Wednesday 18 November, 7:45pm
CLASSICAL
Doors & bar 6:00pm | Concert 7:45pm, ends 9:00pm, no interval
Tickets £24 / £12 (under 25)
Pre-concert food will be available to purchase. Ticket holders will be sent an email a week before the date of the concert with details of the menu and information on ordering.
Aaron Akugbo & Harry Plant, trumpet | Zoë Tweed, French horn | Chris Brewster, tenor trombone | Aled Meredith-Barrett, tuba
Jean-Philippe Rameau arr. Verhelst - Overture from Dardanus
André Lafosse - Suite Impromptu
Maurice Ravel arr. Linham - Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Claude Debussy arr. Tweed - Prelude & Passepied from Suite bergamasque
Astor Piazzolla arr. Verhelst - Suite from María de Buenos Aires
Florence Price - Resignation
Florence Price - Adoration
George Gershwin arr. Gale - Selections from Porgy and Bess
'A thrilling young ensemble at the start of what is sure to be a major international career' - Great Birmingham Brass Fest
'Technically astonishing, eclectic in repertoire, and prepared to explode cliches of what brass chamber music should sound like' - The Arts Desk
Blending a deep respect for the genre’s rich heritage with a youthful perspective, Connaught Brass are quickly making a name for themselves as a fresh talent in chamber music.
They have shared their music-making extensively across the UK and Europe at venues including London’s Wigmore Hall, the Lucerne Festival, De Doelen Rotterdam, Societá Filarmonica Trento, Snape Maltings, Kings Place, St George’s Bristol, Hidden Doors Arts Festival Edinburgh and Music for Wexford Ireland. Further highlights include performing live on radio from the Concertgebouw’s Spiegelzaal and regularly on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune programme. All five musicians have been principal players and members of the European Union Youth Orchestra and Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, and perform regularly with many of the UK’s finest symphony orchestras and opera companies.
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