From Henry Purcell to Joseph Haydn, here are some of the best pieces of music ever written for the trumpet. The trumpet is one of our oldest instruments, dating back over 500 years, when it was used ...

First performed in Paris in 1883, this beautiful duet written for soprano and mezzo-soprano is taken from Act One of Léo Delibes' opera Lakmé – and its mesmerising harmonies make it the perfect ...

Both players are rising stars of the classical music scene – Akugbo will make his Proms solo debut later this year with the Haydn Trumpet Concerto while the multi award-winning Harper is devoting ...

WASHINGTON - Maurice Andre, a onetime coal miner who left the pits as a boy and rose to become one of classical music’s most acclaimed trumpeters, an undisputed master of aural grace, died Feb. 25 at ...