Description
- Composer: Michael Nyman (1944-)
- Instrumentation: Piano, Flugelhorn
- Work: Flugelhorn and Piano
- Binding: Spiral Bound
- ISBN: 9780711963504
- Size: 12.0 x 9.0 inches
- Pages: None
Description
This piece was commissioned in 1991 by Graham Ashton for his album ‘The Contemporary Trumpet’. Quoting Graham Ashton: Michael Nyman wrote Flugel and Piano for me during a period when I felt his approach to the writing and recording of his music was changing quite considerably. I had given him very few guidelines as I did not want to restrict his writing. I knew the result would be a difficult piece, as Michael had often said he likes to hear the performer ‘fighting’ the instrument. Flugel and Piano is a fight for a couple of reasons: firstly, the flugel does not like being played in the key of in D-sharp Minor, especially with a Trombone ‘bucket mute’ – unfortunately, this was all that I could find to fit over the larger Flugel bell; secondly, the Flugel enjoys being-flat at the top register, making top Cs and Ds a nightmare! Michael’s reaction on hearing the recording was that he found the piece surprisingly emotional.
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