Its a bit late but the BBC Proms had a Brass Day on Saturday 28th July at the Royal Albert Hall in London - the afternoon was an unbelievable celebration of all thats good in Brass playing and repertoire.
We had His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts playing Gabrielli and his contemporaries on period instruments - stunning in the Albert Hall accoustic - followed by Musicians from Uzbekistan, best explained by listening to the explanation on the broadcast. This was pretty close to a spiritual happening to see (and hear)an Eastern cultural experience. Grimey and Black Dyke playing some top line Brass Band repertoire both singly and together in Elgar's Severn Suite. Thats right folks, 4 Eb and 4 Bb Basses together - mega power
Both Bands played some cracking stuff at the kind of level of performance that you expect from both groups - the repertoire went from Elgar/Vaughan Williams to Henze/Wilby - listen and be amazed.The afternoon finished off with Gary Howarths expanded arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition for Brass Ensemble.
Enjoy
Andrew M
To listen to the concert again goto :-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks ... io3/prom20
It should be on the web page until this coming Saturday
The programme was as follows :-
Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music
Judith Bingham
Fanfare 'Ziggurat' (BBC commission: world premiere) (2 mins)
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
Monteverdi - Orfeo – Toccata (2 mins)
G. Gabrieli - Sonata pian’e forte (5 mins)
Grillo - Canzon Terza, from Sacri concentus ac symphoniae; Venice 1618 (5 mins)
Musicians from Uzbekistan
Traditional Uzbek Music (15 mins)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Vaughan Williams - Overture – Henry V (9 mins)
Hans Werner Henze - Ragtime and Habaneras (14 mins)
Black Dyke Band
Heaton - Toccata (Oh, the Blessed Lord) (7 mins)
Philip Wilby - Dove Descending (18 mins)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Black Dyke Band
Elgar - Severn Suite (22 mins)
Members of the BBC Philharmonic/Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music
HÃ¥kan Hardenberger conductor
Musorgsky, arr. Elgar Howarth - Pictures at an Exhibition (35 mins)
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Allan Withington conductor
Mark Lee organ
Black Dyke Band - Nicholas Childs conductor
Musicians from Uzbekistan
Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music
Members of the BBC Philharmonic
HÃ¥kan Hardenberger conductor