The trumpet shall sound
A PLAINTIVE trumpet melody cuts over the plangent sound of the cor anglais. Gentle dissonance reveals the work’s modernism: composed in 1939, Aaron Copland’s Quiet City is a meditative contemplation of change. It was the piece that Alison Balsom performed in the brass finals of BBC Young Musician in 1998, the competition that propelled the trumpeter into the spotlight and marked the beginning of a new phase for the instrument. Copland’s work is the title track to Miss Balsom’s latest recording, the first instalment in a new five-album deal with Warner Classics.
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