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proved to be the perfect instrument for it's slightly rougher tone, which worked with
the live-recording set up they had.

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But perhaps most poignantly for Alison Balsom, Aaron Copland's Quiet City is a work
that she has cherished since she was a young woman. Balsom tells Russell how when
she first heard this work at the age of 17, it completely changed her life.

"This piece is really important to me … When I first discovered this piece when I was
about 17, it was like a revelation! I had heard people like Dizzy Gillespie and Håkan
Hardenberger — incredible trumpeters — but it felt quite different from what I could
do. I heard this piece [Quiet City, by Copland] which had these soaring string lines,
quite introverted and thoughtful, and not outwardly showy, but very expressive. And
I thought that is exactly how I see and hear the trumpet."

YOUTUBEAlison Balsom plays Bernstein: Lonely Town. Pas de deux (from On the Town)