Despite having his own highly virtuosic orchestra, Haydn wrote his Trumpet Concerto for an old friend called Anton Weidinger, who was a member of the Imperial Court Orchestra in Vienna. Weidinger was ...

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 ...

Anton Weidinger’s experimental instrument never caught on so the concerto composed for it was forgotten until the 1930s Joseph Haydn wrote his trumpet concerto for his friend Anton Weidinger The other ...

We're back in Vienna. Recently Performance Today featured all nine symphonies by Beethoven conducted by Simon Rattle. Those recordings were made last year. We're checking back in on the Vienna ...

Arrangements suitable for orchestral instruments, for beginners up to Grade 5. All parts have been designed to work together to enable mixed-ability groups to perform together. The Haydn Trumpet ...

The Manawatū Youth Orchestra performs at the Speirs Centre on Sunday afternoon. Scott Sun wanted to learn the trumpet as he says it’s a cool instrument. On Sunday he will be the soloist for Joseph ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The Santa Fe Symphony’s concert on Sunday, Jan. 16, features a true rara avis: a trumpet concerto by a female ...

None of us alive now — or for the past two hundred years, actually — remembers when the trumpet was not able to play a melody. As loud, commanding and often shrill as it was; prior to 1800, the sleek ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- If trumpets could talk, they'd call Jens Lindemann their hero. The Grammy-nominated Canadian trumpet soloist and teacher has spent his career shattering unflattering stereotypes ...

Despite having his own highly virtuosic orchestra, Haydn wrote his Trumpet Concerto for an old friend called Anton Weidinger, who was a member of the Imperial Court Orchestra in Vienna. Weidinger was ...