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Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.
Hummel was born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, then a part of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy (now Bratislava in Slovakia). His father, Johannes Hummel, was the director of the Imperial School of Military Music in Vienna and the conductor there of Emanuel Schikaneder's theatre orchestra at the Theater auf der Wieden; his mother, Margarethe Sommer Hummel, was the widow of the wigmaker Josef Ludwig. He was named after St John of Nepomuk. At the age of eight, he was offered music lessons by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was impressed with his ability. Hummel was taught and housed by Mozart for two years free of charge and made his first concert appearance at the age of nine at one of Mozart's concerts.
Hummel's father then took him on a European tour, arriving in London where he received instruction from Muzio Clementi and where he stayed for four years before returning to Vienna. In 1791 Joseph Haydn, who was in London at the same time as young Hummel, composed a sonata in A-flat major for Hummel, who gave its first performance in the Hanover Square Rooms in Haydn's presence. When Hummel finished, Haydn reportedly thanked the young man and gave him a guinea.
A trumpet concerto is a concerto for solo trumpet and instrumental ensemble, customarily the orchestra. Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Some major composers have contributed to the trumpet concerto repertoire, with the best known work being Joseph Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E-flat.
Traditionally a three-movement work, the modern-day trumpet concerto has occasionally been structured in four or more movements. In some trumpet concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the trumpet is accompanied by a chamber ensemble rather than an orchestra.
The following concertos are presently found near the centre of the mainstream Western repertoire for the trumpet.
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Joseph Haydn's Concerto per il Clarino, (Hob.: VIIe/1) (Trumpet Concerto in E flat major) was written in 1796 for his long-time friend Anton Weidinger. Joseph Haydn was 64 years of age.
Anton Weidinger developed a keyed trumpet which could play chromatically throughout its entire range. Before this, the trumpet was valveless and could only play a limited range of harmonic notes by altering the vibration of the lips; also called by the name of natural trumpet. Most of these harmonic notes were clustered in the higher registers, so previous trumpet concertos could only play melodically with the high register (e.g., Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2). Haydn's concerto includes melodies in the middle and lower register, exploiting the capabilities of the new instrument.
There were attempts all over Europe around the mid-classical era to expand the range of the trumpet using valves, but Weidinger's idea of drilling holes and covering them with flute-like keys was not a success as it had very poor sound quality. Thus the natural trumpet still had continual use in the classical orchestra while the keyed trumpet had barely any repertoire. The valved trumpets used today were first constructed and used in the 1830s.
Leopold Mozart's Trumpet Concerto in D major was completed in 1762, and is now "popular with trumpeters." The work is in two movements:
Besides the solo trumpet in D, the concerto is scored for two horns in D and strings. Only the first movement provides room for a cadenza; the Gábor Darvas edition published by Editio Musica gives an 8-measure cadenza which requires no ledger lines but consistently involves small note values. In fact, in regards to range, the concerto is "cautious."
Nikolaus Harnoncourt with Vienna Concentus Musicus chooses this Trumpet Concerto to cap off a disc of music by the composer's son, which includes the Bassoon Concerto K. 191.
It can also be found on several CDs with trumpet concertos by other composers, such as:
John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (Czech: Jan Nepomucký, German: Johannes Nepomuk) (c. 1345 – March 20, 1393) is the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic), who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. On the basis of this account, John of Nepomuk is considered the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional, a patron against calumnies and, because of the manner of his death, a protector from floods and drowning.
Jan Velflín (Welflin, Wölflin) z Pomuku came from the small market town of Pomuk (later renamed Nepomuk) in Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic, which belonged to the nearby Cistercian abbey. His surname is a diminutive of the German name Wolfgang.
Born in the 1340s, he first studied at the University of Prague, then furthered his studies in canon law at the University of Padua from 1383 to 1387. In 1393 he was made the vicar-general of Saint Giles Cathedral by Jan of Jenštejn (1348–1400), who was the Archbishop of Prague from 1378 to 1396. In the same year, on March 20, he was tortured and thrown into the river Vltava from Charles Bridge in Prague at the behest of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia.
Alison Balsom (1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer and music educator. Recorded live on the last night of the BBC Proms, September 12th, 2009, Royal Albert Hall, London. David Robertson, conductor. Check Guy Touvron interpreting Haydn Trumpet Concerto in Eb: https://youtu.be/AwmSnKBaiaY?si=e5QZMnlp63guGltL Check Hakan Hardenberger playing Haydn Trumpet Concerto in Eb: https://youtu.be/V06rNc5JcZw?si=drwV4hvmETNYn7jg Check Gábor Tarkövi playing 'Haydn Trumpet Concerto in Eb': https://youtu.be/NHjgSiTBddM Check Thierry Caens interpreting 'Haydn Trumpet Concerto in Eb': https://youtu.be/dH7jfLI9l-E Check Ole Edvard Antonsen performing Haydn Trumpet Concerto in Eb: https://youtu.be/U4tUeSxdPNs Check Wynton Marsalis playing 'Haydn Trumpet Concerto in Eb', 1st...
