Meditation

Solo Trumpet and String Quartet

Meditation, for trumpet and string quartet, combines expressive passages in the solo trumpet with slower moving harmony passages in the accompaniment. The soloist leads the journey from opening expressive passages to the final section of the piece where tremolos in the harmon-muted soloist and strings create a timeless, meditative effect.

Meditation was commissioned by, and is dedicated to, trumpeter Alexis Demailly. The work exists both in its original scoring for trumpet and string quartet as well as for solo trumpet and string orchestra.