Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures; 2 Jews

Sutherland Shire Symphony Community Orchestra performs the 1922 Maurice Ravel Orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition featuring myself playing First Trumpet. This is the Samuel Goldernberg and Schmuyle movement. For this movement I was using a Bach Piccolo Trumpet (196 model) in A, with a Copper Bottom Jo Ral Mute. conductor Sven Libaek pauses after the movement for a between-movements bow and applause acknowledging the 1st trumpet in a somewhat surprising move. Performance was in Sutherland Shire Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia on December 17, 2006.

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• Mussorgsky
• Ravel
• Pictures
• Exhibition
• Orchestra
• Music
• Goldenberg
• Schmuyle
• trumpet
• piccolo
• music
• performance
• Sven
• Libaek

[sinmall]

Nice piece. How to write MUTE to show that the trumpet should have MUTE in normal music score? Thanks beforehand

[musicalaviator]

Either "Mute" (and this can be expanded upon with "Straight mute" or "Cup mute" or "harmon Mute" (or a few other types less common) ) or to be all clever and multi-linguistic you can use "Sordino" or it's abbreviation "Sord." - the Germans use Mit Dampfer (with mute) and Ohne Dampfer (Discard/remove mute)

English - to remove mute would be "Open" and I forget the italian/french term for removing mute at the moment.

[ThaSchwab]

In most scores, it'll probably say "Con sordini" which means "with silencer," I believe.

[musicalaviator]

ah yes, and it's reverse. Sans Sordini

[sinfonian39]

A couple of things...first, good job. Second, try using 4th valve instead of 1st for the concert B grace notes (D on picc). The partials are much farther apart with the 4th valve, so you won't accidentally go to concert G (Bb on picc). The second trumpet could've played out a WHOLE lot more...it would've allowed you to lay back and not sound so "naked." I would love to hear you play it at the typical slower tempo. I'm sure it would sound wonderful.

[musicalaviator]

Yeh I agree was a touch fast (like near the extent of how fast I could play it) Slower would have sounded better imo, but that's what the conductor put down so what can ya do :P Good comment on the 4th valve, I don't use it nearly enough.

[xoddamnahtanoj]

Heard SSO do this last night (cond. Pinchas Steinberg) and googled for a reprise, nice to find a neighbour's personal post. ... honesty compels me to report that SSO was better than SSSCO by a mile but doesn't stop me appreciating your efforts. Excellent trumpet solo and kudos to the conductor for acknowledging.

[joshster89]

the trumpet looks like a toy in that guy's hands.

[dieselmcmlxxx]

OMfG! 0:47 xD

[ThaSchwab]

I would've loved to hear your promenade solo.

[ThaSchwab]

Also, great job for only being in a community orchestra.

[snappleman75]

Sordini is the word for mute that I always heard.

[vesa87]

This is a difficult, because almost plays exactly the same. You can hear that theyre not profressional. Its not all exactly the same.