Barbara Bruckmüller

5. Strange Angel With His Trumpet
composer & arranger: Barbara Bruckmüller
trumpet solo: Bastian Stein                       
   
dedicated to Karl „Bummi“ Fian  (June 24, 1960, Vienna, Austria – January 5, 2006)

Bummi Fian was one of the greatest trumpet player I’ve known. This beautiful obituary from great saxophonist Florian Bramböck was inspiring me to write this piece. I couldn’t have described Bummi Fian and his life better.

Brilliant your tone, lonely your death, unsurpassed your power,
Inaccessible your will, deep as a well your kindness, dark your addiction,
Lightning-fast your humour, weak your reason, rousing your crescendo,
Hopeless your last year, inimitable your calm, tremulous your soul, most tender your nuances,
Weak your carefulness,

Brilliant your tone, unsurpassed your power, deep as a well your kindness,
Lightning-fast your humour, rousing your crescendo, inimitable your calm,
Most tender your nuances, and all given to us, exuded,
You strange angel, you have returned

glanzvoll dein ton, einsam dein tod,
unerreicht deine kraft, unerreichbar dein wille,
brunnentief deine güte, dunkel deine sucht,
blitzend dein humor, schwach deine vernunft,
mitreissend dein crescendo, hoffnungslos dein letztes jahr,
einzigartig deine ruhe, zitternd deine seele,
zartest deine nuancen, schwach deine vorsicht.

glanzvoll dein ton, unerreicht deine kraft, 
brunnentief deine güte, blitzend dein humor,
mitreissend dein crescendo, einzigartig deine ruhe, zartest deine nuancen,
und alles uns geschenkt, verströmt, 
du seltsamer engel bist zurückgekehrt.