Classical Music

I would say that I could probably play the piece after a long amount of practice. However, the few times when I played solos and then had to work with an accompanying instrument it always felt weird, as though I didn't learn the music correctly when rehearsing by myself.

When I was in high school I played a solo for contest my junior year and it felt shaky since I only rehearsed with the piano player for about an hour. The two young ladies that were piano players in my high school graduated so I chose not to do a solo my senior year. However, the band director put together a trumpet quartet without arranging for us to have a piano player. The first time that we played with the accompanist was before the judge and it was a disaster since she was sightreading the music. I left the room feeling embarrassed and cursing the band director under my breath for doing that to us since the four of us put in a lot of work during our rehearsals.

As far as the Haydn piece is concerned, there are some significant jumps over an octave that would be difficult to hit each time so I do believe that the piece would be slightly easier on the E♭ trumpet than B♭ trumpet.