Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Op.64 (1999) c. 25'00"

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I. Comodo
II. Molto adagio
III. Tempo di marcia

Commissioned by the Estate of Helen Treutel in memory of Edward Treutel

First performed on May 25th, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City by Philip Smith, trumpet with The New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur

RECORDINGS

REVIEWS

“…balancing bravura and a wealth of attractive musical ideas to create a score that invites repeated listening. He is a masterful orchestrator, and just from this standpoint the opening of the concerto is immediately arresting…(it) brought down the house.”
The Wall Street Journal

“…the piece itself is a wonderfully well-made study in neo-romanticism with a darkly lyrical slow movement and a raucously witty finale in which Liebermann sends up…Shostakovitch! The audience ate it up, as did I, and my guess is that it will enter the standard repertoire very quickly, with good reason: Trumpeter who are tired of playing the Haydn concerto for the gazillionth time will find it a godsend and a knockout.”
The Washington Post