Trumpet and Piano
(Trumpet)
SKU:
HL.14032603
Composed
by Joby Talbot. Music
Sales America. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2009. 84 pages. Chester
Music #CH72226. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14032603).
ISBN
9781847720061.
9.0x12.0x0.25
inches.
Joby
Talbot's Trumpet
Concerto, Desolation
Wilderness was
commissioned by the Turku
Philharmonic Orchestra
and the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra.
First performed on 28th
October 2006 by the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra at The
Philharmonic Hall,
Liverpool with Alison
Balsom (to whom the work
is dedicated) as soloist,
and JoAnn Falletta,
conductor. The Turku
Philharmonic Orchestra
gave the Finnish premiere
performances on 23rd and
24th November 2006. The
Piano reduction of
Desolation Wilderness
includes Trumpet parts in
B flat and C. (Suitable
for advanced players). In
Early November 2005 my
family and some friends
visited the high Sierra
Nevada in Northern
California. As on former
trips to the area I was
struck by the strange and
disarming contrast
between the bright
sunshine, perfect blue
sky, and warm mountain
air of the Sierran
autumn; and the
occasional icy chill -
sudden drops of
temperature when the sun
vanished behind the
mountains, momentary
glimpses through the
trees of distant snow
clouds over the highest
peaks. Nowhere was this
dichotomy more apparent
than in the vast area of
forests, lakes and
mountains known as
Desolation Wilderness.
Here the twisted shapes
of the aspens are
testament to the
destructive power of
winter. Sure enough, that
night the first snows
fell, and the high
mountain passes we'd just
crossed were closed till
spring.
