Trumpet in C and piano -
advanced
SKU:
CY.CC2871
Composed by
Roger T. Petrich.
Contemporary. Solo part
and Piano accompaniment.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2871).
Ï»¿Zattenï
¿ was commissioned in
2005 by Trumpeter Paul
Neebe during the
composer's vacation to do
ancestral research in the
town of Zatten, currently
part of Poland.
Roger
Petrich writes the
following about his
Zatten Concerto for
Trumpet:
The 'DNA' of
this compostion tracks
back to my
great-grandfather and the
tiny Plattdeutsch village
where he was born.
Zatten, [then] located in
the eastern part of
Berlin/Brandenburg is in
an area of forest and
small farms dating back
to the 1600's. My
grandfather R. T.
Petrich, whose initials I
bear, was six years old
when he, along with his
parents, sister, and
older brother left
Prussia to start a new
life in the USA.
My
own childhood memories
include many visits to
the family homestead in
Dakota Territory, where I
used to play in the barn
which hosted many summer
dances. The Dakota sky
was vast by day, and
nights could become
magical with the addition
of the Northern Lights.
Though not a professional
musician, my father kept
up his trumpet playing
all his life. In a
special way it was his
voice - a sound that
deeply imprinted all my
growing up years. All of
this is mixed together in
my Zatten
Concerto
The Zatten
Concerto is in three
movements, the two outer
movements faster and the
middle is a Largo. This
work is appropriate for
advanced
performers.
The title
Zatten (the name of
the small village in
Germany where his family
was located before
immigrating to the USA)
is spelled out in Morse
Code in the very opening
eight bars of the work.
The Concerto is
originally written for
Trumpet and String
Orchestra, this version
using a reduction for
Piano.
ZATTEN Concerto for Trumpet with Piano accompaniment
