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Alexander Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto

Alexander Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto (1950), transcribed by Guy M. Duker "The President's Own" United States Marine Band Recorded on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va. Capt. Darren Y. Lin, conducting MSgt Amy McCabe, soloist Composer and pianist Alexander Arutiunian was born in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. He graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory in 1941 and after World War II continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1954 he returned to Armenia to become the Music Director of the Yerevan Conservatory and the conductor of the Armenian Philharmonic. While Aram Khatchaturian may be the best known Armenian composer, Arutiunian is a widely respected composer who was awarded the USSR State Prize (the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honor) in 1949 for his cantata Motherland. His oeuvre includes operas, cantatas, symphonic works, and chamber works, but it is his concertos for which he is best known. Written in 1950 and premièred that same year in Moscow, Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto is filled with Armenian folk-like melodies. The concerto is a lush Romantic composition requiring virtuosic technique of the performer. It was composed as one unbroken work but is divided into several clearly delineated sections. The introduction is a short Andante maestoso that quickly sets the mood for the passionate work filled with rubato. The first Allegro energico is the fast-paced, heroic main theme that fills the air with confidence and anticipation. The first slow section is a Meno mosso containing a beautiful, lyrical melody initially stated in the clarinet. The middle section is a return to the heroic theme of the Allegro which moves into a second slow section. This Meno mosso uses the muted trumpet to create a new color, and the longing melody is evocative of a heart broken love song. Arutiunian then transitions to the final return of the Allegro for a dramatic finish.