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She appeared on BBC Radio 4’s long-running Desert Island Discs programme on 4 October 2015; her favourite piece of music was Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, her favourite book The Complete Scores of Bach, and her luxury item a trumpet.
Joining Handel’s exuberant Music for the Royal Fireworks are works by two other German-born composers – JS Bach and Telemann – and by the London-born Henry Purcell. “These baroque composers knew the instrument they were writing for,” says Balsom.
Listen to Bach: Works for Trumpet by Alison Balsom on Apple Music. Stream songs including "Concerto in D Major, BWV 972: I. Allegro (after Vivaldi)", "Concerto in D Major, BWV 972: II. Adagio (after Vivaldi)" and more.
ALISON BALSOM. Featured. Mar 23, 2024. Alison Balsom gives UK premiere of new Wynton Marsalis trumpet concerto. Mar 23, 2024. Four performances of the trumpet concerto with the LSO under Sir Antonio Pappano will begin with the UK première at the Barbican on April 11th.
