Music on Thursdays
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2015 Season Sponsor: Patricia Morgan Optician Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society |
Programme
Thomas Adams (1785-1858) Fugue Steven Verhelst (b1981, Belgium) A Song for Japan Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) from Horn Concerto no 4 in E flat, K495 (1786) 3. Rondo: Allegro vivace, 6/8 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Piano Trio No 21 in Bb Major H 15/8 (1784) 1 Allegro moderato 2 Tempo di Menuetto Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) Cinq Pieces en Trio (1935) Allegro vivo Andantino Allegro assai Andante Allegro quasi marziale |
Brass players are suitable for both indoor and outdoor situations
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Buck Brass Trio
Buck Brass is one of the leading young brass ensembles in the UK, and was formed in 2012 by students from London’s Royal Academy of Music. The members are Richard Buck - Trombone, Daniel Walton - Trumpet, and Timothy Ellis - Horn. They are one of the only Brass Trios in the UK.
The recent winners of the Worshipful Company of Musicians Brass Ensemble Prize in 2014, the Trio strives to make the world more aware of this unique medium through innovative and engaging programming.
Members of the ensemble have enjoyed considerable experience working with groups such as the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, the Britten-Pears Orchestra, and National Youth Jazz orchestra of Great Britain.
The Trio has pioneered a large amount of new repertoire for the medium, including arrangements from Bach, Brahms, Ibert, Beethoven, and Mozart, as well as commissions from student and established composers such as Timothy Bowers.
Buck Brass Trio has enjoyed a considerable amount of coaching from many illustrious musicians, including Robert Hughes, Michael Thompson, Mark David, Michael Dussek and Elgar Howarth.
Tripartite Brass
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Sombre black attire belies their musical performance; gleaming metal, held aloft, glints gold and silver; warming tone so rich, not over-loud, in brass that isn't brazen, blends a harmony unique, enfolds our ears – such haven holds us spellbound this lunch-time, as horn, trombone and trumpet play in permutations bold, with floating sound so limpid. Piano, too, enters the mix; these versatile musicians bend their will to new arrangements, music in transition. Mozart, Haydn, light and shade, familiar and less known works from repertoire they take in stride – pioneered and well-blown. Dancing colours from the bell of brass create a picture perfect in its integration – freedom flows with structure. Peter Horsfield 10/07/2015 inspired by this concert by Buck Brass Trio |
Concert at Home
If you are unable to come along to today's concert, here instead is a selection of links to recordings of the same or similar works for your listening enjoyment.
There were two English organists and composers named Thomas Adams.
This recording of the Fugue, on its original instrument - the organ, is by the earlier of the two who was born in 1785:
There were two English organists and composers named Thomas Adams.
This recording of the Fugue, on its original instrument - the organ, is by the earlier of the two who was born in 1785:
Belgian trombonist and composer Steven Verhelst was born in 1981. Here is a performance of his lovely Song for Japan,
by four members of the trombone section of the Sydney Symphony (the orchestra was about to embark on a Japanese tour):
On the left below you will find a lively student performance of the popular Rondo from
Mozart's 4th horn concerto with soloist Ali Nizamani and the CYMC Orchestra
(CYMC is probably the Comox Valley Youth Music Centre's Summer School, in British Columbia).
If you have more time, or you would prefer a more polished performance, on the right you will find a performance of all
three movements with Radek Baborak as soloist AND conductor, with the Mito Chamber Orchestra:
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Is that the brighter tone of a fortepiano in this recording of Haydn's Piano Trio No 21 ?
There is more about the Van Swieten Trio's recordings of all of Haydn's Piano Trios, and their aim to match the instrument to the piano's developments during Haydn's lifetime, on the button on the right below:
Jacques Ibert wrote his Cinque pièces en trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon.
This recording was made during a performance in the Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California:
We hope you have enjoyed your "Concert at Home"
