Malcolm McNab, 'La Plus Que Lente' (Claude Debussy)

Malcolm McNab (1943) is considered one of the greatest trumpeters of all time. He has performed on nearly 2000 film and television soundtracks. The legendary trumpeteer has an unparalleled career as studio musician in Hollywood. His journey with composer John Williams as principal trumpet on 40+ films between 1973 and 2011, including some of the Maestro’s most beloved scores such as 'Jaws', 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', 'E.T.', 'Jurassic Park' and the 'Indiana Jones' films is nothing less than amazing.

McNab has found time to teach music at various schools, including UCLA, Pomona College, and branches of the California State University. He has twice been the recipient of the Most Valuable Player Award of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He has also held several summer trumpet workshops called 'Camp McNab' and appeared around the world in seminars and masterclasses, teaching and mentoring brilliant young players who then went into successful careers.

Ayke Agus (1949) is an Indonesian classical violinist and pianist, known primarily through her longtime collaboration with the great Russian violinist Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987). She is one of the rare classical music performers who has performed as a soloist accompanied by an orchestra as a multi-instrumentalist.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was a French composer and pianist. He is among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

'La Plus Que Lente' ('The More Than Slow') is a waltz for solo piano written by Debussy in 1910, shortly after his publication of the 'Préludes', Book I. The piece debuted at the New Carlton Hotel in Paris, where it was transcribed for strings and performed by the popular gipsy violinist Léoni, for whom Debussy wrote it, and to whom was given the manuscript by the composer.

Debussy arranged the piece for small orchestra (flute, clarinet, piano, cimbalom and strings), which was published in 1912.

With scenes from the film 'AMA' (2018), by the freediver, dancer, director and model photo Julie Gautier (1979). Check it out:

https://youtu.be/bdBuDg7mrT8

Check also the making of 'AMA':

https://youtu.be/CI85pzpki1M

Recorded in the album 'The Infinite Trumpet' (2010).

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