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JackD · 09-11-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ecarroll

ML,

Welcome to TM. Where are you doing your DMA?

Off the top of my head:

1) the oft discussed here Ligeti "Mysteries of the Macabre" would qualify. Read that thread for info.

2) Bruce Adolphe wrote a nice piece (sop, 2 tpts, bsn, positif organ) for Lucy Shelton and I years ago called "Madrigali"

3) Persichetti's "The Hollow Men" is based on the T. S. Eliot poem, but I don't think much of the piece.

4) Robert Erickson (of "Kryl" fame) wrote a piece with text by Wallace Stevens called "The Idea of Order at Key West (sop, fl, cl, tpt, viola, vc) that's interesting.

5) Tisne's "Emotion" is a terrific piece. You should play this. It's based on poetry by David Neimann

6) Ditto Michael Blake Watkins' "Death of an Eagle", from a poem by Jose-Maria de Heredia.

7) "Alle Menchen Mussen Sterben" pops to mind (which is in free association now, obviously)

8) Mark O'Keefe has just finished a spectacular project in Scotland called "Apocolypse" (biblical text). He'd never give it up though.

9) Paul Moravec (2004 Pulitzer Prize winner) wrote a wonderful piece for me called "Songs of Love and War" for solo trumpet, percussion, and SATB chorus (might be too big to mount?)

10) David Bithell, a good San Francisco based trumpeter/composer has a bunch of pieces using text. Google him?

11) Harry Partch has a theater piece called Ulysses (something-or-other). He's brilliant and you can probably find it.

12) Mendelssohn's "Song Without Words"? (a stretch, I know)

13) Takemitsu's "Paths" is a dialogue between Toru and Witold Lutoslawski (who had just passed) (as did Takemitsu after writing Paths)

14 - 200) All of the little Baroque pieces, Tony Plog, etc. I doubt that this is what you're looking for (see Persichetti).

Again, this is just free association. I'll keep thinking.

Best and let's keep this thread alive! It's an interesting topic.
EC

Blooming heck, what a goldmine! Remind me to ask here when planning my next recital!!

ecarroll · 09-11-2006, 05:36 PM

Jack,

Ask here when you're planning your next recital (and hi to Jock if you see him)
EC

dedalus78 · 09-11-2006, 08:51 PM

Hi-
a few more suggestions:

Old Battlefields, by Edward Shipley, published by Forward Contemporary Music. This is an English piece written for John Wallace and Evelyn Glennie for trumpet/autoharp and marimba, bamboo windchimes.... It is based on a verse by Basho:

Old Battlefields
fresh with spring flowers again,
all that is left, of
twice ten thousand warriors slain.

The piece is approprtiately quiet and reflective, and quite effective in performance. duration: ca. 11mins

Check out 'Observations on Weather Forecasts' by Yoji Yuasa. This very cool piece for Trumpet and Baritone (trumpet player must sing a little too!) has the Baritone delivering a weather forecast, whilst the trumpet very effectively 'colours' it. lots of Kryl style hocket between the voice and trumpet. Published by Schott Japan, I think. The players are required to wear ski masks while playing this one.

Check out some of the amazing song repertoire out there. Easy on the Chops in a big recital and extremely rewarding musically. I have often programed some of Poemes pour Mi, which Messiaen wrote as a wedding gift for his first wife. Absolutely, gorgeous genius stuff.
Also check out Ives big book of 114 songs. Some major major pieces here, which don't often get played. Lots of cool fife obligatos that work well on picc trumpet, and of course the bubbling melting pot of musical styles of our first postmodern composer, from the ironically jingoistic, to the confrontingly massive forearm chords of 'Majority', to heartbreakingly tender music of 'songs my mother taught me'. (works well on Flugelhorn) Check it out.
I hope this helps...

Tristram

dedalus78 · 09-11-2006, 09:10 PM

I should add 'Vision' and 'Pieta', which both have vocalists, by Stockhausen, are two of the the greatest works written for our instrument. They would take an enormous amount of preparation (memory, movements around the stage, etc.), but, hey, what is it that we musicians do all day?

