Stephen Michael Gryc - Evensong (2000) [w/ score]

This is Stephen Michael Gryc’s beautiful “Evensong” for solo trumpet and wind ensemble (score shown here is the piano reduction), commissioned and performed here by former Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, Philip Smith, and the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony. Gryc writes in the program notes:
“Evensong was commissioned by trumpeter Philip Smith and the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony, Eric Rombach-Kendall conductor. The work was started in August of 1999 and completed in January of 2000. The commissioning artists premiered Evensong on April 18, 2000 in Albuquerque. The piece is dedicated to the memory of my father-in-law, publisher Robert King, who died at the age of 85 after a lifetime of invaluable service to the worldwide community of brass players. Evensong is the English name for the church service celebrated shortly before sunset and may also mean any song sung in the evening. The work uses two ancient church modes, dorian and mixolydian. The dorian mode is based on the pitch D, but the mixolydian mode is transposed from its usual base of G up to A flat. The diminished fifth interval between D and A flat is the source of harmonic tension and richness as well as harmonic motion in the work. The piece ends with repeated cadences on Ab by the low brass while the solo trumpet, flutes, and bells reiterate D. The elegiac character of Evensong demonstrates the lyricism of which the trumpet is capable and, more particularly, the great artistry of Philip Smith.”
COMPOSER: Stephen Michael Gryc
TRUMPET: Philip Smith
BAND: University of New Mexico Wind Symphony
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