Opus number: op. 95
Title: Caprice No. 8, “Wayfaring Stranger”
Instrumentation: trumpet
Commissioned: Carson Cooman
Date written: 2007
Length: four minutes
Premiere performance:
Program Notes: Caprice No. 8 for solo trumpet, Op. 95, was commissioned by Carson Cooman for his brother the trumpeter Colby Cooman. It is based on the folk hymn tune “Wayfaring Stranger” and is a short scherzo that quotes the hymn in its central section.
