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No.31 (1997/98)
NONcerto for Trumpet
| Instrumentation: |
Solo Trumpet, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass
Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, Contrabass, Harp, Piano |
| Duration: |
18 minutes |
| First performance: |
Klangforum Wien, Schwaz September 1998
revised version, Schönberg Ensemble, 1999 |
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Written for the Dutch trumpet virtuoso Marco Blaauw with financial
support from the Fund for the Creation of New Music. This piece,
the third in a series of NONcerti, is comprised of three movements:
1) Burlesque (with long scale)
A burlesque, ending in a scale which gathers momentum as it descends
to the lowest notes of the lowest instrument.
2) Elegy for Alfred Schnittke
An elegy for the Russian composer who's music I 'discovered' for
myself during an afternoons listening in a record shop, only to
read of his death in the evening paper that very day.
3) Rhapsody
I was once accused by an angry colleague of writing rhapsodic music
- for him this was obviously a terribly insulting description, but
I took a liking to the idea and this is the result.
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| Score: |
Schott
& Co. |
| Mp3: |
Movement 1 (1.83
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Movement 3 end (1.50 MB) |
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