Latest News: Classical, Alison Balsom (Trumpet)
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Recording of the Week,
Baroque Concertos from Alison Balsom 18th October 2024
Alison Balsom returns to the Baroque with a new collection of concerto adaptations by Simon Wright, and with the collaboration of Trevor Pinnock and Pinnock's Players.
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Interview,
Alison Balsom on Quiet City 14th September 2022
The trumpet-player discusses her new album of music by composers including Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein and Ives, and reflects on the unique qualities of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie...
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Recording of the Week,
Alison Balsom's Quiet City 26th August 2022
Alison Balsom and the Britten Sinfonia offer a colourful collection of works and arrangements that place the trumpet firmly at the centre of attention.
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Interview,
Alison Balsom on Légende 30th May 2016
Katherine talks to the trumpet-player about her first recital disc with piano, out now on Warner Classics.
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Recording of the Week,
Alison Balsom performs trumpet music inspired by Paris 8th September 2014
Katherine listens to trumpeter Alison Balsom's new disc of works and arrangements with a jazzy, Parisian flavour.
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Recording of the Week,
Alison Balsom: Sound The Trumpet 8th October 2012
In her first solo album to be performed exclusively on the natural trumpet, Balsom joins The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock for a programme of music celebrating real or mythic monarchs by Handel and Purcell, including excerpts from The Fairy Queen, King Arthur and Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne.
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Recording of the Week,
Alison Balsom 6th February 2012
The British trumpeter’s new album Seraph takes its title from a new concertino composed for her by James MacMillan in 2010, and also includes music by Arutiunian, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Takemitsu.
