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Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: II. Adagio (Transcr. for Piccolo Trumpet and Baroque Orchestra by Simon Wright)
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About "Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: II. Adagio (Transcr. for Piccolo Trumpet and Baroque Orchestra by Simon Wright)" by Alison Balsom
The Adagio is a held breath, Balsom’s piccolo trumpet tracing a line of pure melancholy over plucked strings. Each note hangs like a droplet on a winter branch, poised between falling and freezing. The tension is exquisite: a calm that trembles, a sorrow that refuses to break its own silence.