ALISON BALSOM
ALISON BALSOM
Four performances of the trumpet concerto with the LSO under Sir Antonio Pappano will begin with the UK première at the Barbican on April 11th. This will be followed by a performance in Bristol on 12th, and then in Germany - Cologne and Hamburg - later in April. Photograph: Henrik Nilsson
Quiet City is a significant departure from Balsom’s previous recordings. The album takes its title from Copland’s haunting work Quiet City, one of Balsom’s favourite works for trumpet, and one she has waited for the right moment to record since she performed it and won the Brass Final of BBC Young Musician in 1998…