Markus Wuersch performs Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Hob.VIIe:1 – 1st Movement: Allegro.
Markus Wuersch: Keyed Trumpet
Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn
Kevin Griffiths: Conductor

Joseph Haydn's Concerto per il Clarino (Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Hob.VIIe:1) was written in 1796 for his long-time friend Anton Weidinger. A favorite of the trumpet repertoire, it was composed for the keyed trumpet. This instrument with its new chromatic possibilities was in fashion for only 30 years around the turn to the 19th century and forms the link between the baroque trumpet, that had no keys or other valves, and the more modern trumpet with valves, which has been used exclusively since the 19th century.

Researchers at the Bern University of the Arts have dedicated themselves to this relic of music history: Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation they not only went into the history of this instrument, but developed – in collaboration with instrument maker Konrad Burri and based on an original instrument in the private collection of Karl Burri, Zimmerwald (nowadays Klingende Sammlung, Bern) – also an “improved” keyed instrument for the curricular use at the Bern University of the Arts.

Markus Würsch, member of the research team, is professor of modern, natural and romantic trumpet at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) and at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. For some years now, he performs almost exclusively on historical instruments. He frequently appears with the ensembles “La Cetra” and I Barocchisti (RSI, Italian Swiss Radio) and continues to interpret the Haydn and Hummel trumpet concertos on the keyed trumpet.

For further information contact and see:
www.markuswuersch.ch
www.hkb.bfh.ch
www.hkb-interpretation.ch