Trumpet Concerto S.49

<p>Hummel was appointed the successor to Joseph Haydn as <em>Konzertmeister</em> for the court orchestra of Nikolaus II Prince Esterházy in 1803. For the opening concert marking the new appointment which was held on January 1 1804 Hummel composed his three-movement concerto for trumpet with Anton Weidinger in mind the same trumpet virtuoso for whom Haydn wrote is own famous concerto. Hummel's concerto was originally in the key of E-major and Weidinger is believed to have modified some passages to ease performance. </p><p>The piece is most often heard today transposed to E-flat major (the same as for Haydn's concerto) as performance is generally easier and considerably more effective in that key. This new study score in E-flat major is a reduced-format version of the newly-engraved large score edited by Clark McAlister first issued in 2012 by the now-defunct publisher E.F. Kalmus. The matching large score and orchestra parts are also available from Serenissima Music.</p>