The audience at Mandeville Auditorium saw something strange Thursday evening. Soloist Pacho Flores strode on stage in front of the San Diego Symphony, perilously carrying two trumpets and a cornet.

Soloist Alison Balsom delivered Marsalis’s playful new trumpet concerto with poise, expertise and wit – right down to the animal calls Rather like the American quilts whose fabric embeds a story, ...

The star English trumpeter reveals the five trumpet concertos she considers to be the greatest of all time. “But these are really important in many ways,” she adds. Watch the video below, and scroll ...

From elephant blasts to spiritual jazz, Wynton Marsalis’s concerto is a history of the world in trumpet form. As she prepares to give the UK premiere, Balsom describes the thrill of playing it When I ...