Tristram

ecarroll · 09-12-2006, 12:25 PM

Tristram,

Good to hear from you, mate...

I thought of the Stockhausen works but didn't mention them since ML is putting on three shows and both Vision and Pieta take a mounain of preparation/staging. I agree wholeheartedly that they're amongst the best trumpet/theater pieces that we have. . . magnificent (and you're right -- what more important things do we have to do?)

Thanks also for the Edward Shipley and Yoji Yuasa titles. There's been interest in Japanese music expressed on my forum earlier. Charlie and Matthew might note this title (!)

John and Evelyn used to collaborate quite a bit. Have you heard John's recording of the Vackar Concerto? It's a pretty good piece.

Best,
EC

72Star · 09-12-2006, 03:42 PM

Wow, these are all really great suggestions. Many thanks, again, to everyone.

Ed, I've been in touch with David Bithell. He doesn't seem to have any pieces that involve trumpet and text. Apparently, he's more into theatrical elements, as in the Stockhausen pieces mentioned above. He did, however, suggest Kagel/Morceau de Concours, and Gaburo/Mouth-piece. Any idea where I can track down copies of Death of an Eagle and the Adolphe Madrigali? I've searched around online quite a bit, but can't seem to locate either.

Just to throw out some more... Dan Coleman/Liquid Prelude (recorded by Kevin Cobb), Robert Starer/The Mystic Trumpeter, Stanley Friedman/She Walks in Beauty, Eric Ewazen/...to cast a shadow.

dambly · 09-12-2006, 03:47 PM

Hi Ed and Tristram,

Greetings to you both!

Joji Yuasa was on the faculty at UCSD when I was there (1985-90). Observations on Weather Forecasts was written for/in collaboration with the music theater duo [THE] of Edwin Harkins (my trumpet teacher at the time) and Phil Larson (voice). It inevitably bears the stamp of their wacky sense of humor and as such, probably stands apart from most of Yuasa's other works.

http://www.musicfromjapan.org/resources/m41w30.htm

http://www.tokyo-concerts.co.jp/artist_e/yuasa.html

Best,

-Tom

ecarroll · 09-12-2006, 04:00 PM

ML,

The Stockhausen pieces above both have text as well as theater.

The Kagel "Morceau de Concours" exists as both a solo and duo. No text, however.

I should have thought of Gaburo's "Mouth-Piece". Tom Dambly plays the hell out of it, by the way, and I'll have a DVD of him playing it at Chosen Vale soon. It's published by Larry Polansky (Frog Peak) in Hanover.

I can send Madrigali & Death of an Eagle. Contact me at edward.carroll@dartmouth.edu

Cheers,
EC

CGUM · 09-16-2006, 11:47 PM

Man, what can happen when you don't check the boards for a week. I'll have to look into this Joji Yuasa piece...yes, I do own a ski mask these days.

ciao,
CG

P.S.
Congrats to Dambly

72Star · 09-17-2006, 11:50 AM

More in the chamber music category... how about "Heavy Metal Alice" for brass quintet by David Del Tredici? Anyone here ever played it?

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09-11-2006, 05:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
ecarroll Artist in Residence Forte User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NH/CA/PQ Posts: 1,428	Jack, Ask here when you're planning your next recital (and hi to Jock if you see him) EC

09-11-2006, 08:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
dedalus78 New Friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 31	Hi- a few more suggestions: Old Battlefields, by Edward Shipley, published by Forward Contemporary Music. This is an English piece written for John Wallace and Evelyn Glennie for trumpet/autoharp and marimba, bamboo windchimes.... It is based on a verse by Basho: Old Battlefields fresh with spring flowers again, all that is left, of twice ten thousand warriors slain. The piece is approprtiately quiet and reflective, and quite effective in performance. duration: ca. 11mins Check out 'Observations on Weather Forecasts' by Yoji Yuasa. This very cool piece for Trumpet and Baritone (trumpet player must sing a little too!) has the Baritone delivering a weather forecast, whilst the trumpet very effectively 'colours' it. lots of Kryl style hocket between the voice and trumpet. Published by Schott Japan, I think. The players are required to wear ski masks while playing this one. Check out some of the amazing song repertoire out there. Easy on the Chops in a big recital and extremely rewarding musically. I have often programed some of Poemes pour Mi, which Messiaen wrote as a wedding gift for his first wife. Absolutely, gorgeous genius stuff. Also check out Ives big book of 114 songs. Some major major pieces here, which don't often get played. Lots of cool fife obligatos that work well on picc trumpet, and of course the bubbling melting pot of musical styles of our first postmodern composer, from the ironically jingoistic, to the confrontingly massive forearm chords of 'Majority', to heartbreakingly tender music of 'songs my mother taught me'. (works well on Flugelhorn) Check it out. I hope this helps... Tristram

