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Trumpet Concerto

£150.00

Trumpet Concerto

£150.00

This is for chamber orchestra, and was commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia for their brilliant 1st trumpet player, Nick Betts.  I’ve known Nick a long time and I know his distinctive playing very well.  So that made it easier and more satisfying to write for him, as I knew pretty much exactly how he would sound.  A few people have looked at the solo part and done the builder’s intake-of-breath thing, as there are plenty of notes.  I disagree; it’s not too busy at all, as Nick proved in the performances in 2008, and if I was going to go and hear a Trumpet Concerto, I’d want to hear a lot of trumpet in it.  I like giving clues in what I write, and the foundations of the melodic material for all 3 movements are all there in the first 4 bars.  Nick is such a stylish player, it was a joy to write just what I wanted to hear, and more importantly, what he wanted to play. This is dedicated, with apologies, to the late great Roger Brenner, who was 1st trombone in CLS for 30 years. The apologies are for because he was on occasion known to complain about the ‘bloody trumpet players…’

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This is for chamber orchestra, and was commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia for their brilliant 1st trumpet player, Nick Betts.  I’ve known Nick a long time and I know his distinctive playing very well.  So that made it easier and more satisfying to write for him, as I knew pretty much exactly how he would sound.  A few people have looked at the solo part and done the builder’s intake-of-breath thing, as there are plenty of notes.  I disagree; it’s not too busy at all, as Nick proved in the performances in 2008, and if I was going to go and hear a Trumpet Concerto, I’d want to hear a lot of trumpet in it.  I like giving clues in what I write, and the foundations of the melodic material for all 3 movements are all there in the first 4 bars.  Nick is such a stylish player, it was a joy to write just what I wanted to hear, and more importantly, what he wanted to play. This is dedicated, with apologies, to the late great Roger Brenner, who was 1st trombone in CLS for 30 years. The apologies are for because he was on occasion known to complain about the ‘bloody trumpet players…’

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