Medium Pieces for Trumpet

Intermediate Quartet Series

This piece requires no introduction. It has been arranged here for 13 B-flat trumpets and optional percussion. Good fun for a mass trumpet ensemble. (4:45)

Rondo alla Turca is the well-known final movement from Mozart's Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331. This has been arranged as a technical showpiece for 6 trumpets (including 1 piccolo). The melody flows...

Vesti la giubba (Put on the costume) is a famous tenor aria from the opera I Pagliacci. The aria is often regarded as one of the most moving in the operatic repertoire of the time. The pain of Canio i...

One of Handel's most often performed works is now available in this trumpet ensemble setting. Five movements have been taken from Water Music and they have been set in two choirs of three trumpets eac...

Clair de Lune---it has been used in the soundtrack of many movies including the famous fountain scene in Ocean's Eleven. The use of cup mutes contrasted by the warm sound of the flugel horns really cr...

This arrangement uses flugel horns to contrast the brilliance of the trumpets. Cup mutes are used in the middle movement to allow the 'barking dog' and the solo 'sleeping goatherd' to be heard clearly...

This is easily the most famous and often recorded fugue. It has become standard with organists all around the world. Now this terrific piece by Bach is available for 6 trumpets (3 trumpets and 3 fluge...

Auch wenn Henry Purcell das bekannte 'Trumpet Tune And Air', indem die düstere Moll-Air vom feierlichen 'Trumpet Tune' umschlossen wird, ursprünglich für ein Tasteninstrument komponierte, hat es den A...

This is a arrangement for 4 trumpets, organ and timpani. This would make an great opener on a CD or concert. Originally for 2 trumpets and strings, the addition of extra trumpets and organ really crea...

Originally for 4 solo violins and strings, this arrangement for 4 trumpets and keyboard works even better than the original. The imitative entries are passed from player to player in the typical Vival...

This is the most famous section from Delibes' Lakmé. Originally written as a duet for soprano and alto, it is now a great piece for 6 trumpets.The original duet is performed on trumpets, the next 2 vo...

'Moments Majestique' is a versatile duet that works well for any occasion. It has a 'royal' or 'regal' air about it, and is adaptable to almost any instrumental combination or cross-over. It is design...

These are fun (and challenging!) duets. The movements included in this suite are Magenta, Maroon, White, Red and Green, Red, White and Blue, Charcoal, Lilacs, Navy Blue and The Blue Sky Series. The Wh...

A fairly common practice in the Baroque era was for organists to 'borrow' and transcribe orchestral music from themselves or other composers to create spectacular organ solos. J.S. Bach adapted severa...

This piece has been arranged for a wide variety of instrumental groups including several versions for brass quintet. This arrangement is scored for 4 trumpets (including 1 piccolo), 4 flugel horns and...

A very flexible arrangement allows this trumpet standard to be played in several different keys. Arranged for trumpet sextet and a continuo instrument (bassoon or euphonium are suggested), this piece...

One of Handel's most often performed works is now available in this new trumpet ensemble setting. There are continuo parts in B-flat, C and D to allow for performance on piccolo trumpets, B-flat trump...

This is a fun show-off tune for 2 cornets (or trumpets) and piano. Originally for string quartet, it works very well in this new setting. This is a simple theme and variations with the melody line alt...

This famous and exciting piece would make a great opening to a concert or it could even be used as a recessional at a wedding service. The technical parts flow very nicely and sound more difficult tha...

Bach, famous for his organ showpieces wrote a set of concertos for organ to show off his technique and compositional talent. This concerto opens with a series of scales not unlike the Vivaldi Concerto...

The flowing soprano line is given to the second trumpet and the original trumpet part to the first trumpet. This is an ideal piece for 2 trumpets and keyboard to play at a recital or wedding.

Mozart's famous aria is featured in a player-friendly transcription that lies comfortably under the fingers. An operatic gem ready for the concert hall.

Based on tunes from Walker's Southern Harmony (1854), this vibrant solo is a bright, uplifting concert piece or worship prelude. May be accompanied by organ or piano. Melodies include: The Morning Tru...