Like other complex pieces of machinery, musical instruments evolve and improve over time. In 1795, Anton Weidinger invented the equivalent of power steering for the trumpet. He created a trumpet with keys, so the player could play every note with ease, not just some of them. Weidinger also happened to be a colleague of Joseph Haydn's. The result of that confluence was Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E-flat. We'll hear a performance by British trumpeter Alison Balsom, from a concert last month in Manchester, England.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Henri Tomasi: Nocturne from Trumpet Concerto
Alison Balsom, trumpet, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, conductor
Albert Roussel: Concerto for Small Orchestra, Op. 34
The Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, Pierre Vallet, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
Robert Schumann: Marchenbilder (Fairy Tales), Op. 113
Lyda Chen, viola, Martha Argerich, piano
RSI Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Hob. Vlle, No. 1
Alison Balsom, trumpet, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England
Hour 2
Ignaz Paderewski: Minuet in G, Op. 14, No. 1
Stephen Hough, piano
Silvestre Revueltas: Redes Suite
The YOA Orchestra of the Americas, Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Quebec
Johann Christian Bach: Grand Overture in D for Double Orchestra, Op. 18, No. 3
The Arion Baroque Orchestra and Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon, conductor
Claude Champagne Hall, Montreal, Quebec
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 75
Stephen Hough, piano, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia
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