With this new instrument, all sorts of new chromatic passages were possible, but it sacrificed considerable tone quality in comparison to the natural trumpet, and for these reasons the keyed trumpet was used exclusively for execution of solo parts in concertos. The valved trumpet did not emerge until later). He wrote it specifically for his friend, Anton Weidinger, who had invented a type of “keyed trumpet,” which had holes in its bore, similar to woodwinds, to achieve a proper chromatic scale (before that time, the “natural trumpet” was the only one in use, which had no holes or valves of any kind. Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Third Movement was written in 1796 when Haydn was 64 years old. For those of you who do not know, Wynton Marsalis is the man when it comes to trumpet to give you an idea, he has won nine Grammys (for both jazz and classical recordings and compositions), a Pulitzer Prize for Music (the first jazz composition to do so, a jazz oratorio named Blood On The Fields), the National Medal of Arts, and countless other awards.īut this post is not about Marsalis, I just wanted you to help you appreciate how cool this recording is. I am somewhat proud of the recording I found, because not only is it a good recording of the third movement by itself, but Wynton Marsalis is the soloist (!!!!!!!!!). Alright everyone, get ready for this piece.
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