Tuesday 2nd July – 14.00
Lecture Theatre
Lecture / Presentation
“Exploring the repertoire for Solo Trumpet and Wind Orchestra”
Timothy Reynish
supported by WASBE
Jon Burgess, Reporter
Timothy Reynish presented a lecture titled “Exploring the Repertoire for Solo Trumpet and Wind Orchestra”, also subtitled “Think Hagen, Hetu, & Husa instead of Haydn & Hummel”. Timothy Reynish is the current President and a founding member of the World Association for Symphonic Bands & Ensembles (WASBE), and the former head of the Royal Northern College of Music School of Wind and Percussion. A position he held for 21 years, and one previously held by Philip Jones. 
Tim Reynish began his lecture by emphasising how important it is to support the medium of solo trumpet and wind ensemble, a truly 20th Century art form. He challenged trumpet players to look for and perform these newer works instead of repeating performances of the concertos by Haydn and Hummel.
A partial listing was handed out of thirty-eight concertos for trumpet and wind ensemble that were familiar to Mr Reynish. This list can be found on the WASBE website and he encouraged trumpet players to review the list and to e-mail him with compositions for further inclusion. Included on his list were arrangements of the Concerto in E-flat by Haydn and the Vivaldi Double Concerto arranged by Robert Rumbelow, director of bands at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. These were added because he felt these arrangements were rescored extremely well and were effective compositions for trumpet and wind ensemble.
Recorded excerpts were played of many of the concertos listed on the handout, starting with Richard Rodney Bennett’s Trumpet Concerto. This is a work Reynish commissioned in this medium. The second movement, is a tribute Miles Davis, and is based on The Maid of Cadiz. Although a serial techniques are employed, Mr. Reynish describes it as “a twelve-note theme which you can come away whistling”. Other works played as examples were Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Symphony Orchestra by Kamillo Lendvay, Le Gai Paris by Jean Francaix (a work written for trumpet and wind dectet), Concerto for Flugelhorn & Wind Ensemble by Daren Hagen, Sonata for Trumpet and Wind Enemble, a version orchestrated by the composer Kent Kennan, Concerto for Trumpet by Jacques Hetu, and Tango-Tarantella by Jukka Linkola. 
The remaining part of the lecture discussed three new pieces that were not on his list. These three works, “Awake, you Sleepers!” by Larry Bitensky; Leader Lieder by Dana Wilson; and Dialogue for Trumpet, Cornet and Wind Band by Peter Lawrence are all being premiered at the 2002 ITG Conference. Composer Larry Bitensky spoke about his composition, with the help of soloist John Hagstrom. Bitensky’s composition is based on three shofar calls used in Jewish celebrations. John Hagstrom performed these calls on shofar and the composer demonstrated how he incorporated the calls into each of the three movements. Dana Wilson spoke briefly about his composition, Leader,Lieder . He explained that his concerto is an exploration of relationships, with the trumpet soloist in the role of leader. Inspiration for the piece comes from the fact that the “trumpet has been associated with leadership since at least the time of ancient Egyptians.”
The lecture provided an informative session about this important body of trumpet literature. The audience left the lecture looking forward to tonight’s premiers of the concertos by Larry Bitensky and Dana Wilson.
