Par TELMAN ANDRE. 4’00’’ / Niveau : Préparatoire / Répertoire / Trompette ou Cornet ou Bugle et Piano

Allegro Scherzando by Andre Messager and Molto Lento by Augusta Holmes. A series of short recital pieces which were originally sight-reading pieces for the examinations at the Paris conservatoire from the 1870s until the first World War researched and edited by the BBC's Andrew Lyle.

This piece was commissioned in 1991 by Graham Ashton for his album 'The Contemporary Trumpet'.Quoting Graham Ashton: Michael Nyman wrote Flugel and Piano for me during a period when I felt his approach to the writing andrecording of his music was changing quite considerably. I had given him very few guidelines as I did not want to restrict his writing. I knew the result would be a difficult piece as Michael had often said he likes to hear theperformer 'fighting' the instrument. Flugel and Piano is a fight for a couple of reasons: firstly the flugel does not like being played in the key of D sharp minor especially with a Trombone 'bucket mute' - unfortunately thiswas all that I could find to fit over the larger Flugel bell; secondly the Flugel enjoys being flat at the top register making top Cs and Ds a nightmare! Michael's reaction on hearing the recording was that he found the piecesurprisingly emotional.