| 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 |