A Modest Proposal

In the context of our recent conversations, I make a proposal:

Listen to J.S. Bach Cantata #51
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFDtRn396WY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhju4Ad_LBs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP909hFOPAk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBcCGb5A6d4
violin:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtPCDL41Dyk

Look at the score of Cantata #51
http://imslp.org/wiki/Jauchzet_Gott_in_allen_Landen,_BWV_51_%28Bach,_Johann_Sebastian%29

Remind yourself that Bach learned about music in part by adapting
works of Vivaldi for instrumental and organ composition of his own.

Listen to and look at the soprano part of Cantata 51 and tell me
what changes would be required to perform the soprano notes on the trumpet. 
All three arias are impressive to me.
The recitatives might be dropped. 

Imagine a Concerto for Two Trumpets after J.S. Bach by Nathaniel Meyer.
It would require in addition to the trumpets only four violins, two
violas and a cello or two.

Consider a world premiere of the Concerto for Two Trumpets at the Beech Street Center.
P.S. For survivors with a sense of humor and irony, it might be
the most wonderful funeral music ever composed.