Lamento por Don Quixote for Trumpet and Strings

(10 minutes)

The Lamento is a set of 12 variations on a ground bass in a quasi neo baroque style with Spanish and Italian highlights. Each variation sets a particular mood with an interplay of trumpet and strings. It is virtuostic and demanding. The strings play 3 variations on their own while the trumpet rests. A tour de force in terms of expression for the trumpet. The solo trumpet part is in C but there is a part available for D trumpet as well.  This is an excellent recital piece.

(There is also a version for Trumpet and Piano which can be purchased.

Excerpts are from Trumpet and Piano version