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Rafael Mendez - Haydn Trumpet Concerto


In this second installment of the Rafael Mendez special entitled "The Trumpet," Mendez begins with discussing the origins of the trumpet and then plays an exceptional rendition of the third movement of the Haydn trumpet concerto. For those of you familiar with this piece it will be a breath of fresh air to hear Mendez's version. This was the first piece written for the keyed trumpet, and Haydn wrote this concerto to really showcase this brand new instrument. Unlike other classical trumpet performances of this piece where the trumpet sounds like a part of the orchestra, Mendez electrifies the show by playing with such vigor and virtuosity. I think Mendez is doing Haydn a great favor by playing this piece not as part of an orchestra, but as a trumpet player. Haydn intended this to showcase the trumpet, and Mr. Mendez does just that.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: January 20, 2007 at 3:50 am
Author: Zooter1940s

Length: 07:31
Rating: 4.80
Views: 190465

Tags: concerto  haydn  Mendez  music  orchestra  player  Rafael  solo  trumpet  virtuosity  virtuoso  

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DanS24106 (August 28, 2008 at 4:57 am)
You cant deny he can tongue up a storm, but I dont necessarily think the piece calls for such a mariachi trumpet sound.
zaokoyechatma (August 24, 2008 at 11:08 pm)
i know that the truth
johnsurs22 (August 24, 2008 at 1:53 am)
Oh, and I just saw the Helseth solo, and it sounds great, but she doesn't tongue the fast parts! That makes this song much more difficult.
johnsurs22 (August 24, 2008 at 1:50 am)
Rafael Mendez is a legendary trumpet player. He took tonguing to a new level, and no offense to Tine thing, but she wouldn't even know how to play something this crazy without someone as revolutionary as mendez preceding her.
DblOSmith (August 19, 2008 at 8:29 am)
God, I remember a HS trumpeteer playing this... 10 years ago. Nowhere near 1/4 this good. Wow.
longhorn737 (August 15, 2008 at 6:52 am)
Does snyone know where I can get the sheet music for this arrangment?
Ezekio3160 (August 10, 2008 at 7:45 am)
no way dude this guy is so much better ya Helseth is good looking but thats all
trumpetplyr08 (July 30, 2008 at 6:32 pm)
yeah, but alot of those are during fast parts where the fps wasnt fast enough to catch his fingers moving, so they looked like open notes
zaokoyechatma (July 29, 2008 at 2:31 pm)
she sure do have a lot of open notes
zaokoyechatma (July 29, 2008 at 2:25 pm)
hell no she cant even do the big ending

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