Albinoni Concerto

Aspiring Trumpeter · 01-05-2008, 04:51 PM

Hey,

I just found out that I have the opportunity to play the Albinoni Concerto in 3 months with orchestra and know nothing of the piece. I have the recording done by Tine Thing Helseth, but that's all I have to go on.
I was wondering what key the piece is in and traditionaly what horn is used to play the piece? Any other general comments and tips about performing the piece would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt

rowuk · 01-05-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Aspiring Trumpeter

Hey,

I just found out that I have the opportunity to play the Albinoni Concerto in 3 months with orchestra and know nothing of the piece. I have the recording done by Tine Thing Helseth, but that's all I have to go on.
I was wondering what key the piece is in and traditionaly what horn is used to play the piece? Any other general comments and tips about performing the piece would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt

The Albinoni is an oboe concerto and is generally played by trumpet players with the picc. It is playable on a C trumpet for jocks without a picc.
Tips about performing this piece should start with research on your part about who he was and what he did for a living, what instruments he had at his disposal and the magnitude of his influence. This is all wiki-able or google-able. Once you have an overview, many things make sense without having to describe the work note by note. It would make sense to get a good oboe performance of this too.

Vulgano Brother · 01-05-2008, 07:13 PM

There is more than one Albinoni concerto. Which one is it? Concerto in Bb (oboe) Concerto St. Mark (oboe)? He did write a Sonata for trumpet (which works just fine with a string quartet sans continuo. Generally piccolo is used. Albinoni wrote "nice" music, typically Italian with some wonderful, playful melodies. Fun to play, but not mind-blowingly deep.

Aspiring Trumpeter · 01-05-2008, 08:57 PM

Thanks for the advice! I am refering to the Bb concerto. I have a kanstul picc that I like very much so would it make more sense to play it in Bb or in A?

John P · 01-05-2008, 11:58 PM

A friend of mine recently played it on the Bb side of the picc. Makes sense, it puts it in F or C or something easy. The A side puts it in B major or something like that.

B15M · 01-06-2008, 05:58 PM

I play it on B-flat picc.

You can hear me hacking away at most of the third movement at my, my space

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tatakata · 01-06-2008, 07:10 PM

nice Hummel

Quote:

Originally Posted by B15M

I play it on B-flat picc.

You can hear me hacking away at most of the third movement at my, my space

MySpace.com - Joseph Spitzer - Monroe, Connecticut - Classical - www.myspace.com/josephspitzertrumpet

NYTC · 01-06-2008, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowuk

The Albinoni is an oboe concerto and is generally played by trumpet players with the picc. It is playable on a C trumpet for jocks without a picc.
Tips about performing this piece should start with research on your part about who he was and what he did for a living, what instruments he had at his disposal and the magnitude of his influence. This is all wiki-able or google-able. Once you have an overview, many things make sense without having to describe the work note by note. It would make sense to get a good oboe performance of this too.

I actually played it on a Bb trumpet,regular trumpet,not Piccolo,when I was still in school.
It sounded OK.:)

Aspiring Trumpeter · 01-06-2008, 09:32 PM

Out of curiosity, what is the range of this piece?

sublmbadfish · 01-06-2008, 10:05 PM

http://la.trompette.free.fr/parts/albinoni.pdf

Here is the part written down an octave from sounding pitch. If you play it on Bb take it up and octave but Bb piccolo can be played as written.

01-05-2008, 04:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aspiring Trumpeter New Friend Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Iowa Brand: Yamaha & Bach Posts: 37	Albinoni Concerto Hey, I just found out that I have the opportunity to play the Albinoni Concerto in 3 months with orchestra and know nothing of the piece. I have the recording done by Tine Thing Helseth, but that's all I have to go on. I was wondering what key the piece is in and traditionaly what horn is used to play the piece? Any other general comments and tips about performing the piece would be much appreciated. Thanks, Matt

01-05-2008, 07:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vulgano Brother Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Posts: 2,964	Re: Albinoni Concerto There is more than one Albinoni concerto. Which one is it? Concerto in Bb (oboe) Concerto St. Mark (oboe)? He did write a Sonata for trumpet (which works just fine with a string quartet sans continuo. Generally piccolo is used. Albinoni wrote "nice" music, typically Italian with some wonderful, playful melodies. Fun to play, but not mind-blowingly deep.
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Aspiring Trumpeter New Friend Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Iowa Brand: Yamaha & Bach Posts: 37	Re: Albinoni Concerto Thanks for the advice! I am refering to the Bb concerto. I have a kanstul picc that I like very much so would it make more sense to play it in Bb or in A?

01-05-2008, 11:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
John P Piano User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Camp Hill, PA Posts: 313	Re: Albinoni Concerto A friend of mine recently played it on the Bb side of the picc. Makes sense, it puts it in F or C or something easy. The A side puts it in B major or something like that.
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B15M Forte User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Monroe Ct. Posts: 1,255	Re: Albinoni Concerto I play it on B-flat picc. You can hear me hacking away at most of the third movement at my, my space MySpace.com - Joseph Spitzer - Monroe, Connecticut - Classical - www.myspace.com/josephspitzertrumpet Last edited by B15M : 01-06-2008 at 06:01 PM.
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01-06-2008, 09:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
Aspiring Trumpeter New Friend Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Iowa Brand: Yamaha & Bach Posts: 37	Re: Albinoni Concerto Out of curiosity, what is the range of this piece?

01-06-2008, 10:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
sublmbadfish Pianissimo User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Illinois Posts: 74	Re: Albinoni Concerto http://la.trompette.free.fr/parts/albinoni.pdf Here is the part written down an octave from sounding pitch. If you play it on Bb take it up and octave but Bb piccolo can be played as written.
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