Adagio from the Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat major Franz Joseph Haydn / Arr. Jos van de Braak

Titel / Title: Adagio from the Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat major
Untertitel / Subtitle:
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: trumpet and concert band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Baton Music solo series
Instrumentation:
Flute
1st and 2nd Oboe
1st and 2nd Basson
1st Bb Clarinet
2nd Bb Clarinet
3rd Bb Clarinet
Bass Clarinet Bb
Tenor Saxophone Bb
Baritone Saxophone Eb
String Bass
Trumpet solo Eb / Bb

Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) last solo concerto was composed to help with an experiment: in an effort to break through the trumpet's limitations Anton Weidinger - a trumpeter of the Vienna Court Orchestra - devised a new kind of trumpet with keys (like those on the modern saxophone) which made it possible to fill in the missing notes of the scale. This brilliant concerto (Allegro, Andante, Allegro) immediate became a great success and the most popular Haydn ever wrote. The songful middle movement Andante is pensive and darker in mood than the two outer movements. It is set in a very simple A-B-A form.