2 Portraits consists of two movements in a romantic contemporary style and may be played as a set or individually.

The first of these Portraits, entitled Psalm, was conceived as a Flugelhorn solo. The soloist plays a kind of quite soulful chant over a ostinato figure in the piano. There are some cadenzas for the soloist and the piece develops into several sections before returning to the ostinato figures.

The second Portrait, entitled Incantation, is for both trumpet and flugelhorn. This m...