Semplicette

this edition includes:

Solopart for Bb Trumpet/Cornet

Solopart for C Trumpet

Solopart for Eb Trumpet/Cornet

This was recorded in Paisley Abbey with Michael Bennett on Trumpet and George McPhee on organ.

Lyrics
 

O holy night the stars are brightly shining

It is the night of our dear Savior's birth

Long lay the world in sin and error pining

Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth

 

A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices

For yonder breaks a new glorious morn

Fall on your knees

O hear the angels' voices

O night divine

O night when Christ was born

O night divine o night

O night divine

 

A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices

For yonder breaks a new glorious morn

Fall on your knees

O hear the angels' voices

O night divine

O night when Christ was born

O night divine o night

O night divine

 

Ooh yes it was

Ooh it is the night of our dear Savior's birth

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah

It was a holy holy holy, oh oh oh

During the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, trumpet tunes-pieces based on the notes of the natural harmonic series (the notes available to the valveless trumpet)-were highly popular. The origins of the genre can be traced to France, where Jean-Baptiste Lully included movement of this type in several of his operas. Trumpet tunes abound in sources of London theatre music , and while on occasions they would of been performed on trumpet, they were also routinely played by other instrumental groups.During the eighteenth century numerous trumpet voluntaries for organ, based on the notes available on the trumpet, were composed in England. 

 

The Prince of Denmark’s March  by Jeremiah Clarke, which was long attributed to Henry Purcell, was included in a collection of harpsichord pieces published in 1700. An earlier version for trumpets, oboes, bassoon and strings appeared in the ‘Suite de Clarke’. 

 

Henry Purcell’s Cibell, in the form of a gavotte, was based loosely on a chorus praising the goddess Cybele from Lully’s opera Atys (1676). The piece exists in several versions, one of which, dating from shortly after Purcell’s death, is scored for trumpet and strings. 

 

Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Rondeau serves as a rousing prelude to his Te Deum in D and is by far his best known work. Uncertainty surrounds the identification of the composer of the Trumpet Tune attributed here to Jeremiah Clarke. As with The Prince of Denmark’s March, this was previously attributed to Purcell. It is found in manuscript scores of the semi-opera The Island Princess (1699), on which Clarke collaborated with Daniel Purcell, Henry’s younger brother, and Richard Leveridge. 

 

The Trumpet Voluntary by John Stanley is the only piece in this collection that we can be fairly certain was not written with performance on the trumpet in mind. It derives from the composer’s second collection of ten voluntaries for organ or harpsichord, published in 1751.

 

Grade 2.5 (Soloist 3)

 

A Christmas Lullaby for Cornet and Piano Accompaniment by Dan Price.

 

This beautiful traditional Austrian carol is increasing in popularity every year.  This simple but effective arrangement for solo cornet and brass band is approachable by almost all levels of brass band and soloist.  A complimentary piano accompaniment is included in the full brass band set or a separate Cornet /  Trumpet with piano accompaniment is also available.    

 

Duration: 03:15

Starting with a short introduction the soloist enters, performing the main theme with simple accompaniment from the ensemble. After a short interlude the main theme is performed again, this time in the new change of key and a lot quieter showing off the soloist’s dynamic control.

 

The contrasting middle section gives the opportunity for a counter melody by the soloist before a build to the return of the main theme. This time the soloist combines with the ensemble playing part of the main melody and then souring over the ensemble with the countermelody before bringing the piece to a peaceful close.

 

"With His First Breath" is dedicated to my son, Luca.