The concerto is composed in B-flat Major - the solo part is for Trumpet in C. Finished in 1948, the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra was composed by the French composer, conductor and the 1927 winner of the Grand Prix de Rome,Henri Tomasi (1901-1971), and lasts approximately 14 minutes.

Dedicated to the trumpeter Ludovic Vaillant, soloist at the National Orchestra, the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra was premiered in Paris in 1949.

The first part, which lasts 7 minutes, Allegro and ...