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The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios , Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [ 3 ]
A fanfare trumpet, also called a herald trumpet, is a brass instrument similar to but longer than a regular trumpet (tubing is the same length as a regular Bb trumpet but not wrapped), capable of playing specially composed fanfares. Its extra length can also accommodate a small ceremonial banner that can be mounted on it.
The Suite of Symphonies for brass, strings & timpani No. 1 (Suite De Symphonies, Première Suite de Symphonies) is a composition by Jean-Joseph Mouret. [1] [2] The first movement of this piece, the rondeau, is widely known and commonly used in weddings, and notably on the PBS program Masterpiece. [3]
The trumpet repertoire consists of solo literature and orchestral or, more commonly, band parts written for the trumpet.Tracings its origins to 1500 BC, the trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family.
A trumpet voluntary is a voluntary – a musical composition for the organ – played using the trumpet stop. Trumpet voluntaries are associated with the English Baroque era and usually consist of a slow introduction followed by a faster section with the right hand playing fanfare -like figures over a simple accompaniment in the left hand.
The fanfare takes approximately 40 seconds to perform [2] and is one of Stravinsky's major miniatures. [1] The textures are canonic and recall Stravinsky's late twelve-tone technique . It is widely based on rhythmic patterns and the intervals between the two trumpets are brisk, atonal and uneven.
Pastorale: for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano, (1996) Original version was the middle movement of Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for flute, horn, and piano; A Philharmonic Fanfare: for Trumpet, Horn, and Trombone, (1997) An Elizabethan Songbook: for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano, (1998) Original for mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano
The natural trumpets were not specified by the composer; indeed it may have been a bit early in the rediscovery of natural trumpet playing for it to be safe to do so. This technique had been used by the classical composers in horn section writing, to enable lines to be played outside the natural scale (e.g. 2 horns in C and 2 horns in D or E flat).