Alison Balsom
Milton Court Artist-in-Residence
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Alison Balsom is infinitely more than just our finest living trumpeter. As Milton Court Artist-in-Residence she salutes Miles Davis, and brings baroque London back to teeming, unquenchable life.
Events
Alison Balsom in Gabriel: An Entertainment with Trumpet
All human life is here: Alison Balsom brings to life the sights, sounds and stories of 17th-century London in this theatrical celebration of Baroque music.
Samuel Adamson
Text
Alison Balsom
trumpet
The English Concert
Harry Bicket
music director
Soloists
to be announced
Dominic Dromgoole
director
Event
Alison Balsom plays Sketches of Spain
Balsom and Guildhall Jazz Ensemble give their take on Miles Davis’s ground-breaking concept album Sketches of Spain, which picked up where Kind of Blue left off in questioning the very nature of jazz.
Rodrigo
Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez (Sketches of Spain arr Miles Davis)
Alison Balsom
trumpet
Scott Stroman
director
Guildhall Jazz Ensemble
Event
Britten Sinfonia with Alison Balsom
Superstar Alison Balsom performs a virtuosic programme of music from Purcell to Birtwistle via Scarlatti, celebrating the remarkable voice of the trumpet.
Purcell arr Berio, Maxwell Davies
Fantasias and Pavans
John Woolrich (after Purcell)
Hark! The echoing air (world premiere)
Scarlatti
Sonatas Set 2 (orch John Woolrich)
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Virelai (Sus une fontayne)
Ligeti arr Howarth
Mysteries of the Macabre
Britten Sinfonia
Alison Balsom
trumpet
Jacqueline Shave
director/violin
