Arabesque (1978) 铜管五重奏

作曲家 1979 年 3 月 27 日星期二晚上在纽约卡内基演奏厅的说明：查理-卓别麟（Charlie Chaplin）曾向我们介绍过他的喜剧秘诀：想一个最荒诞的场景，然后把它当作《李尔王》或《佩利亚斯》来导演和表演。既认真又严肃。试图搞笑的器乐曲--回旋曲、滑稽剧、幽默剧--几乎总是以欢快结束。阿拉贝斯克》的创作目的就是要让人感到欢快，并展示出五位优秀的艺术家在阅读乐谱时所能做到的事情，他们并不在意业界所谓的 "风格""

作曲家: Bennett Robert Russell
乐器: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone and bass trombone
出版社: Maurice River Press
原文简介:
The composer's note from Tuesday evening, March 27, 1979, at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City: Charlie Chaplin once gave us his recipe for comedy: think of the most ridiculous situation you can, and then direct and play it as though it were King Lear or Pelléas. Dead earnest and dead serious. Instrumental music that tries to be funny—scherzos, burlesques, humoresques—nearly always ends up being merely cheerful. The Arabesque is written to be cheerful and to show what five fine artists, unconcerned with what the trade calls “style,” can do when they read music.