🎵 Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): Coming soon! 🎬🎮 Our music is available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: https://www.brilliantclassicslicensing.com/ Tracklist: Artists: Virtuosi Saxoniae & Ludwig Güttler Francesco Onofrio Manfredini: Concerto in D Major: 00:00:00 I. Allegro 00:03:04 II. Largo 00:04:41 III. Allegro Jan Dismas Zelenka: Caprice in F Major, ZWV 184: 00:06:56 I. Staccato e forte – Allegro 00:09:30 II. Allemande 00:12:05 III. Allegro 00:16:07 IV. Menuett – Trio I – Trio II Johann Joachim Quantz: Concerto in E-Flat Major, QV 5:89: 00:22:57 I. Allegro 00:27:17 II. Siciliano. Larghetto 00:30:09 III. Allegro Anonymous: Concerto in E-Flat ...
NEW VIDEOS EVERY SECOND FRIDAY, SO SUBSCRIBE AND STAY TUNED! Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major Trumpet: Gábor Tarkövi Conductor: Marc Minkowski Karajan-Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker Recorded at the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie, 9 March 2018 Come to our next concert: https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/academy/ Connect with us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Karajan-Academy-of-the-Berliner-Philharmoniker-170592470519670/ Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karajanacademy/ ...and don´t forget to subscribe, like and share!
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Trumpet concertos by George Frederic Handel (including rare ones!) 01. Concerto in B flat major HWV301 00:00 Adagio Allegro Siciliana Vivace 02. Concerto in G minor HWV287 06:58 Grave Allegro Sarabande Allegro 03. Concerto in D major HWV341 15:24 Overture Allegro Air March 04. Suite for trumpet, oboes & orchestra 25:21 Allegro Rigaudon Aria anglése Sarabande Hornpipe Menuet Gigue 05. Concerto in D minor HWV367a 42:12 Largo Vivace Furioso Adagio Alla breve 06. Concerto for two trumpet & orchestra in D major HWV335 51:35 Largo Allegro Allegro ma non troppo Maurice Andre Hedwig Bilgram Roger Delmotte Hermann Scherchen Karl Richter Robert King Arthur Haneuse Wiener Staatsoper King Consort Münchener Bach Orchester
Lucienne Renaudin Vary's Trumpet Concertos album showcases four concertos and a bonus one-movement "concerto" by the big-band maestro Harry James. Discover here: https://w.lnk.to/trcoLY In this jazzy, brief-but-brilliant work, Lucienne performs with French hornist Florian Abacherli, trumpeters Philipp Hutter and Dominic Wunderli, trombonist Simone Maffioletti, and tubist Hans Duss. She has recorded the rest of her album with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and conductor Michael Sanderling. #ClassicalMusic #JazzMusic __________ Warner Classics ► Website: http://www.warnerclassics.com Subscribe to our: ► YT- Channel: https://wnrcl.me/subscribeYT ► Newsletter https://wnrcl.me/subscribeNL Follow us on: ► Facebook: http://www.fb.com/WarnerClassicsErato ► Instagram: http://www.i...
Tomaso Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto (originally for oboe) in B-flat major op. 7, no. 3. - Allegro - Andante - Allegro Iceland Symphony Orchestra Matthew Halls, conductor Baldvin Oddsson, soloist From a concert in Harpa, Reykjavik, December 3rd, 2015.
The world premiere (and possibly the only performance!) of He Is Armoured Without, by Peter Wiegold. This work was commissioned for the BBC Proms Brass Day on 28th July 2007 in the Royal Albert Hall, London and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. On the stage was the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fanfare Trumpets of the Band of the Coldstream Guards, the karnays of the Uzbek group Tashkent (see the video Tashkent: Traditional Uzbek Music elsewhere in this playlist), and a band of trombones. In the centre of the arena were the soloists Torbjorn Hultmark (trumpet) and David Purser (trombone). In the gallery was a ring of trumpets (the 'seraphim'); in the arena was a ring of tubas (the 'tubaphim'). These latter three groups consisted of musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music, th...
Tracklist below. Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/TorelliTrumpetConcertos More Information: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/t/torelli-trumpet-concertos-complete/ Brilliant Classics Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/brilliantclassics?si=HgGb_J0xS-avoQapy7XSHQ Brilliant Classics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brilliantclassics 00:00:00 Concerto Estienne Roger: allegro 00:01:45 Concerto Estienne Roger: adagio 00:03:39 Concerto Estienne Roger: presto 00:05:05 Sonata, G. 1: andante 00:06:42 Sonata, G. 1: allegro 00:08:10 Sonata, G. 1: Grave 00:09:52 Sonata, G. 1: allegro 00:11:22 Sinfonia, G. 2: allegro 00:12:22 Sinfonia, G. 2: Grave 00:14:10 Sinfonia, G. 2: allegro 00:15:40 Sinfonia, G. 3...
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.
Hummel was born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, then a part of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy (now Bratislava in Slovakia). His father, Johannes Hummel, was the director of the Imperial School of Military Music in Vienna and the conductor there of Emanuel Schikaneder's theatre orchestra at the Theater auf der Wieden; his mother, Margarethe Sommer Hummel, was the widow of the wigmaker Josef Ludwig. He was named after St John of Nepomuk. At the age of eight, he was offered music lessons by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was impressed with his ability. Hummel was taught and housed by Mozart for two years free of charge and made his first concert appearance at the age of nine at one of Mozart's concerts.
Hummel's father then took him on a European tour, arriving in London where he received instruction from Muzio Clementi and where he stayed for four years before returning to Vienna. In 1791 Joseph Haydn, who was in London at the same time as young Hummel, composed a sonata in A-flat major for Hummel, who gave its first performance in the Hanover Square Rooms in Haydn's presence. When Hummel finished, Haydn reportedly thanked the young man and gave him a guinea.