Trumpet Concerto (Pakhmutova)

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Alexandra Pakhmutova

Alexandra Pakhmutova (trans. Chris Buchanan)


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General Info

Year: 1955 / 1978 / 2013
Duration: c. 13:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Trumpet and orchestra
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown


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Program Notes

The rich melodies and lush timbres used by Alexandra Pakhmutova in her one-movement concerto pay homage to Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra was first performed by Ivon Pavlov with the Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society conducted by Eugene Svetlanov. The composition underwent some re-work in 1978.

- Program Note from liner notes of Crystal Records CD Trumpet Concertos


Composed as a single movement, the work goes through an extended introduction, and four preceding sections. The slow and lyrical opening sets the mysterious scene for the concerto. The melody is set in the relative minor key, which foreshadows some of the musical material later on in the work.

- program Note from Alexandra Pakhmutova "Trumpet Concert"


Pakhmutova’s Trumpet Concerto was composed as an orchestral work in 1955, and was premiered by Soviet trumpet soloist Ivan Pavlov in 1956. It went largely unnoticed outside the Soviet Union until 1978, when trumpeter Timofei Dohkshitzer “rediscovered” the concerto, which eventually led her to substantially revise the work.

Composed as a single movement, the work is highly tonal and features a variety thematic material that is decidedly Russian in character. There are three main sections: a somewhat ominous introduction is followed by a bravura Allegro in E-flat minor; the second features a slow, legato melody in E major; the final section begins with a transition that eventually returns to thematic material from the previous Allegro.

This arrangement for wind ensemble was completed by US Navy Band Musician 1st Class Chris Buchanan in 2013.

- Program Note from Sonoma State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble concert program, 11 December 2019


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