Trumpet Concerto (Davies)

Trumpet Concerto
by Peter Maxwell Davies
The composer in 2012
Movements3
Premiere
DateSeptember 21, 1988 (1988-09-21)
LocationHiroshima
ConductorGiuseppe Sinopoli
Performers

The Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra is a composition for trumpet solo and orchestra by the British composer Peter Maxwell Davies. The work was commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra for its then principal trumpeter John Wallace.[1] It was given its world premiere by Wallace and the Philharmonia Orchestra under the conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli in Hiroshima on 21 September 1988.[2]

  1. ^ Whitehouse, Richard (2013). MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Trumpet Concerto / Piccolo Concerto / 5 Klee Pictures (CD liner). Naxos Records. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ^ Davies, Peter Maxwell (1988). "Trumpet Concerto". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 15 March 2016.