Tromba solo for trumpet alone Ketil Hvoslef

Tromba Solo is a major work in the solo trumpet repertoire in its breadth, scope, complexity and duration. Most works for solo trumpet are miniatures or in multiple shorter movements. This is one 11' movement that incorporates many themes that are woven together in an overlapping fashion. Some themes require complex multiple tonguing, another large, leaping intervals and another contrasts the complexity with its lyrical simplicity. Tromba Solo was commissioned by the famous Norwegian trumpeter Harry Kvebaek, whose assistance was of considerable help in the process of writing this piece. Tromba Solo has been revised many times, but has finally been published in its' initial version. The work was recorded by Norwegian trumpet player Ole Edvard Antonsen, 1st Prize winner of the Geneva International Trumpet Competition in 1987, and has entered the repertoire of the trumpet players worldwide.