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Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, OBE (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and three German Echo Awards, and was a soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009.
Musgrave's inspiration for the concerto came from two main sources. The first was during her first meeting with Balsom, who mentioned that she loved to "sing" with her instrument. In the score program note, Musgrave wrote, "This idea of using the trumpet as a 'singing' instrument immediately captured my imagination."
SE’s extensive recording catalogue includes: EMI Classics’ top-selling CD of 2010: Italian Concertos with Alison Balsom; recent recordings of Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Takemitsu and Debussy on Linn Records; and a recording of its 2016 collaboration with composer and producer Anna Meredith, released on Moshi Moshi Records in August 2018.
Recorded in New York City in 1987, the album was produced by Kip Hanrahan and Piazzolla. [5] [6] Its music was originally developed as a theater performance about the history of the tango. [7] Piazzolla, who played the bandoneon, recorded the album with his Quinteto Tango Nuevo. [8] [9] Paquito D'Rivera played saxophone on Rough Dancer. [10]
Alison Balsom plays Claude Debussy's Syrinx, Jean-Baptiste Arban's Variations on Bellini’s 'Norma' ('Casta diva'), Georges Enesco's Légende, Toru Takemitsu's Paths and arrangements of If I were a bell and Autumn leaves. 5.
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A reproduction baroque trumpet. The baroque trumpet is a musical instrument in the brass family. [1] Its designed to allow modern performers to imitate the natural trumpet when playing music of that time, so it is often associated with it.
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Renes. Handel "The trumpet shall sound" (from Messiah) Orchestra: The Sixteen, conductor: Harry Christophers, singer: Christopher Purves: Jean-Baptiste Arban Variations on 'The Carnival of Venice' Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble.