boiledjar

I'm very proud to have recently recorded Luciano Berio's "O King" for trumpet and large wind band (arrangement done by the composer). This is a beautiful and unusual piece and I believe that this is the premier recording. I had the pleasure of working with the incredible conductor Robert Ponto and the Oregon Wind Ensemble. The recording engineer and producer was Lance Miller (it doesn't get much better).

While I do expect this to come out on a forthcoming album (I'll divulge those details later), I couldn't wait to let some people hear this important piece now. So for now, please enjoy the track on my myspace page:

www.myspace.com/boiledjar

Brian McWhorter

ecarroll

TMers,

Grass never grows on a Boiledjar. . .

Congratulations, Brian. I'm really looking forward to listening later tonight!

Best,
EC

Solar Bell

Just listened...a very interesting piece.

I enjoyed it.

Will listen to more later.

-cw-

mahaberio

What a wonderful piece! Please keep us updated on the album!

-Matthew

HinoteKU

i've always loved that movement, it's very interesting to hear it arranged for 1 voice, essentially. are you planning on publishing this (or making it available upon begging?)

tell tim leopold hi for me, we miss him here at KU

danny o

boiledjar

Danny O,

Tim sends his regards.

This arrangement was done by Berio himself, not me. It is published and should be available (though it may be rental only).

Brian

Jimi Michiel

Brian-

I really enjoyed your recording of Gut Nacht on the Sequenza boxed set. I look forward to hearing more Berio.

-Jimi Michiel

JustinSmith

Great Recording,

The work lends itself to the orchestration well. I remeber studying Berio's Sinfonia in grad school, and always thought it was a cool piece.

ilikethetrumpet

This is great news! I'm actually (as we speak) researching "O King" for a paper on the rapid musical reaction to MLK's assasination that I plan to complete this summer in the hopes of presenting it next year. Even though Osmond-Smith (the main biographer of Berio, who is preparing a mammoth Berio book) lists "O King" as a 1967 composition, odd since King wasn't murdered until April 4, 1968, Berio finished the tribute to King for Lewis Kaplan and the Aeolian players, who first performed the work only a month later. I'm really struck by how the Sinfonia version of "O King"--especially in the Berio-conducting version--has such a martial violence to its ending, and the deep-blues phrasing of the final soprano statement of his name.

Did you commission this from him?

All the best to Oregon--I'm friends with Andrew R. and Doug D. from Lawrence. Speaking of transcription, if you know Doug (who is swimming in praise from his arranging DB award!) ask him about his transcription of the Corelli trumpet sonata for picc. and sax quartet. It's a great transcription, and hopefully he'll have it published sometime--the sax quartet is like a perfect middle ground between strings and organ.