Alison Balsom reveals the Top 5 Trumpet Concertos of all time!

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Star English trumpeter Alison Balsom reveals the five trumpet concertos she considers to be the greatest of all time (“I hesitate to say ‘greatest’ because it isn’t a sport! And it is also pretty subjective,” she adds).
With thanks to Warner Classics for the recordings of the Telemann, Haydn, Hummel and Tomasi Trumpet Concertos. Find out all about Alison’s latest Warner Classics UK releases here: clssicfm.co/3Osp2Fh
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Telemann Trumpet Concerto
1:40 Haydn Trumpet Concerto
4:15 Hummel Trumpet Concerto
6:57 Tomasi Trumpet Concerto
9:31 Thea Musgrave Trumpet Concerto
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@composingatnight Жыл бұрын

It’s actually nice to hear her natural tone without the reverb of a hall coloring the tone or the engineers eq’d sound in the recordings.

@Eric-ih1ld 7 күн бұрын

Very Soul and Calming piece of the Thea Musgrave... Thank you for sharing!!!!

@user-rn1lb8sx2c 2 жыл бұрын

Such a phenomenal musician

@K.A.C. 7 ай бұрын

She´s so wonderful.

@davidwallace1390 Жыл бұрын

Great showcase for your awesome talent. Thanks for sharing, especially the background of the pieces.

@imtrex521 6 ай бұрын

Of course she is an astounding intellect!❤❤🎉🎉😅😅

@ktang001 6 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@user-fr5ys6lm5t 4 ай бұрын

So beautiful music! 🎺🎶🎵

@Arihant997 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this !!!

@khangvutien2538 Жыл бұрын

Very instructive explanation and demonstration. Thanks a lot.

@soseasidesam9823 2 жыл бұрын

Such talent.. Thanks Alison, very informative. 3rd piece reminded me of Badinage.

@mnfeston2107 Жыл бұрын

Love this for sure thank you Alison

@edwardfranks5215 Жыл бұрын

Super. The Fasch concerto is elegant and such a last movement!

@deekwilliams3255 6 ай бұрын

I could listen to you all day!

@markbeck8384 5 ай бұрын

i especially love the Hummel. Your playing sounds beautiful.

@ribeiroangels5047 Жыл бұрын

Wow. It's Perfection !!!

@trainliker100 7 ай бұрын

On the Haydn in the beginning, the "fanfare" she refers to (I call it a "call") is during the long orchestral intro. Quite a few soloists don't bother to even play the two fanfares. I think Haydn was leading the listener step by step to what the keyed trumpet could do. The fanfare is typical of the sort of things natural trumpets did. Nothing unusual there. Then the piece actually has notes going up throughout the scale. And shortly after, a descending chromatic. That chromatic would have been viewed as sensational at the time.

@anthonykaiser974 6 ай бұрын

I think you'd be correct to refer to it as a "call" such as the American "First Call (originally "Ass'y of the Buglers" aka "Call to Post") is used in the US almost ubiquitously* to summon buglers to their posts (and later - about 1860s - horse and jockey to the starting line). *the late George "Bucky" Sallee (+2016), of the Lexington, KY Keeneland track used the US cavalry call "Boots and Saddles," whose name drives from the French phrase boute-selle, "put on saddle."

@trainliker100 6 ай бұрын

@@anthonykaiser974 Times have changed. One of my activities is being a member of Bugles Across America who provide live buglers to Military Funeral Honors at no cost. The "call" that summons me is via email.

@jorgemellooliveira9611 6 ай бұрын

Lindo trabalho congratulações

@SStone-dm7es 2 жыл бұрын

No Vivaldi? Concerto for Two Trumpets? Sheer beauty!

@chebachaka 2 ай бұрын

You hear the harmonics of a perfect 4th coming off her bell like in the second movement when she is playing the E Flat? It’s ringing underneath with an undertone. Pretty amazing.

@francescomartella9048 6 ай бұрын

Davvero molto brava, non mi stanco mai di ascoltarla.

@e.h.9990 6 ай бұрын

Wow - that was great! Being a trumpet player myself, I‘d love to hear more of Thea Musgraves Trumpet Concerto: Are there any recordings available yet?

@user-kx6kb2sz1u 7 ай бұрын

평소 선생님 영상 골라서 잘 보고 있습니다.좋은 영상 감사합니다

@joelgarone4059 2 жыл бұрын

I agreed with her choice and eventually added the Arutunian's concerto.

