Poet and Peasant Overture

This overture was originally arranged for the Northwestern University Trumpet Ensemble for the National Trumpet Competition in 2012, in which the group was awarded first prize. This arrangement has a piccolo part and 7 other trumpet parts, one of which includes a long, beautiful flugelhorn solo during the first half with an exciting, technical second half. Each part is assigned important themes, with the technical difficulty spread between the parts.