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Quartets for brass by Schiltz and Ramøe
Katie Hodges, Richard Thomas, Martyn Sanderson, Jeff Miller
The Prince Regent's Band perform two quartets for brass by Wilhelm Ramsøe (1837—1895)
Katie Hodges - B flat cornet, Richard Thomas - F trumpet, Martyn Sanderson - tenorhorn, Jeff Miller - tuba
Richard Thomas, Katie Hodges, Anneke Scott, Martyn Sanderson and Jeff Miller perform a programme of romantic chamber music for brass.
Richard Thomas, Katie Hodges, Anneke Scott, Martyn Sanderson and Jeff Miller perform a programme of romantic chamber music for brass in St Cecilia’s Hall, the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland
Richard Thomas, Katie Hodges, Anneke Scott, Martyn Sanderson and Patrick Wibart perform a programme of romantic brass chamber works as part of the Sixth International Romantic Brass Symposium: Romantic Brass in Context: 19th-Century Brass Instruments in Military, Church, Chamber, Opera, and Orchestra
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Music by Ciro Pinsuti, Fanny Mendelssohn, Jacques Offenbach, Jean–François Bellon and Victor Ewald.
Performed by The Prince Regent's Band:
Richard Thomas, Katie Hodges, Anneke Scott, Martyn Sanderson and Patrick Wibart.
The invention of valved brass instruments in the early nineteenth century transformed the musical landscape. Prior to this innovation brass instruments were performed in a variety of ways with keys, slides, holes and the placement of the hand in the bell of the instruments. This programme showcases the fertile imaginations of composers associated with the French school of brass playing, many of whom were immigrants to the country. The programme includes the earliest quintets for brass by Jean François Bellon, whose compositions were described as “an exceptional sort of symphony” which “place him high among the class of musical innovators and originators” and the masterpiece that is orientalist Félicien David’s Nonet in C minor.
This concert has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Continuo Foundation.
Drawing upon sources in the Library of Congress the repertoire for this programme comes from a remarkable series published in Boston during the 1860s. It is well known that during the nineteenth century the dissemination of much music was thanks to wind and brass ensembles performing transcriptions and arrangements of new works to ever greater audiences. Vocal works by Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and many other German composers featured heavily in John F. Stratton’s serial publication of works for small brass ensembles of cornets and saxhorns, instruments noted for their similarity in sweetness of timbre to the human voice. The choral nature of this programme is further amplified by its setting in a building described by Pevsner as “Victorian cathedral of ironwork”.
This concert has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Continuo Foundation.
The Prince Regent’s Band takes its name from the early nineteenth-century elite wind ensemble known by the same name, a group known as “the Best in Europe”. This programme delves into the wide repertoire associated with the original ensemble and its later incarnations including transcriptions of works specially composed for the ensemble such as a suite by Beethoven’s protege Ferdinand Ries. Popular glees and catches from Regency Britain were a mainstay of the ensemble’s repertoire as were the works of George Frederick Handel. As fashionable society developed a taste for the emerging Italian operas of composers such as Rossini and Donizetti so did the original PRB incorporate these flamboyant works into their repertoire.
This concert has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Continuo Foundation.
Historic Royal Palaces are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth at Kensington Palace with the Royal College of Music. Experience a unique show that explores the innovation and fun of brass music. Hear the Prince Regent's Band perform on original nineteenth century instruments, but what happens when they share the stage with modern funk players? Expect music that inspires, surprises and makes you dance!
Historic Royal Palaces are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth at Kensington Palace with the Royal College of Music. Experience a unique show that explores the innovation and fun of brass music. Hear the Prince Regent's Band perform on original nineteenth century instruments, but what happens when they share the stage with modern funk players? Expect music that inspires, surprises and makes you dance!
Historic Royal Palaces are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth at Kensington Palace with the Royal College of Music. Experience a unique show that explores the innovation and fun of brass music. Hear the Prince Regent's Band perform on original nineteenth century instruments, but what happens when they share the stage with modern funk players? Expect music that inspires, surprises and makes you dance!
