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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 ...

Joseph Haydn was an Austrian musician who spent most of his career in the service of an aristocratic family in Hungary but became one of the most famous and well-respected composers of his time. As ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arrangements suitable for orchestral instruments, for beginners up to Grade 5. All parts have been designed to work together to enable mixed-ability groups to perform together. The Haydn Trumpet ...