Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Trumpet

By Eric Ewazen

I purchased this from Sheet Music Plus and am learning the first movement now in preparation for teaching it. Lyrical main theme and challenging enough that advanced students will learn from it. Nice piano part. The service from Sheet Music Plus was prompt and the web purchase was easy and...

convenient.

Ewazen is a composer of great integrity and strength; every time a student performs the Sonata the pianist remarks on how much they loved the piece. The Sonata is a favorite of all my mature students; they enjoy the freshness and spontaneity of the lines used in the Sonata. The...

first movement commands our attention and explores range and rhythmic buoyancy of the opening motive. The second is flowing with a great attention to line; some students use Flugal horn for this movement. The finale exudes humour and the audiences never tire of the freshness that Ewazen elicits from this piece.

As the title suggests, I believe this to be one of his most beautiful pieces that I have heard. I am a third year bachelor of music student at the central queensland conservatorium of music in Mackay, Australia and this piece makes me fall in love with music all over...

again. He has written the trumpet as though it is singing with the piano and communicating through music to express themselves (stating the obvious). I love music in the respect of it's an international language that everyone understands in their own personal way.