ecarroll

Thank you, Manny

3x, how big (and how good) is your orchestra?

EC

Bugle Boy

You may want to try the Concerto in D by Giuseppe Tartini or the Concertino in E-Flat by J.G. Albrechtsberger. They are wonderful works on either the Piccolo Trumpet or the E-Flat Trumpet in the case of the Albrechtsberger. I live in near by in Wytheville, Virginia and would very much enjoy your concert.

Best regards,

x3matt

Bugle boy, yes, Wythevile is only 45 minutes away or so. What do you do there? feel free to email me mfrederick@ehc.edu.


Mr. Carroll, I met with the conductor yesterday and it will be about 20 pieces. I believe 5,5,4,2,and then two of each wind, two horns, two trumpets. That is how it looks. We might be doing the N.A. premier (we think) of Otto Nicolai's concertino with orchestra, but I am open for any other ideas. I know that i am looking at some of Robert Bradshaws pieces as well. Any advice would be great. Thanks, Matt Frederick

x3matt

The orchestra is pretty good (it is professional), not great, so it needs to be fairly accessible.

ecarroll

Matt,

Let's start by asking if there's anything that has really caught your ear and that you know/are dying to play? Audiences want to hear soloists who are really committed to the music they are presenting.

This topic can also launch a discussion about the dearth of works for solo trumpet and orchestra of any size. There have been some monumental pieces written in the past few years by Gruber, Birtwistle, Max Davies, Zimmermann, etc. (all for Heldenleben-sized orchestras), but not what you're referring to as "accessible" Also little ditties like Quiet City, the Capricorn Concerto, Hollow Men, etc. Hmmm..........a problem.

The baroque options aren't much more than running up and down the harmonic series with a few cadential trills trown about (trust me, I've recorded many).

Conventionally, the Jolivet Concertino and Second Concerto might be options. Bozza's Concertino (the only work meant to be played in front of the public, by the way) was never orchestrated, although instrumental indications are found in the piano score -- a project for some enterprising TMer?. The Gregson? I don't think much of the Arvo Paert piece mentioned above but perhaps this is because I really like his music and feel that this opus falls way short of his others.

Google David Sampson and look at his list of works. I think that Ray Mase has played a solo concerto of his and it wasn't half bad.

Thinking,
EC

wiseone2

I played Henri Lazarof's Concertone a few years ago. Ed, didn't you play an expanded version of the work? The Concertone was for a small group, the solo part was for trumpet and flugel horn . There was a taped section, you get to play along with Tom Stevens.

Daniel Asia's Three Movements for Trumpet and orchestra is a nice one to look up.

Good luck,
Wilmer

x3matt

Ed, thanks for the David Sampson tip. What do you know about the Otto Nicolai Concertino? Matt

dedalus78

How about Magnificat Variations by Bernhard Krol for picc trumpet and strings? Its an interesting piece, about 11 minutes long... it could be paired with a genuinely 'baroque' concerto for an interesting contrast....

TW

ecarroll

Wilmer,

I gave the premiere of the Henri Lazarof's Spectrum at Juilliard with Richard Dufallo ages ago. Tom recorded the chamber version of the same piece (Concertazioni) and, interestingly, that marked the beginning of our friendship.

Best,
EC