Arutunian Trumpet Concerto in Ab Major

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Trumpet Concerto in Ab Major • Arutunian, Alexander (1920-) • ======================================= • Alexander Arutunians Trumpet Concerto in A-flat major (1950), also known as Arutunian Trumpet Concerto, is the Armenian composers sixth major composition, a virtuoso showpiece composed in 1949-1950. It was written for the trumpet player Timofei Dokschitzer (just before that 29-years old Arutunian was awarded by the State Prize of the USSR for his Motherland cantata). The concerto's introduction to the USA is solely due to Dokschitzer, a Soviet trumpeter, who immigrated to the States and represented the concerto there. According to J. Sundram, it is an energetic powerhouse of Eastern European lyricism and harmonic textures . The concerto became quickly assimilated into the standard trumpet repertoire worldwide, earning highest international praise from audiences, critics and performers . It was described as flashy by the New York Times. • • According to Philip Smith, the principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, Arutunian's Trumpet Concerto is now so entrenched in the instrument's repertory that students use it frequently as an audition piece at Juilliard . One of the reasons this piece has become so popular among trumpet players,is just that it's a flashy piece. It has a very Gypsyish, Russian, Armenian kind of sound, with very soulful, beautiful melodies and plenty of exciting rapid-tonguing kind of things. • • SOURCE: Wikipedia • URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arutunia...

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