The London Trumpet Choir is a unique and adventurous group that aims to truly recreate the sound of a vocal choir for the first time ever on trumpets. This can be achieved by employing rarely used bass and tenor trumpets as male voices alongside more conventional trumpets playing the alto and soprano lines to complete the full SATB compliment.
"a beautifully balanced angelic tone quality quite unlike anything else..."
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The LTC was formed in 2011 by trumpeter David Blackadder and is made up of some of the finest players in London. Many of them hold principal posts with a variety of high profile orchestras such as The London Philharmonic, The City of London Sinfonia, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The English Baroque Soloists and The Academy of Ancient Music as well as being in demand as soloists on both modern and period instruments.
Their experience is wide ranging and involves regularly playing for the world’s foremost conductors and appearing in all four corners of the globe.
This diverse ensemble brings together players from early music, the west end, opera, the studio, contemporary music and symphonic backgrounds to work exclusively on a brand new concept.
Their experience is wide ranging and involves regularly playing for the world’s foremost conductors and appearing in all four corners of the globe.
This diverse ensemble brings together players from early music, the west end, opera, the studio, contemporary music and symphonic backgrounds to work exclusively on a brand new concept.
They come together under the leadership of Stephen Layton, Director of Music at Trinity College Cambridge whose recordings with his own choirs Polyphony, The Holst Singers and Trinity College Choir have received many accolades and won much acclaim.
The concept of a choir of SATB trumpets playing some of the greatest choral works ever written is a strikingly innovative idea. Covering such new ground has inspired Stephen and the players to push the boundaries and strive for a totally unique sound. The LTC is truly the first of its kind consisting of a blend of instruments never used before that produces a beautifully balanced angelic tone quality quite unlike anything else.
The repertoire available to the LTC spans 500 years from the early Renaissance to the modern day and covers a wealth of choral masterpieces that can be directly transcribed onto trumpets. Some of the finest music ever written can be heard in a completely new light for the first time ever.
The concept of a choir of SATB trumpets playing some of the greatest choral works ever written is a strikingly innovative idea. Covering such new ground has inspired Stephen and the players to push the boundaries and strive for a totally unique sound. The LTC is truly the first of its kind consisting of a blend of instruments never used before that produces a beautifully balanced angelic tone quality quite unlike anything else.
The repertoire available to the LTC spans 500 years from the early Renaissance to the modern day and covers a wealth of choral masterpieces that can be directly transcribed onto trumpets. Some of the finest music ever written can be heard in a completely new light for the first time ever.
