Humoresque

Armenian rhythmic and folk music influences are clearly in evidence, but there are no actual folk songs in it. Musicologists have asserted that Armenian influences represent the underlying musical essence all of my works, but in this work, those influences are particularly in evidence. Set against a background of melodic and lyrical trumpet notes, the rhythmic piano part presents an imitation of a popular performance practice which features national musical instruments, like the «duduk,» with percussion instruments. The trumpet part is of medium difficulty. Geghuni Chitchyan