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 ...

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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 ...

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Atvars Lakstigala, Conductor Ketil Christensen, Trumpet Liepaja Symphony Orchestra Joseph Haydn, Composer Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Atvars Lakstigala, ...

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 ...

From a new release on the Naxos label, we open the hour with the closing movement from Haydn's Trumpet Concerto. The trumpet soloist is Niklas Eklund, with conductor Roy Goodman and the Swedish ...

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Karl-Heinz Steffens, Conductor Joseph Haydn, Composer Gábor Tarkövi, Trumpet Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Bamberg Symphony Orchestra ...

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 ...