Instrumentation
solo tpt. - picc.1.E♭cl.bcl.1 - 1.0.1.0 - strings (double basses require low C extension)
Availability
Score and parts for hire
Programme Notes
This trumpet concertino is a transcription of an aria from Act 5 of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen:
Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings
And all around, and all around
Pleased Cupids clap their wings.
It starts out as a relatively faithful version of the original, but then strays from the path and wanders into the woods.
John Woolrich