Beethoven Haydn Schubert

One of the world's finest period-instrument orchestras, The Hanover Band makes a first visit to Malvern with this large-scale programme, which includes Haydn's famous trumpet concerto (the first composed for the then newly invented valve trumpet) and Schubert's Symphony No. 9 'The Great'.

This concert features an opportunity to hear Haydn's trumpet concerto performed on an original historic instrument – an extremely rare event, as these instruments are only very occasionally performed on.

David Blackadder will perform on an instrument originally made in Nuremberg by Johann Carl Kodisch around 1700. It was made by Mathew Martin of Norwich Natural Trumpets and has extremely light tubing which makes it easier to play sustained passages in the high register. This technique of playing developed throughout the 17th and 18th centuries and became highly prized by composers and their patrons alike. The sound that can be achieved in the high register is not unlike that of a woodwind instrument, and the trumpet was indeed said to be capable of being 'as sweet as an Oboe'. By using different articulations the best trumpeters could play very delicately and their trills were said to rival that of any flautist of the day.

Programme:
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Haydn Trumpet Concerto
Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C 'The Great'

Performers:
David Blackadder natural trumpet
The Hanover Band
Leon Bosch conductor