A composition

[furtwaengler]

I played recently with my friend, Dr. Murdock the trumpet player, an arrangement for trumpet and piano of my setting of Emily Dickinson's poem "There came a wind like a bugle,"
 originally composed in 2004. Here's the poem:

There came a wind like a bugle;
It quivered through the grass,
And a green chill upon the heat
So ominous did pass
We barred the windows and the doors
As from an emerald ghost;
The doom's electric moccasin
That very instant passed.
On a strange mob of panting trees,
And fences fled away,
And rivers where the houses ran
The living looked that day.
The bell within the steeple wild
The flying tidings whirled.
How much can come
And much can go,
And yet abide the world!

And it's a real trumpet piece now (and I think the first actual composition I've shared here, aside from the many improvisations). Rehearsal and live recordings.

[rachfan]

Hi furtwaengler,

I'm surprised nobody had commented on this piece yet.  I listened to it twice.  The composition is impressive and a wonderful match for Dickinson's poem, and the performance is most convincing.  Thanks for sharing it here.  I very much enjoyed listening.

This will send your recording back to the No. 1 slot on its merit.  I hope that others will tune into this music.  A fine achievement it is!

David

[awesom_o]

Wonderful!

I also enjoyed this offering very much and would like to congratulate you for its charm and structural elegance.