Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (Ewazen)
Commissioned by the International Trumpet Guild in 1995, this piece covers the technical and artistic range of both trumpet and piano and was first performed by Chris Gekker (on trumpet) and the composer himself (on piano). Eric Ewazen has been a professor of “Literature and Materials of Music” at Julliard since 1980.
I was looking for a melodically rich, passionate, and technically challenging piece last spring.
I was unhappy with all of the classical pieces that the trumpet repertoire encompasses and was delighted to find this fairly recent composition for trumpet and pianoat and has altissimo to G sharp.