about Music programme 37-Brass in Concert The Art of the Brass Ensemble

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The Art of the Brass Ensemble

Instead of asking, "How loudly can brass instruments play?", this programme asks a more interesting question: "How beautifully can they sing together?"

From the magnificent ceremonial music of Renaissance Venice to twentieth-century concert works, brass ensembles have developed an extraordinary ability to combine brilliance with warmth. Listen particularly for the way individual instruments disappear into a single, unified sonority.

Programme
Composer Work
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Giovanni Gabrieli Sonata Pian' e Forte
Henry Purcell Trumpet Tune (Brass Ensemble)
J. S. Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Brass Ensemble)
Richard Strauss Feierlicher Einzug
Malcolm Arnold Little Suite for Brass
Victor Ewald Brass Quintet No. 1 (selected movements)
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