Search - Copland, Haydn, Purcell Bach, William Neil (organ) Steven Hendrickson (trumpet) :: Haydn Trumpet Concerto - Works for Trumpet and Organ

The tradition of music for trumpet and organ apparently began in French and German churches at some point in the second half of the seventeenth century. In a sense these two instruments?related, after all, in several respects?became extensions of one another, and one of the classic musical examples of a whole somewhat greater than the sum of its considerable parts. In our own time, trumpet-and-organ recitals and recordings by such renowned musicians as Maurice André with Hedwig Bilgram, and Edward H. Tarr with various organists, have not only kept the tradition alive but have inspired numerous composers and arrangers to enrich its repertory. Steven H. Hendrickson, the National Symphony Orchestra?s principal trumpeter, and William Neil, that orchestra?s organist, have been performing together for several years, constantly adding to their joint repertory with new works composed for them as well as new arrangements of existing music, both of which categories are represented among their performances on this CD.