Trumpeter Ansel Norris says "The trumpet is an unruly beast that must be coaxed into a calm and agreeable state... Some days it comes very naturally, and others it requires a bit more wrangling." Norris certainly wrangled his unruly trumpet during the 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition finals. On today's show, hear him at that competition, playing Rodion Shchedrin's Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Triebensee: Variations on a Theme of Haydn from Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"
Marilyn Zupnik, oboe; Kathryn Greenbank, oboe; Elizabeth Starr, cor anglais
Beethoven & Triebensee
AVS 6192
Asako Hirabayashi: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe; Charles Ullery, bassoon; Asako Hirabayashi, piano
Bauman Fine Arts Series, Parkway United Church of Christ, Minneapolis, MN
Cesar Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
Benjamin Beilman, violin; Alessio Bax, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
Steven Reineke: Sedona
Aspen Music Festival Orchestral Ensemble; Lawrence Isaacson, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Hour 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Lilacs and Sorochintsy Fair: Hopak
Alessio Bax, piano
Rachmaninoff: Preludes & Melodies
Signum Classics 264
Rodion Shchedrin: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Ansel Owen Norris, trumpet; Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra; Arseny Shuplyakov, conductor
The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
Alexandre Tansman: Suite for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Nicholas Stovall, oboe; Amitav Vardi, clarinet; Kristin Wolfe Jensen, bassoon
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Nino Rota: Intermezzo for Viola and Piano
Steven Tenenbom, viola; Alessio Bax, piano
Franklin College Chamber Music Series & CMSLC, Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
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