Halstead: Suite for Solo Horn Or Trumpet

Description

This Suite was written in 1978 in response to a request from Howard Snell for a challenging work, suitable for trumpet or horn, which would bridge the gap between the purely technical etude and the solo recital piece. Although Howard Snell''s trumpet-playing skill was very much in the composer''s mind while writing the piece, he has tried to link this with much of his own approach to the flexibility of the horn. The second movement, and some of the third, was influenced by the sudden death in March 1978 of the composer''s father. The movements stand alone and can be performed separately. 1.Allemande 2.Aria 3.Variants (Theme Waltz Lament Gigue) - Anthony Halstead was born in 1945 in Salford, near Manchester. He began to compose while still at Chetham''s School of Music and continued his composition studies with Thomas Pitfield at the Royal Manchester College of Music (now the Royal Northern College of Music). Although best known as a horn player, conductor and teacher he has written