Performer: Tine Thing Helseth with Det Norske Kammerorkester(the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra). www.tinethinghelseth.com www.detnorskekammerorkester.no www.simax.no
I listened to a Maurice Andre recording of this movement right before this, and the Helseth recording is still the gold standard imo. She plays with so much technical clarity and musical touch it's unmatched by any recording I've heard of this piece
IMO, Andre's version of the Fasch concerto for trumpet & strings in D is the best ever, especially the 2nd movement, very tough to play those sustained high notes in a low volume. He played it on a Selmer Bb Paris piccolo.
Beyond the mastery of her tone and articulation . . . Is her ability to look so completely relaxed in every aspect of her playing . . . in every single note she hits.
She is a truly gifted musician!! So musical and her pitch center is remarkable. She plays with such effortless aplomb that you left with a comfort level that you come away with amazement.
Useless power does not begin her performance. I am impressed. She plays a soft beautiful sound. I think that she is one of the splendid woman trumpeters.
@coolestguyindaworld1 The Hummel Concerto is an incredible piece of music and one of my all-time favorite trumpet pieces. I strongly recommend getting the music and learning it, but practice with patience. The first movement is tricky, the second movement requires a lot of chops, and the third is obviously very technical. It's just oh so good when you get those really difficult passages under your fingers.
Un grand merci et un grand bravo de France!!! Interprétation très équilibrée, très abouti dans toutes les dimensions- techniques et musicales. On voit souvent Alison Balsom, c'est légitime, mais Tine Thing Helseth est aussi une remarquable représentante de la trompette moderne.
Hummel Concerto is a difficult piece. The double and triple tonging has to be precise. Ms. Tine plays this effortlessly. Beautiful Schilke trumpet in E.
Correct, E trumpets are just about impossible to find. You either use an F and drop the key a half tone or use a D (most Eb trumpets are actually D/Eb and have interchangeable tubing for each key) and play one tone higher, if you wanna play it Hummel's original key of E.
@JcWhatCounts20 Let's hope that rising stars like Gustavo Dudamel will influence this generation to rethink Classical Music! It is the best and this young woman is great too!
This is just so...what can I say? If someone would ask me what musical mastery is in any instrument, I would probably send a link to this. Or any of her performances, for that matter. As someone wrote: Effortless. Is what it sounds like. Crystal clear, every note, every passage as it is supposed to sound, and you do not get reminded once how bloody hard it actually is.
look at how she relaxed she is. She has so much control that when she plays and high, her embouchre looks exactly the same! It looks like she's not even playing. Wow, that is some SERIOUS skill. That alone should be a model for all trumpet players everywhere. One of the BEST performances EVER of this piece!
Genetics, jaw structure, sinus cavity, allergies, tongue size, lung capacity, etc unfortunately play a huge factor in embouchure. People have to find loopholes around their dysfunctions to play decently. Some are blessed with perfection at birth.
@@thatguywhocleansaquariums4839jamas había pensado eso, osea que habrán o habremos muchos que por mas que platiquemos nunca alcanzaremos un alto nivel por que no tenemos el organismo para tocar?
Everything I have heard her play seems to be at a platinum level of technique, tone, and musicianship. Even other great trumpeters may have a slight weakness in one of those things. Helseth is the best I've heard since Herseth (I was in a high school orchestra with Herseth's son - long ago in a previous century.) Of course, Herseth wasn't normally a solo performer - preferred to be part of a symphony. For the horn, I listened to Dennis Brain - a lot. For the trumpet, I think students would be well served to listen to Helseth - a lot.
Have been comparing, again. Just listened to Marsalis doing this piece. TTH is my choice. Marsalis has an awesome trill and fine technical facility. That said, he is, well, ‘muddier’ than Tine. She is so precise and effortless. I heard effort in Marsalis. He played a faster tempo and was much louder whenever the piece rose to higher passages. Tine plays them without straining and, I think, this gives her the ability to retain a more pleasant interpretive cast. She can learn from his trill, but he should pay attention to her even more.
Marsalis stopped playing classical music around when Tine was born, and back then Marsalis´s version was AMAZING. I think it still is, concidering the development in trumpet playing. Nowadays we have Haakan Hardenberger and Ole Edvard Antonsen who have taken trumpet to a whole new level. Agree with you on Tine´s clean playing though, she has it from Ole Edvard Antonsen, her teacher.
What is this? Why is this person not a superstar in the whole Scandinavia? This is the first time I hear of her, not that I'm too much into classical music anyway, but..
The original version, which Hummel wrote, doesn't contain trill at 2:01. Besides, it is harder to not trill at that point, so the "trill version" came out to make a smoother connection between the two notes.
listen to: Wynton Marsalis - Hummel concerto in E (3rd movement).... he plays with power and great articulation for the tempo. Tine has good tone and clarity....embrouchure.
Thank you to the person who told me she is playing a Schilke E flat trumpet. I didn't know there was such a thing. Now can someone tell me this. With the piece she is playing, her fingerings appear quite simple although her tongueing is so impressive, I was wondering if this trumpet makes it easier to play than a standard B flat trumpet such as a Bach Strad? Again, SHE IS AMAZING!!!
With an Eb trumpet, she is playing in the Key of C (no sharps or flats), instead of F (1 flat), on a Bb trumpet. (I've never plated an Eb trumpet.) Also, being pitched higher, while it's just as hard to reach high notes (i.e. to expand one's range), it's a bit easier to hit them accurately.
superb. thats the first hummel on YT that you can hear the triplets. very few can articulate them. the last 8 bars i would have rerecoreded though . and dynamic range ? (was nt any) still superb
I just compared the recording from Tine Thing with the version from famous Ludwig Guettler from germany. While Guettler plays it with immensive afford to variations and trills and a hard embouchure, the Thing-Version is much more smoother and gentle to the ear. It sounds as if it's a childsplay to perform this piece! Astonishing!
I have heard Wynton Marrsalis play live and I have all of his claissical albums and twelve of his jazz he is the best (second to none, may be me). When I heard Alison Balsom I was impressed however I heard her play live twice and was not impressed. I hope if I hear Tine play live she will sound as impressive.
Saw her live at Canegie Hall. She definitely is as brilliant live. I think there are a few videos of her playing live on RU-vid. She obviously isn’t playing in this video but miming her recording. But at Carnegie Hall she played the Arutiunian Concerto flawlessly (and on a Rotary). And also sang.
The Hummel concerto is difficult but not impossible. This girl is very good, the best I have ever heard (certainly better than me!), but I like to listen to play more challenging, as the Tomasi concerto.
Guys yes she is a very handsome women. But that is now what is at stake in this video. I believe that even though blind folded I would distinguish her almost immediately, she is the trumpet player in my opinion that most closely sound as the great Maestro, the best trumpet player of all time Maurice André. And that is not a small compliment to Tine Thing. And she has definitely improved with time.
