The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra under Julien Benichou, Music Director will present a spring concert featuring Norwegian trumpet player, Tine Thing Helseth who “is considered one of the leading trumpet soloists of her generation.” She will play Hummel’s trumpet concerto and a Bach-Vivaldi violin concerto transcribed for trumpet. Mozart’s Symphony #40 in G minor called, “The Great” will begin this ambitious program. Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 7:30 PM at Easton Church of God.
Tine Thing Helseth, born in Olso in 1987 made the journey from a normal, football-playing, popular-music-loving childhood to an international classical soloist it seems to her, effortlessly. She says, “I just knew I wanted to play the trumpet when I was 10 and here I am” She started playing at age 7 at the Barrett Due Institute of music, made her first public appearance at 9 and a memorable impression at her first recital when she was 14. At the 2007 Nobel Peace awards, she was asked to open the Great Gala Concert, which was televised all over the world. In the 2012-13 she performed with the Royal Liverpool, the Ulster, BBC Scottish, Stavanger, and Kristiansand symphony orchestras and has also played with major orchestras on the continent such as the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and Dresden Philharmonic.
From 2007 to 2013 she made five CDs. Her CD of trumpet concertos was named “Classical Recording of the Year” by Aftenposte. In “Storyteller” she plays with spellbinding sound and feeling her favorite songs for soprano and orchestra transcribed for trumpet. In recognition for her outstanding performing abilities, she has received various awards such as “Newcomer of the Year” at the 2007 Norwegian Grammy Awards, a first for a classical performer.
Straightforward and down-to-earth, Tine speaks well to audiences believing in attracting more young people to classical music as well as promoting contemporary composers. She plays chamber music with her group, ”tenThing” and a quintet and it was she who opened the 2012 Memorial Concert for the victims of the 2011 attack in Norway playing “Mitt lille land” (My Little Country) by Ole Paus, from the roof of the Oslo City Hall.
Mozart’s Symphony #40 in G minor called “The Great” composed in 1788 is one of his last three symphonies. Hinting at what he might have written had he lived and evoking as much admiration as the Jupiter, it had been one of a handful of works to capture the romantic imagination when Mozart’s reputation was at its lowest and inspired later composers like Schubert who shows its influence in the minuet of his 5th Symphony. What sustained Mozart’s music through the 19th Century was the force of its tragic power and emotional complexity.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel born in Bratislava in 1778, moved with his family to Vienna and at eight became the piano pupil of Mozart who urged him to enter a public career as virtuoso in 1788. Returning to Vienna five years later he studied with Albrechtsberger, Salieri and Haydn like Beethoven. Haydn recommended him to Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy for whom he worked as Kapellmeister until 1811 when he resumed his career as virtuoso pianist, and lived and worked in both Stuttgart and Wiemar as Kapellmeister
His trumpet concerto in E major was composed for the keyed trumpet and its inventor, Anton Weidinger who performed it at court on New Year’s Day in 1804. This concerto explores even more than Haydn’s the possibilities of the new instrument. Composers for brass instruments were intent on showing their lyrical and emotional capacities in the slower central movements. Hummel’s Andante is in a languorous A minor, operatic in mood. It becomes more soulful showing off the chromatic capacity of the valved trumpet and leading directly into final movement, a rondo, which is announced by rapid staccato notes of the solo trumpet and demonstrates taxing technical demands and a bravura display for the instrument. The result is Hummel’s best know work and a very popular piece for solo trumpet.
The Bach-Vivaldi Concerto in D major was originally written by Vivaldi in Venice for violin and published in Amsterdam under the title L’Estro armonico with 11 other works. Bach transcribed 6 of the works arranging no. 9 for keyboard as BWV 972. In this version transcribed for trumpet there are three movements of fast-slow-fast. The Allegro opens with a strong spirited ritornello with the soloist taking flight between the reappearances of the theme. The middle Larghetto has sustained solo lines over an accompaniment of chords changing from major to minor tonalities. It is rounded off with a brief sprightly Allegro. The entire concerto takes about 8 minutes but is difficult when played on the trumpet. This is a chance to hear one of the world’s outstanding soloists on trumpet as well as Mozart’s Symphony #40 in an intimate setting.
Adult Tickets are $35 and under 18 admitted free with reservations. Information/tickets: 1-888-846-8600 or download order from from website: www.midatlanticsymphony.org. The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, a non-profit organization, is supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council, the Talbot County Arts Council, the Worcester County Arts Council, the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore as well as donations from individuals, organizations and corporations.
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