5 or more trumpets

Phrygian Phantasy is Rex Richardson's second work for trumpet sextet, written for the VCU Trumpet Ensemble for performance at the National Trumpet Competition. Drawing upon classical, jazz, and rock elements, it is an exploration of the unique... Read more

These pieces offer teachers and performers an original material designed for both educational and performing purposes. They are very useful for learning to play together at different levels and perfectly fit into a concert program. Read more

The Eight Studies for Eight Trumpets were written to provide trumpet players with practical study material relating to the performance practices of the music from the Second Viennese School (ca. 1925).
The importance of the School, from the... Read more

Contrasts with its explicit subtitles - I. Polarities, II. Atmospheres III. Motion - is an exciting work that explores the trumpet ensemble resources with aggressive and flashy passages merged with subtle mood effects expressed through the use of... Read more

The 52 «Pieces for Trumpets and Kettledrums» date from 1685. Their titles recall the great court spectacles, with placenames like Versailles, Fontainebleau, Vincennes, L'Orangerie, Le Palais Royal, Les Thileries etc. Read more

These Kaleidoscopic Fanfares are a “sound transcription” of the kaleidoscope’s visual effects. The 16 trumpet voices are divided into 4 distinct choirs. Each group, including the percussion has its highlights. Read more

The Chorale (lento espressivo) is reminiscent of the subtle and haunting polyphony of the Renaissance in which sombre phrases slowly overlap and are heard in a perspective of infinity. The fast and spectacular Toccata is a course of gripping... Read more

The superposition of two confronting keys creates, right from the beginning of the piece, a strong dramatical tension, amplified by exchanged stressed rhythmic figures. Then follows a calm, quasi mystical phase with clusters in movement. The sound... Read more

The first of his “3 Statements” for six trumpets (in Bb) is a solemn, dynamic Maestoso - Don’t hold back - lasting just under 1 minute, and linked to a lyrical second movement - Be relaxed - of about 2 minutes in which five trumpets with cup mutes... Read more

Cast in three-part form, the work consists of a lively overture surrounded by a ceremonial fanfare and coda. Read more

Another of Biber's many other facets was that of an important composer for the trumpet. Not only in Kremsier, but also in Salzburg he had at his disposal an illustrious group of trumpeters. The present «Sonata Sancti Polycarpi» –together with... Read more

Cesare Bendinelli, who was probably born around 1542, served as a trumpeter at the court of Vienna and was then chief trumpeter ("Obrister Trommeter") at the Munich court from 1580 until his death in 1617. The last three sonatas of Bendinelli's... Read more

Johann Ernst Altenburg has been called «the last representative of the heroic guild of trumpeters and timpanists.» Born in Weissenfels on June 15, 1734, he was apprenticed to his father Johann Caspar Altenburg (1689-1761) at the tender age of two... Read more