Today, there is a continuation of the week long focus on the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with a recording by principal trumpeter Chris Hart performing Haydn's Trumpet Concerto, conducted by ...

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Receiving its UK premiere in a programme with Britten and Walton, Nico Muhly’s trumpet concerto is inspired by the instrument’s biblical – sometimes apocalyptic – associat ...

Internationally-acclaimed trumpeter Alison Balsom joins Frances Fyfield to study the manuscript of Johann Hummel's famous, and famously challenging, Trumpet Concerto. Show more Johann Hummel was a ...

'Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert …" Trumpeter Alison Balsom sighs as she reels off the names – and in that sigh lies the reason why the trumpet is an unlikely Cinderella on the classical concert podium.

Here’s an amazing array of classical music performances to choose from this week. – On Wednesday, April 26 at Noon, Trinity Cathedral’s Brownbag Bach Fest continues with violinist Andrew Sords ...

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Lan Shui, Conductor São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Ole Edward Antonsen, Trumpet Henri Tomasi, Composer Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Robert Planel, Composer Ole ...

A small step in the evolution of the trumpet. “Ear Trumpet 1”. Photo by Eknath Gomphotherium, used with permission. We’re back with a new episode! Whooo! How did the trumpet morph from a simple horn ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Why commission a new work for orchestra? Paul Grangaard had many reasons for ...

The audience at Mandeville Auditorium saw something strange Thursday evening. Soloist Pacho Flores strode on stage in front of the San Diego Symphony, perilously carrying two trumpets and a cornet.