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- Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 -- 17 October 1837) - Orchestra: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner - Soloist: Håkan Hardenberger - Year of recording: 1986 Trumpet Concerto in E or E flat major, WoO 1, S. 49, written in 1803. 00:00 - I. Allegro con spirito 09:38 - II. Andante 14:23 - III. Rondo (Allegro) In 1803 the famed Viennese trumpeter Anton Weidinger requested from Johann Nepomuk Hummel a new concerto for his keyed trumpet, a recently developed instrument that allowed the player to produce far more chromatic notes than had previously been possible. The imposing figure of Haydn must have been prominent in Hummel's mind as he undertook the commission. He had just succeeded Haydn as Kapellmeister at the Esterházy court -- a position Haydn had held for some 30 years -- and counted himself among the elder composer's good friends. Moreover, it was Haydn who seven years earlier had written the first
