Alison Balsom | Sound the Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel)

/ 2012 / … ALBUM AVAILABLE HERE: http://smarturl.it/soundtrumpet In the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Henry Purcell (1658 or 1659-1695), whose anthems, odes, sinfonias and operas have provided the music for numerous royal celebrations from their own day to the present. Joining forces with Trevor Pinnock, harpsichordist, conductor and pioneer of historical performance, and with the English Concert orchestra that he founded, Balsom demonstrates the versatility and expressive power of her valve-less instrument in original works and new arrangements. These include Purcell’s Sound the trumpet and Handel’s Eternal Source of light divine in duet with countertenor Iestyn Davies and Purcell’s The Plaint from The Fairy Queen in duet with soprano Lucy Crowe. Further repertoire includes suites from Purcell’s semi-operas King Arthur (1691) and The Fairy Queen (1692) in new arrangements by Balsom and Pinnock, Handel’s Water Piece in D Major HWV 341 and his Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major HWV 301 transposed into C Major. Alison Balsom is one of today’s most popular classical musicians. Having managed to break through to the mainstream without abandoning her musical integrity, she continues to draw ever-wider audiences for her performances and recordings of diverse repertoire.
/ 2019 / …
Subscribe: https://clssicfm.co/SubscribeToClassicFM What is a baroque trumpet (or a ‘natural’ trumpet) – and how on earth do you play it? British trumpet virtuoso Alison Balsom, whose new album ‘Royal Fireworks’ is all recorded on this wonderful instrument, explains the ins and outs of the natural trumpet. Buy Alison’s album 👉 clssicfm.co/royalfireworks
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Haydn / Trumpet Concerto
/ 2022 / … Sound the Trumpet – Henry Purcell.
Filmed live from the London International Festival of Early Music 2021. Mezzo-sopranos Rebecca Leggett and Elisabeth Paul take over this famous (traditionally countertenor) duet, with artistic director Toby Ward (chamber organ), Richard Gowers (harpsichord) and Rachel Kay (cello). Arguably the most famous movement from Purcell’s 1694 Ode for Queen Mary’s Birthday: Come Ye Sons of Art, Sound the Trumpet involves no trumpets at all, but the singers imitating trumpets underpinned by one of the most famous and lively modulating ground bass patterns in the repertoire. The text is attributed to Nahum Tate, poet laureate at the end of the 17th century, who is remembered for writing the Christmas carol, ‘While Shepherds watched’. www.ensembleprovictoria.com