Historic Royal Palaces are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth at Kensington Palace with the Royal College of Music. Experience a unique show that explores the innovation and fun of brass music. Hear the Prince Regent's Band perform on original nineteenth century instruments, but what happens when they share the stage with modern funk players? Expect music that inspires, surprises and makes you dance!
Historic Royal Palaces are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth at Kensington Palace with the Royal College of Music. Experience a unique show that explores the innovation and fun of brass music. Hear the Prince Regent's Band perform on original nineteenth century instruments, but what happens when they share the stage with modern funk players? Expect music that inspires, surprises and makes you dance!
The Prince Regent’s Band celebrate the launch of their new disc “Russian Revolutionaries” with a performance of repertoire from composers associated with Tsar Alexander III, an amateur brass player. The Band perform on a collection of early 20th century instruments including French cornets and Russian/German-style alto and tenor horns, creating a vastly different sound world to that of the modern brass quintet.
The Prince Regent's Band will be performing programmes of Victorian festive music in the Queen’s State Apartments, Kensington Palace every day from 11.30 - 11.45, 12.15 - 12.30, 13.30 - 13.45 and 14.15 - 14.30.
More information can be found at www.hrp.org.uk
The Prince Regent's Band will be performing programmes of festive music at Hampton Court Palace. More information can be found at www.hrp.org.uk
The Prince Regent’s Band celebrate the launch of their new disc “Russian Revolutionaries” with a performance of repertoire from composers associated with Tsar Alexander III, an amateur brass player. The Band perform on a collection of early 20th century instruments including French cornets and Russian/German-style alto and tenor horns, creating a vastly different sound world to that of the modern brass quintet.
The Prince Regent’s Band celebrate the launch of their new disc “Russian Revolutionaries” with a performance of repertoire from composers associated with Tsar Alexander III, an amateur brass player. The Band perform on a collection of early 20th century instruments including French cornets and Russian/German-style alto and tenor horns, creating a vastly different sound world to that of the modern brass quintet.
The Prince Regent’s Band celebrate the launch of their new disc “Russian Revolutionaries” with a performance of repertoire from composers associated with Tsar Alexander III, an amateur brass player. The Band perform on a collection of early 20th century instruments including French cornets and Russian/German-style alto and tenor horns, creating a vastly different sound world to that of the modern brass quintet.
The Prince Regent’s Band celebrate the launch of their new disc “Russian Revolutionaries” with a performance of repertoire from composers associated with Tsar Alexander III, an amateur brass player. The Band perform on a collection of early 20th century instruments including French cornets and Russian/German-style alto and tenor horns, creating a vastly different sound world to that of the modern brass quintet.
The Prince Regent’s Band celebrate the launch of their new disc “Russian Revolutionaries” with a performance of repertoire from composers associated with Tsar Alexander III, an amateur brass player. The Band perform on a collection of early 20th century instruments including French cornets and Russian/German-style alto and tenor horns, creating a vastly different sound world to that of the modern brass quintet.
The Prince Regent’s Band celebrate the launch of their new disc “Russian Revolutionaries” with a performance of repertoire from composers associated with Tsar Alexander III, an amateur brass player. The Band perform on a collection of early 20th century instruments including French cornets and Russian/German-style alto and tenor horns, creating a vastly different sound world to that of the modern brass quintet.
The Prince Regent’s Band celebrate the launch of their new disc “Russian Revolutionaries” with a performance of repertoire from composers associated with Tsar Alexander III, an amateur brass player. The Band perform on a collection of early 20th century instruments including French cornets and Russian/German-style alto and tenor horns, creating a vastly different sound world to that of the modern brass quintet.
Marking the release of their debut disc, "The Celebrated Distin Famiy" (Resonus Classics), The Prince Regent's Band return to the Holywell Music Room with a programme showcasing the music performed the Distin Family, by one of the most famous chamber music ensembles of the 19th century.
The Prince Regent's Band will be performing this programme using a rare collection of saxhorns all dating from the nineteenth century which include instruments from Oxford's internationally renowned Bate Collection.
