MARK COX

This fantastic festive piece was originally arranged for a large brass ensemble featuring trumpets, horns, trombones, and tuba, by William Berry, but has been reimagined and recorded entirely on trumpet and flugelhorn! I hopefully capture the essence of Berry's vibrant and energetic arrangement that brings the holiday spirit to life. As Berry himself describes, 'Tis always the season for "carols at the spinet" so here is a bit of holiday insanity. If you can stay more focused than I can, maybe you can get all of the quotes. If not, that's what the video is for. The thing about holiday music is it comes back every year, so people have heard these tunes all their lives, which makes the snippets recognizable. Without that, it wouldn't be funny. We do try to have a good time...but keeping them in line is like herding cats. This one is for when the group gets a lot of requests and you want to honor them all in shortest amount of time. Ho ho ho & enjoy!' https://markcoxtrumpet.bandcamp.com

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Academic Festival Overture (German: Akademische Festouvertüre),[1] Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the Tragic Overture, Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the University of Breslau, which had notified him that it would award him an honorary doctorate in philosophy. https://markcoxtrumpet.bandcamp.com

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The original music to La Péri was written in 1911 by Paul Dukas as a Poème dansé en un tableau ("dance poem in one scene"), his last published work. Although not as well known as his famous symphonic poem The Sorcerer's Apprentice, the ballet has been considered to be one of his most mature and skilled pieces. The music's style can best be described as a mixture of Romantic tonal harmony and orchestration techniques with Impressionism, and is distinctly French. The ballet itself is preceded by this brilliant fanfare that uses the orchestra's brass section, and which is often performed separately. https://markcoxtrumpet.bandcamp.com

I first heard this piece being played exquisitely by the amazing French trumpet player Nicolas Chatenet (Opéra national de Paris) and have wanted to record it ever since. Written by John Williams for the film Lincoln, it's a passionate piece, capturing Lincoln's optimistic spirit. Lincoln's second inaugural address previewed his plans for healing a once-divided nation. The speech is engraved on the north interior wall of the Lincoln Memorial and a part of that speech...."...With malice toward none, with charity for all..." continues to inspire and evoke. Piano accompaniment downloaded by Brandon1900 downloaded from MuseScore https://markcoxtrumpet.bandcamp.com

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