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Hannah French visits trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins to explore the vast differences in musical pitch which had an impact on music-making through the centuries.

Hannah French visits trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins to explore the vast differences in musical pitch which had an impact on music-making through the centuries.

Crispian explains how the trumpet evolved to cope with these differences, and why we eventually settled on the now fully-accepted A=440.

We'll hear some of Crispian's recordings, and others, including pieces by Lully, Vivaldi, Purcell, Handel and Bach.

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Sun 28 Jun 202617:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Prélude des trompettes et autres instruments pour Mars

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Les Grandes Eaux Musicales De Versailles.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major, RV.537

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments.
    • The Fam'd Italian Masters: Baroque Music for Trumpets & Strings.
    • Hyperion.

  • Henry Purcell

    Jubilate Deo [Te Deum and Jubilate Deo, Z.232]

    Ensemble: The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The Trumpet Shall Sound [Messiah, HWV.56]

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: David Thomas. Singer: David Thomas. Singer: Margaret Cable. Singer: Margaret Cable. Singer: Emily Van Evera. Singer: Emily Van Evera. Singer: James Bowman. Singer: James Bowman. Singer: Joseph Cornwell. Singer: Joseph Cornwell. Ensemble: The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players. Ensemble: The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Handel: Messiah (extracts).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal Source of Light Divine Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV.74]

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Singer: James Bowman. Ensemble: The King's Consort.
    • Handel: Music for Royal Occasions.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob.VIIe:1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Ensemble: The King's Consort.
    • Classical Trumpet Concertos.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV.1047 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147, Pt. 1

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Lyricist: Salomon Franck. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach, J.S.: Cantatas & Sacred Masterpieces.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 8.

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  • Sun 28 Jun 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3

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