@user-df3ss4dl6e 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent first ~rate

@user-rn1lb8sx2c 2 жыл бұрын

If I’m not mistaken, the Hummel was originally composed in E and transposed to Eb so it was easier

@GordonHudson 2 жыл бұрын

It was transposed to Eb to make it easier on Bb trumpet, but there are several recordings of it in E. One quote early from Maurice Andre recorded on a C trumpet (it lies easily under the fingers on a C trumpet surprisingly in spite of the four sharps) and later one by Hakan Hardenberg on C trumpet. More recent recordings in E have been done on special E trumpets built for the purpose - which seems a bit pointless to me as you would never use that instrument for anything else.

@bd1845 Жыл бұрын

@@GordonHudson Gordon are you sure the Hardenberger one was recorded on a C trumpet? He has a very ‘full symphonic ‘ sound’ on the C trumpet the recording I have I am sure it’s an E trumpet same as Wynton Marsalis he did it later when he re-recorded it and he plays it in E too. Very famous trumpet maker Schilke have made a trumpet in E for years.

@GordonHudson Жыл бұрын

@@bd1845 Pretty sure he said he did it on C.

@excornetvibbo4470 Жыл бұрын

Also Telemann in D not C

@MH-iv7tk Жыл бұрын

@@GordonHudson you are forgetting that you can use the E trumpet for one single fairly rarely played orchestral excerpt - Pulcinella - which of course justifies laying out a few grand on an E trumpet.

@josemecking8594 8 ай бұрын

A great player.

@user-xo8wv2jf5o 2 жыл бұрын

What about Aratunian then?

@mathematics5573 Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear her comparing it to sport. She must follow sports, athletics etc, where the GREATEST can be identified.

@trainliker100 7 ай бұрын

The 1956 Sonata for Trumpet by Halsey Stevens is pretty worthy, I think. Perhaps not technically a "concerto", but it does have three movements, so it is somewhat a distinction without a difference perhaps. Halsey Stevens got on my radar when I was in an orchestra that probably played the one and only performance of his "Four Pieces for Orchestra" that was based on four of the pieces from his "Five Pieces for Band" that is played a lot.

@kanewall178 5 ай бұрын

Sonatas would require a different list. I do agree the Stevens would likely make that list

@ciberlider8325 Жыл бұрын

Алиса, вы супер!

@MarkGodfrey73 5 ай бұрын

I love the Arutiunian, used to love playing it even though it's a bit stop-start.

@MarkGodfrey73 5 ай бұрын

Had a masterclass on it with Steele-Perkins once when I was young

@onefunkyboi 4 ай бұрын

same, the arutiunian would definitely be on my list.

@hans-helmutpusch346 6 ай бұрын

Wunderschöne begabte Künstlerin, bezaubernde Frau 👍🤣🌹

@jimyarman5861 3 ай бұрын

How can such a pretty lady play so beautify; in my opinion Alison is the greatest trumpeter of all time.

@vladimirtulupov8475 2 жыл бұрын

Arutunian trumpet concerto?

@CoachingMusic Жыл бұрын

A pity the videographers angles are not the best for students. Other than that 100% beautiful music.

@davel4708 4 ай бұрын

Did she say that the Mozart trumpet concerto was lost?

@agilemonk6305 8 ай бұрын

I’m completely in love ❤ with you Master Trumpeter 🎺 Alison.

@jonathanfraser321 Жыл бұрын

Thank You Alison and Classic FM. For one of the oldest instruments( it goes back to Biblical times) its amazing how few works have been composed for the trumpet. What interests me is the way Alison plays. Unlike say Louis Armstrong, she doesnt expand her cheeks. I dont know if the demands of the jazz trumpet requires a different technique , though Wynton Marsalis recorded it in the 1980s to much acclaim

@lalalalelele1189 Жыл бұрын

Jazz trumpeters are often self - taught musicians who come up with some quirky techniques which work great for them. Best example is probably Dizzy Gillespie. Whereas classically trained trumpet players like Alison normally take lessons with teachers and things like puffing your cheeks are very unusual in the classical world.

@VictoriaN72 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤ love horns

@michaeltroster9059 9 ай бұрын

My own personal favourite is Handel’s trumpet concerto in D minor..just a personal opinion.

@davidthomson7815 6 ай бұрын

Alison Thanks you very enjoyable. I would love if you could play at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (In Glasgow) especially the Musgrave concerto. We had Haken playing several years ago just wonderful. I loved playing cornet /trumpet very I am very very much an amateur.I often list to your CDs wonderful I bought my B&H student trumpet 63 years £10 plus a VB mouthpiece £7 and Arban £2.25. Inspiration my Tutor Harry Letham and Roger Voison . KR David

@user-bi3ig5ep2e 8 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤好好聽喲

@legallasalleanne1427 Жыл бұрын

For me it's Bohme🥇🥰

@allwinds3786 6 ай бұрын

She gets such a nice sound of the Schilke E3L.

