Handel's The Firework Music on Slide Trumpet

CRISPIAN STEELE-PERKINS MASTER CLASS
www.CrispianSteele-Perkins.co.uk

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Music

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• Slide
• Trumpet
• Handel
• Firework
• Music
• Minuet
• Crispian
• Steele-Perkins

[DueTrombe]

This is a natural trumpet with a slide attachment. (See Crispian's comment below.) You can see a real English slide trumpet being played on one of my other videos, Handel - Muted Slide Trumpet.

[DueTrombe]

I've uploaded some more videos of Crispian, but they are not showing up in the search, so please visit my page to see them.

[crispiansp]

This is a "natural" trumpet fitted with a sliding crook. Since restrictions on baggage were introduced on airlines, during my recitals outside the UK this serves to show how the trumpet in England was playeded throughout the 19th century[Handel's music was still very popular!]You can see more and here clips free on my website which is posted on the clip "Te Deum by MA Charpentier" [click "more"...] - enjoy!

[drwcubs]

generally when you think of a slide trumpet, you're refering to a soprano trombone

[Socksthevilkitten]

Trombone in disguise? :D is that just a jealous trumpet so it gets an add-on? no-one compers to purely awesome trombones. ^^ nice try though...

[DeLorean4]

Were those lip trills?... So well executed!

[crispiansp]

Nate, either just Google my name and get on to my website or Email me your address. Presumeably it's the Gershwin CD you're after?

- Rather different ! It is very popular.

Best wishes, Crispian

[natemayfield]

Always inspiring and wonderfully informative Crispian! There wouldn't be such a rich baroque trumpet world without your work and sacrifice. I still remember driving 7 hours to Louisiana to hear your recital.  Changed my life. Thank you!

PS how can I order your new CD?

[tubalooney]

Hello Crispian,

I think it's marvelous that you're here on you tube!!

Super to see David Mason too.

I remember when you gave a demonstration recital when I was in Richmond Youth Band, I think in the late seventies or very early eighties!

Our conductor, who also was my first teacher and now sorely missed Malcolm Smith.

Happy days indeed!

Studies at the R.A.M. and a free lance career as a singer and I've landed up in La Suisse!

Very kindest regards and all the best for the future,

Phillip

[crispiansp]

In this clip I'm using a sliding "crook" but like most c19th English Slide Trumpets it only has a 1/2 tone shift; you are correct, it only gives F# [Gb] and D#[Eb] in the low register so F, D and Db [C#] are missing. Above the G in the stave, it misses Ab but thereafter can play fully chromatically upwards. Sorry if that makes readers heads' spin but I am answering a serious enquiry ! Best wishes, Crispian S-P

[Dogsledfan]

Dr. Steele-Perkins - I admire the work that you do with various historical trumpets. Although, it must be quite frustrating to deal with various uninformed and immature comments seen here. Of course this is a slide trumpet and Thomas Harper was one of the major exponents of it in the first half of the 19th Century. If I remember my Ebenezer Prout, I believe he mentioned in "The Orchestra" that there are a few notes missing in the lower register; otherwise it is fully chromatic(?)

[wallyllaw]

Yes, definetly this is not a slide trumpet. Slide trumpet is instrument sometimes called as soprano trombone. It's very rare but at least Jupiter is making slide trumpets, and they are cheap.

Trumpet in this video is natural trumpet maybe aka baroque trumpet. See also 'the trumpet shall sound' video in youtube. In that video, you can see very original trumpet. No slides but two 'tuning holes' instead.