Trumpet Concerto (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
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
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
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Moscow Symphony Orchestra (orchestral arrangement) - 2016
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (David Robinson, conductor; Christopher Buchanan, trumpet) – 10 February 2022 (2022 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Illinois State University (Normal) Bands (Katherine Shindledecker, trumpet) - 19 March 2021
- Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, Calif.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Andy Collinsworth, conductor; Daniel Gianola-Norris, trumpet) – 11 December 2019
- Valparaiso University Chamber Concert Band (Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor; E.J. Ramos, trumpet) – 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Trumpet Concerto (1955/1978)
Resources
- Andy Collinsworth, personal correspondence, December 2019
- Burns, Alex. "Alexandra Pakhmutoka 'Trumpet Concerto': A National Treasure." Classicalexburns, 18 March 2019. Web. Accessed 10 December 2019