Alison Balsom - Caprice

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ARBAN / BACH / LINDBERG / PAGANINI / PIAZZOLLA / MOZART / etc
Alison Balsom - Caprice
Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Gotheburg Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

[ EMI / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 1 November 2006

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Alison Balsom's wide-ranging repertoire includes the popular Haydn, Hummel, and Arutiunian concertos, and extends from baroque and classical pieces by Clarke and Marcello, to Copland's Quiet City, Zimmerman's concerto Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, MacMillans's Epiclesis, Birtwistle's Endless Parade and HK Gruber's Ariel. She performs on both modern and natural trumpets.

Whilst represented by the Young Artists Concert Trust, Alison caught the ear of EMI Classics, who released her debut CD in 2002 and have recently renewed their commitment with an exclusive three disc contract. Her following CD, an all-Bach programme, was released in September 2005.

A trumpet concerto by Joby Talbot, whose recent commissions include his Proms debut and music for the Disney Film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, commissioned for Alison by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Turku Philharmonic orchestras, will be premiered in late 2006.

Alison is currently a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, under whose auspices she has already given concerts at the Wigmore Hall, and with many of the BBC orchestras, including the BBC Symphony and Sir Andrew Davis, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Recent performances have included the Stuttgart Radio Symphony with Sir Roger Norrington, Bamberg Symphony with Mikko Franck, Munich Chamber Orchestra with Christoph Poppen, the BBC Proms, and the Barbican's Mostly Mozart Festival. Alison performs regularly with the London Chamber Orchestra, and her future engagements include the Belgian National Orchestra with Mikko Franck, and her US debut with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, followed by concerts with the Colorado Symphony and IRIS Chamber Orchestra.

Alison studied trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music, the Paris Conservatoire, and with Håkan Hardenberger. She was a concerto finalist in the BBC Young Musicians Competition in 1998.

"The young British trumpeter Alison Balsom is a real star: resplendent and well-varied tone, crisp attack, absolute ease of production throughout the range." BBC Music

Tracks:

Arban:
Variations on Bellini's Norma
arr. J.Milone

Bach, J S:
Violin Concerto BWV1041 - Andante
transc. A.Balsom

Debussy:
Syrinx
arr. A.Balsom

Falla:
Siete Canciones populares espanolas
orch. L.Berio

Lindberg, O:
Gammal fabodpsalm
arr. J.Milone

Mozart:
Rondo alla Turca
arr. J.Milone

Der Hölle Rache - Queen of the Night's Aria (from Die Zauberflöte)
transc. A.Balsom

Paganini:
Caprice No. 24
arr. A.Balsom / J.Milone

Piazzólla:
Libertango
arr. J.Milone

Escualo
arr. J.Milone

Rachmaninov:
Vocalise, Op.34, No.14

Tomasi:
Nocturne (from Trumpet concerto)