The only performances of Bach's Goldbergs which don't hit the spot for me tend to be those played on harpsichord. Piano will always be best, but I've enjoyed versions for harp, guitar, string ...

Trumpets are for lovers. Or so it would seem from the packaging of Alison Balsom's intimately cozy accounts of four 18th century concertos with Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Dressed in a low ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “You are absolutely alone when you stand on the edge of the stage. It’s a bit like being on your deathbed: even ...

A taste of soul music from Cat Power; former Belle and Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell; Bach from trumpeter Alison Balsom; Stray Cats rockabilly bassist Lee Rocker; Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars; ...

THE weekend of May 7 marked exactly five years since the York Barbican officially reopened its doors to the public following its renovation. Those present at the BBC Philharmonic gala that night in ...

Alison Balsom earned her current reputation as the world’s top classical trumpet player with half a dozen outstanding recordings and several years of celebrated performances with major orchestras ...

Multi award-winning trumpet soloist, artistic director and music education ambassador, Alison Balsom, speaks exclusively to Classic FM. Hear the full interview this Sunday 25 September at 9pm.

Wednesday’s La Jolla Music Society SummerFest concert at St. James by-the-Sea was billed as a trumpet recital, featuring the British trumpet sensation Alison Balsom. But by the program’s second half, ...

ALISON Balsom’s career really took off last year when she became the triumphant trumpeter of London The Globe’s Gabriel, featuring the music of Handel and Purcell, a project which she’d suggested, and ...