We Offer Thanks and Praise for Two Trumpets & Organ

by | Oct 9, 2021

We Offer Thanks and Praise (Wir danken und preisen) is from J. S. Bach’s Cantata No. 134, Ein Herz, das Seinein Jesum lebend weiss (“A heart which Jesus clearly knows”) written for Easter Tuesday, April 11, 1724, in Leipzig. This cantata is for alto...

Sonata in B-flat Major for Two Trumpets and Organ

by | Oct 9, 2021

Giuseppe T,utini (1692-1770) had a long an illustrious career as a violinist, composer, teacher inventor, and theorist.  In his early years, he apparently studied law at Padua University, but hurriedly left Padua in 1713 when there was disapproval of his marriage by...

Sonata in C Major for Two Trumpets and Organ

by | Oct 9, 2021

The well-known Italian composer and violinist Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) spent his early years in Germany and France as a virtuoso violinist before returning to his native country in 1685. Corelli’s influence is based on three instrumental genres: the sonata,...