@bulentkamali 6 ай бұрын

I was curious about the brand. Thanks for the info. What the last model she played? Could you figure it out?

@amarpreetsingh7066 Ай бұрын

Why...thanks dearie ^/^

@user-gw8qo6qi9j 24 күн бұрын

❤👍🌷🙏🌷❤👏🫡

@cesarhcastro66 Ай бұрын

SO NICE, SO BEAUTIE BUT...SO TALENT.

@user-rn1lb8sx2c 2 жыл бұрын

Legend

@stephenerickson8107 6 ай бұрын

There is something perfect about an E or Eb trumpet

@Paddy-power Жыл бұрын

Harutunyan trumpet concerto ?

@adude394 6 ай бұрын

Could I add the Arutiunian to her list? I love that piece!

@SuperMrSutton 6 ай бұрын

This!

@madavi6321 2 жыл бұрын

😍😍✨✨✨

@trumpetsuazo 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic. Surprised she didnt mention Artunian amongst the rest of the repertoire. I guess its too obvious.

@onefunkyboi 4 ай бұрын

it's not any more obvious than the haydn and hummel though hahah

@trumpetsuazo 4 ай бұрын

@@onefunkyboi maybe it was a top 2 obvious, then her favorites.

@Davis.smith.weightlifting Жыл бұрын

Where can music for the Musgrave be purchased?

@reidwhitton6248 Жыл бұрын

I don't think there is a commercial recording available. Maybe Alison will record it soon?

@Davis.smith.weightlifting Жыл бұрын

@@reidwhitton6248 seems a little odd to call a concerto one of the top 5 of all time if no one has heard a recording and can’t get any music. She’s my favorite soloist particularly on piccolo, but that’s just a weird move to make in a video like this…

@reidwhitton6248 Жыл бұрын

@@Davis.smith.weightlifting She's played the piece and that's her opinion.

@hci21 10 ай бұрын

❤

@paolomazzantini9500 5 ай бұрын

La donna ideale suona la tromba. Un caro saluto

@pongespob Жыл бұрын

Alison does a superb job on everything she plays. She won't touch the Brandenburg 2 or Michael Haydn with a 10-foot pole.

@fujiapple9675 Жыл бұрын

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

@stefanfalk8797 7 ай бұрын

😊😊😊

@nilzilane 2 жыл бұрын

Goat

@jerrykitich3318 8 ай бұрын

Go for Baroque

@paulmaglio9254 Жыл бұрын

what Eb trumpet was she playing?

@unrealrailway1592 Жыл бұрын

Probably Schilke, those are really nice instruments.

@jeffos8724 7 ай бұрын

Big Alison fan. Great video ...except for the Haydn ..which if I never play or hear again, I'll be just fine.

@karineleveille2322 13 күн бұрын

No way you heard that very tape because its same in your concertos in last movements. I copied it and lost the tape but madam, i know this solo.

@karineleveille2322 13 күн бұрын

I am in awe this solo you play is almost exact but i had copied before that tape was destroyed it is rare. Wow. That you play i can give you.

@karineleveille2322 13 күн бұрын

I had copied every note. My teachers loved it

@edwardfranks5215 Жыл бұрын

Also Fasch

@majcorbin 5 ай бұрын

@majcorbin 0 seconds ago DAVENPORT IOWA DAD JOKE of the day [Q] What do you call cement,poured,in a prison? [A] CON-crete

@larsdietrich7336 2 жыл бұрын

2:30 "Keys like this" Ehm... No

@78umdrehungen 5 ай бұрын

After the subjective "Top 5", please show the objectively measurable 5 loudest trumpet concerts.

@grahamnancledra7036 9 ай бұрын

Telemann didn't have a valved trumpet. I'd have more of an impression of her if she played the natural trumpet.

@galetrumpet 7 ай бұрын

Actually, Alison has made very fine recordings on natural trumpet.

@JMcKey21 11 ай бұрын

The Thea Musgrave concerto for trumpet is the least compelling for me. No significance.

@shimreef 8 ай бұрын

Exactly

@steviem8466 6 ай бұрын

You're wasting your talent. You could be the female Maynard Fergusson. Ger some Jazz into your system!

@Sclavus 2 жыл бұрын

F...ing boring life ..to play all the samme stuff many,many,many years.

@german.rojas85 Жыл бұрын

Wow, it is incredible how ignorance is everywhere!

@trainliker100 7 ай бұрын

I wonder how many times The Rolling Stones or The Beach Boys have played the same songs?

@StevenHaggis 6 ай бұрын

ARE YOU ON ONLYFANS???

@leventedomosi7516 8 ай бұрын

❤