Chieba is a duo for Trumpet and multi percussion.
It was commissioned by Adrian Spillett and Alison Balsom
As one of my best selling works it has been performed widely. It is programmed frequently in both Percussion recitals and Trumpet recitals as the piece features both instruments equally.
The set up and instrumentation is …..
Many people have played this piece without the Timp. I’m fine with this. it works OK without!
Right now I’m woking on a new version of this piece which will be a trio version. Probably keep the parts we already have pretty much the same but injecting a bunch of harmony by adding an Organ part. Should be ready by the end of summer 2017. Watch this space.
There are many versions of this available on youtube.
In no particular order, here are some of them…..