It consists of three pieces. The first piece weaves the texture of...

Gottfried Herrmann was in aIl probability 20 when he wrote this work during his stay in Hannover (1827-1829). We have not been able to discover where or by whom the piece was commissioned, or for whom...

Gottfried Herrmann was in aIl probability 20 when he wrote this work during his stay in Hannover (1827-1829). We have not been able to discover where or by whom the piece was commissioned, or for whom...

Loss' is about a person who suffers a devastating loss. The first movement opens with harsh, dissonant chords in the piano, which are quickly replaced by a haunting melodic statement in the right hand...

Loss' is about a person who suffers a devastating loss. The first movement opens with harsh, dissonant chords in the piano, which are quickly replaced by a haunting melodic statement in the right hand...

The concept of a circle suggests a circulating path through the diverse elements of brass playing. The most important elements are air stream, range, attack (I prefer tonguing or articulation), slurs,...

René Oberson dedicated 'Homo Somniens' [the man who dreams] to the trumpeter Jean-François Michel, who commissioned the work. The subtitle: 'Man does not live, he is lived by his dreams, his chimeras...