Details
Stapleford Granary
Bury Road
Stapleford
Cambridgeshire
CB22 5BP
England
Programme
Emily Hall – Eternity
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker: Spanish Dance 'Chocolate'
George Gershwin – George Gershwin Collection
Mark Nightingale – For Rosie
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Boréades: Entrée de Polymnie
Francois Couperin – Suite in E minor, BWV 996
Dmitry Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in A flat major, Op.87 no.17
Malcolm Arnold – Brass Quintet no.1, Op.73
Traditional – Past Three O’Clock (arr. Harvey)
Emily Hall – Blackcurrant River
Jason Rebello – Inevitable Outcome
George Frideric Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Traditional – A Sussex Carol
Tim Jackson – Anything But
Thomas Tallis – O Nata Lux
Imogen Holst – Leiston Suite
Gustav Holst – In the Bleak Midwinter
Performers
Niall Keatley – trumpet
Alan Thomas – trumpet
Andrew Sutton – French horn
Amos Miller – trombone
David Gordon – tuba
Onyx Brass
Programme Note
Celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2023, Onyx Brass continue to be a leading light in establishing the brass quintet as a medium for serious chamber music, combining 'staggering virtuosity' (Sarah Walker, BBC Radio 3) with the entertaining and articulate style that has become the group’s trademark. Their extensive discography (16 albums) has received huge critical acclaim with Gramophone Magazine applauding 'some of the most thrilling chamber brass playing of its kind' and BBC Record Review describing the group as a 'wonderful, virtuosic brass quintet'. Onyx Brass has commissioned and performed over 200 world premières, including new works by Stuart MacRae, Michael Nyman, John Tavener, Timothy Jackson, Steve Martland, Julian Philips and Emily Hall.
Presented by the group in their good humoured, charismatic and informative style, this bespoke collection for our Christmas programme combines festive favourites with classy arrangements of well-loved tunes. There is memorable new music too in Emily Hall's timeless Eternity and Jason Rebello's punchy Inevitable Outcome. Alongside this kaleidoscope of miniatures is Malcolm Arnold's substantial Brass Quintet (1961) notable as the trailblazing work in establishing the brass quintet as a mainstream genre.
