Sonata for Trumpet and String Orchestra in D Major

SKU: HL.49027187

SKU: HL.49027186

SKU: PR.416416250

UPC: 680160643271. 9 x 12 inches.

The Sonata for Trumpet and Piano was written in 1996 for the husband and wife team of Rodney Mack, trumpet and Karen Walwyn, piano. To encourage more performances, I transcribed it for trumpet with string quartet, and trumpet with string orchestra. Then I substituted a clarinet part for the trumpet part in all three versions. The first movement is in sonata form. The thematic material and the rhythms are influenced by blues and jazz. The snappy beginnins is followed by a muted theme two. The development begins with repeated dark chords in the piano, and gradualy builds up to a climax before theme one returns. A descending series of arpeggios in the trumpet bring the movement to a bitonal ending. The second movement begins with a quiet figuration in the piano, which repeats freely, under short statements in the trumpet. These mournful fragments are notated to allow the soloist to vary the number of times they are repeated. Gradually the piece unfolds in a through-composed song. The middle section begins with clusters in the piano and builds to a climax with the introduction of sixteenth notes. The tranquility of the opening returns, and brings the movement to a quiet close. The third movment is in sonata form. Theme one is a high energy idea based on asymmetrical meters (ex. seven-eight, and eleven-eight), and a couple of motives from Puccini operas. Theme two is a slower treatment of the piano idea that opened the movement. The development tosses all the material around vigorously. After a short, quiet return of theme two, the coda begins. This includes a cadenza, and a final dash to the end.

SKU: HL.49001707

ISBN 9790001023344.

A baroque work with decidedly representative character. The technical degree of difficulty in the orchestra is low. The first trumpet can also be played by an oboe.

SKU: HL.49001970

ISBN 9790001021418. 8.25x11.75x0.125 inches.

This work consists of four short parts of varying character; the string part is very lively despite its simplicity and is given effective highlights by the solo trumpet.

SKU: HL.14011053

UPC: 884088433604. 7.75x11.0x0.43 inches.

Purcell Society Volume 31. Full Score.

SKU: HL.49001705

ISBN 9790001023320. 9.0x12.0x0.083 inches.

A baroque work with decidedly representative character. The technical degree of difficulty in the orchestra is low. The first trumpet can also be played by an oboe.

SKU: HL.49027190

SKU: BR.MR-2115A

ISBN 9790004486696. 9 x 12 inches.

Sonata Sancti Mauritii was written in 1666 by Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky (1633?-1693) for the feast day of the patron saint of St. Mauritius Church, Kremsier, which is now Kromeriz, Czech. The date of the composition shows it to be an early work composed about two years after he joined Prince Bishop Karl Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn's orchestra as trumpeter, composer and copyist.The source for this edition is a manuscript in the Castle Archives, Kromeriz, C.S.S.R., call number Breitenbucher IV 9.This sonata contains many features of interest to trumpeters and is an attractive piece in its own right. Two noteworthy points are 1) the use of mutes to raise the pitch of the trumpets from C to D and 2) the unusual key of g minor for the trumpets with a difficult move from the f-sharp to f-natural in the first trumpet part in measures 112-113. In the latter case, a fermata has been inserted editorially for musical as well as practical reasons.This piano reduction was prepared from a modern edition of the work with strings and continue available also from Musica Rara. The string parts are preserved here as much as possible in the sections marked Tutti. The sections marked B. C. (Basso Continuo) appear here as realised in the orchestral edition.(from the Preface: Charles W. Smith, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.A., 9th March 1985).

SKU: HL.48186050

9.0x12.0x0.193 inches.

for trumpet, 2 groups of strings and double bass.