Kent Kennan - Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1956/1986)

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Kent Kennan - Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1956/1986)

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@usmpiano 5 жыл бұрын

This piece is a landmark in the advanced trumpet repertoire. I've played both the piano and trumpet parts and they are both quite difficult in their own ways. It's a magnificient work. Kennan was a fantastic writer.

@illi2645 Жыл бұрын

My older brother played this when he was sophomore in high school. I always liked to hear him playing this song specifically because of the calm tone of this piece (and bc it lowkey sounds like super Mario galaxy music ☠️) vs the loud sounds a trumpet typically makes. I also marched with him for two years as a colorguard member while we were in school together. He’s now a freshman in college, now I’m a junior in hs and I listen to this song to comfort myself when I miss him. :))

@nicholasfox966 4 жыл бұрын

This piece is very familiar both to trumpet players and to pianists who've earned a living playing for auditions at conservatories. The reason it is well-known among these groups is that it is a piece that is not terribly sophisticated musically, but still shows off a trumpet player's stamina and chops sufficiently enough that a panel of audition judges can swiftly ascertain a young trumpet player's basic ability on the instrument. It's also rather fun to play. No one, ever, except those living under some sort of delusion, has ever argued that it is a musical masterpiece, or that Mr. Kennan possessed the same compositional gifts as Mr. Hindemith (the similarities between the two are too obvious to even comment upon). Mr. Hindemith WAS a very influential composer in his later years (remember that he also taught composition at Yale), and so Mr. Kennan was not the only younger composer to borrow the surface materials from the older composer. This is a modest, enjoyable piece of music that has served a specific function since its birth. To criticize its worth is to point out the obvious, and yet also, somehow, to miss the point.

@travismandel2664 4 жыл бұрын

Very well put! These types of works are key to the progression of young players towards more complex repertoire both technically and musically.

@usmpiano 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm gonna have of sort of disagree with you there...I believe this to be far superior to the Hindemith. Played both parts of that as well and hated it from both sides.

@nicholasfox966 4 жыл бұрын

@@usmpiano Thank you for your comment. I was not referring specifically to the Hindemith Trumpet Sonata, or comparing both composer's Trumpet Sonatas. Rather, I was comparing Kennan to Hindemith in the broadest sense, as composers.

@manaharav 2 жыл бұрын

Damning with faint praise, bless your heart.

@ia0002 Жыл бұрын

FYI, Kent Kennan was around 43 when he composed this Sonata and I've heard that it was his last major piece: he decided to dedicate his time to teaching and wrote the most used book in orchestration in the US. This is one of the best sonatas written for trumpet. Why would anyone compare general output and influence of Hindemith with someone else?

@Cmaj7 5 жыл бұрын

00:01 Movement I - With strength and vigor 06:12 Movement II - Rather slowly and with freedom 10:36 Movement III - Moderately fast, with energy

@svendlarose Жыл бұрын

I have this piece stuck in my head and keep coming back to it. It's a beautiful piece of atonality. It's simple,. and therein lies its joy.

@8dwms7 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know that I have ever listened to this piece in any setting than in end-of-the-semester juries.

@rodterrell304 4 жыл бұрын

That was completely brilliant, and a great performance. Just happened to stumble upon this piece of music and all I can say is bravo

@michaellyga4726 5 жыл бұрын

New Jersey Region/All-State Solo 2019 See you in November, fellow trumpeters.

@neelshejwalkar5153 5 жыл бұрын

See you in wind ensemble

@michaellyga4726 5 жыл бұрын

Neel Shejwalkar maybe my junior year but not now lmao

@weenyys 5 жыл бұрын

Me and my friend both played this. I got a 98 and he got a 100

@arinkumar5406 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol

@CarlosHernandez-el4oc 5 жыл бұрын

@@michaellyga4726 There's always hope

@gsamsa 5 жыл бұрын

Finally, a channel of taste!

@3OrMoreBones 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could have played this piece in high school. Beautiful.

@MigzMigz35 5 жыл бұрын

Don't you play trombone?

@erictao8396 Жыл бұрын

Y'know, based on the opening measures, I was inclined to agree with the comments calling this piece well-composed boredom, but it actually has a lot of delicate, tender, and fun moments; bravi to the performers!

