- J. Haydn - trumpet concerto
The 28th of March 1800 a trumpet concerto written by Franz Joseph Haydn was performed for the first time at the Imperial and Royal Court Theatre. In 1796 Haydn wrote his Trumpet Concerto for Weidinger, both as an act of friendship as to his interest in innovation. Until then, Haydn's writing for the trumpet had rarely risen above the level of providing harmonic support or underlining a particular Affect. Now he took a closer interest in the new potential of what Weidinger termed his organisirte Trompete (organized trumpet), writing a trumpet part for him that was totally unlike the type of writing traditionally with the instrument. In this concert, chromatic runs and diatonic melodies replaced broken triads and fanfare motifs.