Performance

Trumpet Concerto

3 upcoming performances in New York

Alexander Arutiunian’s *Trumpet Concerto* (1950) is a single-movement concert work in A-flat major, written as a vehicle for the modern trumpet’s agility and singing tone. It draws on Armenian and Eastern European-inflected melody and rhythm, set against crisp, mid-century harmonies. At David Geffen Hall, the New York Philharmonic is led by Marek Janowski with Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin as soloist, within a program anchored by Mendelssohn’s *Scottish* Symphony. Its New York premiere history is not firmly documented in standard references, but it has become a durable part of the city’s orchestral repertoire, in part because it treats virtuosity as a form of plainspoken musical argument rather than display.