@davidrehak3539 5 жыл бұрын

Kent Kennan:Szonáta trombitára és zongorára 1.Con forza e vigore 00:00 2.Piúttosto lentamente e con libertá 06:12 3.Moderatamente vivace, con energia 10:36 Raymond Mase-trombita David Pearl-zongora

@Gusrikh1 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@RaisedThird Жыл бұрын

NJ really likes this piece 😅 All Shore, All State, NJMEA ???

@silas123781 5 жыл бұрын

0:17 is that the licc

@musik350 5 жыл бұрын

almost

@sukarnos3xy 5 жыл бұрын

Bruh sound effect #3

@eddievelez4723 4 жыл бұрын

Flapjack Sofa no

@codascheuer8426 3 жыл бұрын

@@eddievelez4723 yes

@magmahawk583 3 жыл бұрын

The score says Bb trumpet but it looks like that’s for C trumpet

@Cmaj7 3 жыл бұрын

The piano part has actual pitch; the trumpet part has transposed pitch

@Cmaj7 2 жыл бұрын

@@robgreaney3203 "Piano part" as in the paper that the pianist reads from and "trumpet part" as in the paper the trumpet player reads from

@kennethdower7425 2 жыл бұрын

@@robgreaney3203 It's literally called a "score in C" .

@stephenjablonsky1941 2 жыл бұрын

This is a really nice piece very much in the post-Hindemith vein, which is a good place to be.

@joshklenke7041 4 жыл бұрын

1:39 (just need this timestamp sorry)

@TheAdvertisement 4 жыл бұрын

The beginning sounds like Zelda music lol.

@fstover5208 8 ай бұрын

The composer was better known as the author of a book on orchestration. His trumpet sonata is about the only piece of his that gets performed.

@theworld3132 5 жыл бұрын

I have to play this for All South Jersey Auditions. Anyone else?

@gracefox5978 5 жыл бұрын

👋

@csihao 5 жыл бұрын

North Jersey, but yes

@michaellyga4726 5 жыл бұрын

All Central Jersey but yes. #GardenState

@hartsgd9172 Жыл бұрын

4 years later and this is my all south audition piece, as well as all state because they’re the same piece but

@aidancasey587 2 ай бұрын

3:27 for PMEA District 1 Audition 2024

@spencer.eccles 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of fire emblem awakening

@rylanlincecum9486 4 жыл бұрын

playing this solo as a freshman for Texas Solo and Ensemble

@aleatheltrashcan478 6 ай бұрын

4:28 Start of excerpt 1

@lucassmith1697 4 жыл бұрын

2:34 - personal timestamp sry

@bobmoore6067 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a little surprised at the bush league commentary on this one.

@aleatheltrashcan478 6 ай бұрын

5:14 start of excerpt 2

@EverGreenElephant 4 жыл бұрын

fifteen minutes of nice and well composed boredom

@matthewamori7801 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Not exactly my favorite trumpet piece.

@matthewamori7801 4 жыл бұрын

fibsernum30 For me it’s not so much the performance, but the piece itself. Not a huge fan of the piece.

@matthewamori7801 4 жыл бұрын

fibsernum30 It May very well be that it’s more fun to play than to listen to. I’ll find that out fairly soon, as it’s the District Band audition piece for my area next school year.

@kennethdower7425 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting us know it took you fifteen minutes to write that.

@deviance7833 4 жыл бұрын

4:29 4:46 13:27

@sammyantha2799 4 жыл бұрын

0:00 0:58 1:40

@tori1197 4 жыл бұрын

0:01 1:39

@kurtherrmann9185 4 жыл бұрын

Still have nightmares of this song from Year 11 lol

@yuyunfei9994 Жыл бұрын

他是坎南的同父异母的兄弟，特意过来打卡

@neo-eclesiastul9386 5 жыл бұрын

Is this a Hindemith wannabe?

@musik350 5 жыл бұрын

yep, my first thought

@douwemusic 5 жыл бұрын

And a harmonically uninspired one at that

@erikbecerra8555 5 жыл бұрын

Why a wannabe? Im asking because i dont know the work of Hindemith

@neo-eclesiastul9386 5 жыл бұрын

Erik Becerra check his music and tell me what are the similarities

@mackenziecleland9664 5 жыл бұрын

Lol, my first thought, not even two measures in, was that he may have been one of Hindemith's pupils at one point. Still an interesting piece, though.

@brandonzubeknakov2133 7 ай бұрын

4:26 13:53

@user-rn1lb8sx2c 3 жыл бұрын