Áskell Másson
Shadows
for solo trumpet and brass quintet
- Level: advanced
- Duration: 12'
- Genre: contemporary
- Series: Spanish Brass Repertoire
- Composed: 2003
Reference: ENS139
Score and parts
Score and parts
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- Instrumentation: solo trumpet in C and brass quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba)
- Published: 2004
- Publisher: Editions Bim
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Áskell Másson (*1953)
Played by the best orchestras, ensembles and soloists, his music reflects a powerful sense of drama. The variety of rhythms and sounds, the combination of lyrical and percussive moments, give to hi...
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About Shadows
Sundry shadows flickering around the trumpet
This work is about shadows, expressed in the form of musical images, of such things as colours, images from the past, and the interplay of shadows between the soloist and the ensemble as well as within the ensemble itself.
The principal idea however, is to present the solo trumpet in an individual spotlight with all of the various and sundry shadows flickering around it.
This piece was commissioned by the Spanish Brass Luur Metalls in 2003 for their concerts and a CD recording with soloist Ole Edvard Antonsen.