Poulenc - Sonata for Horn, Trumpet, and Trombone [score]

Thomas Stevens, trumpet John Cerminaro, horn Ralph Sauer, trombone Released: Dec 18, 1996, Crystal Records The sonata is the composer’s second extant work of chamber music, after the Sonata for two clarinets. It was written between August and October 1922 at the same time as the Sonata for clarinet and bassoon and was premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 4 January 1923 at a Satie-Poulenc concert organized by Jean Wiener. Poulenc revised the composition in 1945. Like most of the composer’s chamber music pieces, with the exception of the Cello Sonata, the sonata for horn, trumpet, and trombone has three short movements: 1. Allegro moderato 2. Andante 3. Rondeau The character of the music resembles fair music, conforming to the spirit of Les Six. Kathy Henkel described the first movement as a series of dance episodes, the second as a lullaby derive