09-11-2006, 09:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
dedalus78 New Friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 31	I should add 'Vision' and 'Pieta', which both have vocalists, by Stockhausen, are two of the the greatest works written for our instrument. They would take an enormous amount of preparation (memory, movements around the stage, etc.), but, hey, what is it that we musicians do all day? Tristram

09-12-2006, 12:25 PM	#15 (permalink)
ecarroll Artist in Residence Forte User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NH/CA/PQ Posts: 1,428	Tristram, Good to hear from you, mate... I thought of the Stockhausen works but didn't mention them since ML is putting on three shows and both Vision and Pieta take a mounain of preparation/staging. I agree wholeheartedly that they're amongst the best trumpet/theater pieces that we have. . . magnificent (and you're right -- what more important things do we have to do?) Thanks also for the Edward Shipley and Yoji Yuasa titles. There's been interest in Japanese music expressed on my forum earlier. Charlie and Matthew might note this title (!) John and Evelyn used to collaborate quite a bit. Have you heard John's recording of the Vackar Concerto? It's a pretty good piece. Best, EC

09-12-2006, 03:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
72Star New Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6	Wow, these are all really great suggestions. Many thanks, again, to everyone. Ed, I've been in touch with David Bithell. He doesn't seem to have any pieces that involve trumpet and text. Apparently, he's more into theatrical elements, as in the Stockhausen pieces mentioned above. He did, however, suggest Kagel/Morceau de Concours, and Gaburo/Mouth-piece. Any idea where I can track down copies of Death of an Eagle and the Adolphe Madrigali? I've searched around online quite a bit, but can't seem to locate either. Just to throw out some more... Dan Coleman/Liquid Prelude (recorded by Kevin Cobb), Robert Starer/The Mystic Trumpeter, Stanley Friedman/She Walks in Beauty, Eric Ewazen/...to cast a shadow.

09-12-2006, 03:47 PM	#17 (permalink)
dambly Pianissimo User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 56	Hi Ed and Tristram, Greetings to you both! Joji Yuasa was on the faculty at UCSD when I was there (1985-90). Observations on Weather Forecasts was written for/in collaboration with the music theater duo [THE] of Edwin Harkins (my trumpet teacher at the time) and Phil Larson (voice). It inevitably bears the stamp of their wacky sense of humor and as such, probably stands apart from most of Yuasa's other works. http://www.musicfromjapan.org/resources/m41w30.htm http://www.tokyo-concerts.co.jp/artist_e/yuasa.html Best, -Tom

09-12-2006, 04:00 PM	#18 (permalink)
ecarroll Artist in Residence Forte User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NH/CA/PQ Posts: 1,428	ML, The Stockhausen pieces above both have text as well as theater. The Kagel "Morceau de Concours" exists as both a solo and duo. No text, however. I should have thought of Gaburo's "Mouth-Piece". Tom Dambly plays the hell out of it, by the way, and I'll have a DVD of him playing it at Chosen Vale soon. It's published by Larry Polansky (Frog Peak) in Hanover. I can send Madrigali & Death of an Eagle. Contact me at edward.carroll@dartmouth.edu Cheers, EC

09-17-2006, 11:50 AM	#20 (permalink)
72Star New Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6	More in the chamber music category... how about "Heavy Metal Alice" for brass quintet by David Del Tredici? Anyone here ever played it?

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