Internationally-acclaimed trumpeter Alison Balsom joins Frances Fyfield to study the manuscript of Johann Hummel's famous, and famously challenging, Trumpet Concerto. Show more Johann Hummel was a ...

Hummel was a prodigious talent, who toured around Europe while still in short trousers. He wowed audiences as a pianist wherever he went, but it is as the composer of a work for the trumpet that he is ...

The star English trumpeter reveals the five trumpet concertos she considers to be the greatest of all time. “But these are really important in many ways,” she adds. Watch the video below, and scroll ...

Music lovers will have the rare opportunity of hearing the Trumpet as a solo instrument, when Naveen Fernando performs a trumpet concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka on Sunday, February ...

This concert promises to be fun, giving you a taste of some big-name composers; there’s Bartók’s spicy mix of Hungarian flavours, served up by the Orchestra’s captivating string section. And young ...

Classical trumpeter Alison Balsom is to retire from performing after one final concert at the Last Night Of The Proms. The musician, who is married to Skyfall director Sir Sam Mendes, confirmed this ...

Following the advice of symphony marketing director Tim Lopez, who said "go big or go home," Pamela Smitter Baker will stand on the Frauenthal stage in a "gorgeous" red dress for her solo debut with ...

Jason Lai conducts Norwegian trumpeter Tine-Thing Helseth (left) and the HK Sinfonietta performing Debussy's Prelude ?'Apres-midi d'un Faune, Hummel's Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat and Ravel's Ma Mere ...

The 46-year-old said: “I’ve been so lucky to play with some of the greatest orchestras in the world. The light hits them in a new way, and they feel different every time. “But this chance to play the ...