Some virtuosic moments from the first movement

Australian composer and physicist Joe Wolfe's new Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra was premiered on 21 September 2003 by Sydney Symphony player Anthony Heinrichs with the Woollahra Philharmonic Orchestra.

Wolfe, a professor at the Universty of New South Wales, started writing music in the seventies and has since written sporadically for jazz and fusion groups, including incidental music for plays and films. He has written four other orchestral works: The Stairway Suite is a set of orchestral variations on the pop song Stairway to Heaven in the styles of Schubert, Holst, Glen Miller, Mahler, Bizet and Beethoven; Sydney Sketches is a set of tone poems, each of which is based in different Sydney location at a different time of day; Conjunction which is an 'interactive introduction to the orchestra', written for orchestra and primary school choir; and an Overture.

Wolfe adds: "this music is self published and is available from me or downloaded from this site. For amateur orchestras, the score and parts may be available for the cost of post and handling, though I usually ask users of my music to make a donation to a charity." He may be contacted through his website - please see links below

Websites:
Joe Wolfe - Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra - score downloads and sound files
Joe Wolfe - music home page
Sydney Symphony trumpet section - includes Anthony Heinrichs bio