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HILL VALLEY — CONCERTO
* Trumpet solo and orchestra *
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| Austrian composer and teacher Thomas Modrej (b. 1973) had long entertained the idea of writing a solo concerto but was always preoccupied with the crucial question of how to achieve an ideal balance between soloist and orchestra. So often in works of this kind the soloist can easily dominate the texture and lapse into empty virtuosity. His firm conviction is that technical display must never be an end in itself but should serve a purely aesthetic purpose. At last he resolved to put pen to paper and attempt to realize his musical ideas and ambitions. The result: this superb new work for trumpet and orchestra, which, it is hoped, will soon enter the repertoire of all aspiring or established trumpet soloists.
SCORE
Composer: Thomas Modrej
Publication date: April 2026
Instruments: Trumpet solo and orchestra
Format: Full score
Duration: c.12'30''
Pages: iv/67
ISMN: 979 0 708213 74 1
Code: HH659.FSC
Price: £32.00 more information
KEYBOARD REDUCTION WITH SOLO PART
Composer: Thomas Modrej
Publication date: April 2026
Instruments: Trumpet solo and keyboard
Format: Keyboard reduction
Duration: c.12'30''
Pages: iii/38 + 2 x 8
ISMN: 979 0 708213 75 8
Code: HH659.KBD
Price: £25.00 more information
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MUSICA DI CAMERA
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Born in Greifswald, northern Germany, Frederick Nussen (1715/16–1779) blossomed as a composer in England, where for most of his adult life he worked as the estate manager of the music-loving Francis Greville, Lord Brooke, while also acting as a private music tutor to this nobleman and his family. By his own choice he did not participate in public concert life, but there was nothing amateurish about his music, which unfailingly reveals excellent musical training, abundant inventiveness and a talent for combining new stylistic traits with old ones.
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This collection of harpsichord pieces (1761), consisting of arrangements and variations based on short pieces both traditional and by identifiable composers (including himself) shows how successfully he expanded his musical language near the end of his life to accommodate the stylistic and structural innovations of the classical style. Filled with embellishments and ‘special effects’ of many kinds, these pieces, which were dedicated to a noble lady pupil then aged only sixteen, are not ordinary teaching material but, on the contrary, highly ambitious works suited to concert performance.
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ed. Michael Talbot
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Nocturne
is included in the Grade 6 Piano syllabus of the ABRSM
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| Den lille danserinnen (‘The Little Ballerina’) evokes a charming, gracious, light-footed dancer, while Nocturne makes the piano sing in the romantic tradition. Both these delightful short pieces would be ideal encores!
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"I love these two little pieces, and I am sure many late intermediate players will enjoy them equally."Read Andrew Eales's review in Pianodao
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Music example (pdf)