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

[@usmpiano]

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]

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. :))

[@svendlarose]

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.

[@nicholasfox966]

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]

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

[@usmpiano]

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]

@@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]

Damning with faint praise, bless your heart.

[@ia0002]

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?

[@8dwms7]

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

[@rodterrell304]

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

[@Cmaj7]

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

[@erictao8396]

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!

[@3OrMoreBones]

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

[@MigzMigz35]

Don't you play trombone?

[@gsamsa]

Finally, a channel of taste!

[@michaellyga4726]

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

[@neelshejwalkar5153]

See you in wind ensemble

[@michaellyga4726]

Neel Shejwalkar maybe my junior year but not now lmao

[@weenyys]

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

[@arinkumar5406]

Yeah lol

[@CarlosHernandez-el4oc]

@@michaellyga4726 There's always hope

[@Gusrikh1]

Beautiful.

[@davidrehak3539]

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

[@aidancasey587]

3:27 for PMEA District 1 Audition 2024

[@the_extraterrestrial]

Good luck! I'm auditioning for that too!

[@fstover5208]

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.

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

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

[@RaisedThird]

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

[@joshklenke7041]

1:39 (just need this timestamp sorry)

[@silas123781]

0:17 is that the licc

[@musik350]

almost

[@sukarnos3xy]

Bruh sound effect #3

[@eddievelez4723]

Flapjack Sofa no

[@codascheuer8426]

@@eddievelez4723 yes

[@TheAdvertisement]

The beginning sounds like Zelda music lol.

[@Rellybored]

3:28 Need this for my school band audition piece.

[@magmahawk583]

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

[@Cmaj7]

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

[@Cmaj7]

@@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]

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

[@theworld3132]

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

[@gracefox5978]

👋

[@csihao]

North Jersey, but yes

[@michaellyga4726]

All Central Jersey but yes. #GardenState

[@hartsgd9172]

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

[@TommyySlngr]

3:27 - 5:04 Audition Music

[@aleatheltrashcan478]

4:28 Start of excerpt 1

[@TommyySlngr]

4:27 - 5:04 Assigned audition music

[@aleatheltrashcan478]

5:14 start of excerpt 2

[@spencer.eccles]

Reminds me of fire emblem awakening

[@bobmoore6067]

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

[@lucassmith1697]

2:34 - personal timestamp sry

[@deviance7833]

4:29 4:46 13:27

[@sammyantha2799]

0:00 0:58 1:40

[@tori1197]

0:01 1:39

[@FloopGloop]

3:29 to 5:04

[@kurtherrmann9185]

Still have nightmares of this song from Year 11 lol

[@user-rn1lb8sx2c]

0:37

[@EverGreenElephant]

fifteen minutes of nice and well composed boredom

[@matthewamori7801]

I agree. Not exactly my favorite trumpet piece.

[@matthewamori7801]

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

[@matthewamori7801]

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]

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

[@brandonzubeknakov2133]

4:26 13:53

[@jonahkulick6337]

2:35 6:11

[@antoniyvolkovviolin]

👍

[@ianoboyle3041]

13:28

[@yuyunfei9994]

他是坎南的同父异母的兄弟，特意过来打卡

[@audreycplaysmc1545]

2:33

[@clarkfitzgerald8814]

6:29

[@kevincook4529]

Tbt

[@dariuszszymanski881]

Hindemith 2

[@matthewamori7801]

2:55 and 7:27 Don’t mind this comment I just need these for something.

[@l3v.b]

top

[@neo-eclesiastul9386]

Is this a Hindemith wannabe?

[@musik350]

yep, my first thought

[@douwemusic]

And a harmonically uninspired one at that

[@erikbecerra8555]

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

[@neo-eclesiastul9386]

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

[@mackenziecleland9664]

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.

[@constablekohler]

Trumpet music for degree work is so ugly.

[@helenamarie4337]

terrible

[@Leisesturm]

could you be a little more forthcoming? or should we just assume you hate it because you can't play it ...

[@helenamarie4337]

​@@Leisesturm grow up not everybody who dislikes things is butthurt, thats such a childish assumption. Im a composer, why would I want to be able to play a bad, cheesy sonata on trumpet?

[@zeroblizero]

Opinions equal nothing without arguments - just because you present as "a composer" it doesn't mean you're better. The one who should grow (and maybe focus on self-esteem) is you...

[@helenamarie4337]

@@zeroblizero I didn't say I'm better, I said I don't have to be able to play a sonata on trumpet as I am a composer not a trumpet player...

[@kevinskiles2033]

@@helenamarie4337 Not to quibble, but it might be better to say "in my opinion" and give a short summary of reasons you don't like it.

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[@the_extraterrestrial]

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