Trumpet Concerto - Joe Wolfe

This concerto for trumpet and orchestra was written for Anthony Heinrichs (of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra) and the Woollahra Philharmonic Orchestra (a community orchestra). The recordings linked here were made at the first performance in Eastern Sydney on 21 September, 2003, conducted by Romano Crivici.

Trumpet concerto. The sound files download in .mp3. The sheet music downloads in .pdf files*. If you don't have a suitable reader for pdf files, download Acrobat Reader .

First movement (11 minutes 40 seconds)Second movement (4 minutes 30 seconds)Third movement (3 minutes 50 seconds) * The .pdf files look scrappy on the screen, but they print out clearly. Due to a protocol disagreement between Sibelius and Adobe, the slurs in instrumental cues appear in the .pdf version of the score, although the cues themselves are hidden in the score. This looks a bit odd but doesn't affect legibility.

a section of the solo part from the first movement
About the composer. Joe Wolfe started writing music in the seventies and has since written sporadically for jazz and fusion groups, including incidental music for plays and films. He has written four other orchestral works: "The Stairway Suite" is a set of orchestral variations on the pop song "Stairway to Heaven" in the styles of Schubert, Holst, Glen Miller, Mahler, Bizet and Beethoven; "Sydney Sketches" is a set of tone poems, each of which is based in different Sydney location at a different time of day.; "Conjunction" which is an 'interactive introduction to the orchestra', written for orchestra and primary school choir; and an "Overture". (mp3 files available)

Joe Wolfe / J.Wolfe@unsw.edu.au /61-2-9385 4954 (UT+10,+11 Oct-Mar)