| Re: A Trumpeter's Lullaby - Single or Double tounge?
I played this piece for Kurt Anderson and his mother. (Mrs Anderson)
Kurt told me a story which I found on the website link supplied above.
Here is a portion of it:
"Suddenly Roger Voisin asked me why I didn't write a trumpet solo for him to play with the orchestra that would be different from traditional trumpet solos which are all loud, martial or triumphant. After thinking it over, it occurred to me that I had never heard a lullaby for trumpet so I set out to write one --- with a quiet melody based on bugle notes played by the trumpet and with the rest of the orchestra playing a lullaby background."
I have tried to think of that when I play it. I take the first and last section in 4, on the slow side. Sixteenth notes long and eighth notes shorter. It's a quiet lullaby that you would sing to a baby.
The middle section is quicker and a little more rough. As it gets to the end of the middle section it gets smoother and leads back to the lullaby.
Just some thoughts. |