April 26, 20178 yr I had somehow avoided composing for the trumpet for many years, perhaps because my first composition for it, back in 1997, although perhaps unrealistically difficult for actual performance, I regarded as maybe my best composition, and perhaps with a supernaturalistic fear, I avoided to compose for trumpet for fear that I might not succeed to reproduce the same quality! However, after I composed my previous sententiae for trumpet and piano (posted here two days ago), it seems my inspiration to compose for trumpet was stimulated, and so I composed my first soliloquy for trumpet which I post now, as well as a second soliloquy for trumpet (hopefully to be posted soon). I think/hope that nearly two decades later, I have succeeded to recapture something of the same high quality but with much less difficulty and more playability in this long-awaited sequel to my first trumpet piece!
April 26, 20178 yr This one's nice, thematic, and moves in its own progression. The lack of a counter motif was delightfully unnecessary. I personally hear this is melody to a scherzo for piano and trumpet though. It seems kind of lonely. However, I would highly recommend you look into rest beaming to make this performance better, or change some of your 16th notes to 8th notes with staccatissimo markings. It's just kind of hard to read. Cheers!
May 21, 20178 yr love the composition :) I've really grown to appreciate your style. I would agree about renotating some of the rhythms to make them easier to read, but that may be a personal choice that you made for your own reasons. Nice work Gustav Johnson
May 21, 20178 yr Author Thanks Monarcheon and Gustav for your reviews. I am glad that you have liked the piece! Gustav, it's great to hear that you appreciate my style of composition.
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