£42.50 (Non JG member)
Overview
Tylman Susato – Five Renaissance Dances (from The Danserye) Arr. John Iveson. Giovanni Gabrieli – Three Sonatas. Jan Koetsier – Symphony for Brass Op.80. William Byrd – Earl of Oxford March. Henry Purcell – Trumpet Tune and Air. Chris Hazell – Four Brass Cats – Kraken, Black Sam, Borage, Mr Jums. Ray Premru – Divertimento for Ten Brass (5 movements) Our first concert of the New Year showcases the Brighton Philharmonic Brass, which is rarely given top billing in one of the orchestra’s Brighton Dome concerts. We start with two highly significant Renaissance composers, the Flemish Tylman Susato and his brilliant dances of 1551, arranged by the trombonist John Iveson, and then three sonatas for brass choirs by the Italian composer Giovanni Gabrieli, one of the most influential musicians of his time. The popular Symphony for Brass by the Dutch composer Jan Koetsier was written in 1979 and has become a staple of the brass ensemble repertoire. We visit the Baroque period with music from English composers William Byrd and Henry Purcell, whose Trumpet Tune and Air is a wedding staple, and then fast forward to the 20th century when the English composer and arranger Chris Hazell wrote his jazzy, light-hearted Brass Cats suite loosely based on the cats (all former strays) who shared his home at the time. We close with five movements of the entertaining Divertimento written in 1976 by American composer Ray Premru, Principal Bass Trombone at the Philharmonia Orchestra for 30 years.