By Christopher Fulkerson
The Diptych for Solo Trumpet was written in 2004. It is a meditation on some of the principal themes of the Festival. Its two movements are variants of one another. The first is "Waters," a long, billowing legato line that is continuous... with exceptions. The second movement is "Bridges," in which numerous bridge-like melodic bursts are phrased across silences. It is eleven minutes long.
The score is 13 pages long, in the composer's fair hand. Hard copy of the study score is $8.
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Updated 1/18/2010.