Septura Brass
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:26 am
Yesterday I visited a great concert bei Septura Brass from London (https://septura.org/)
Extremely impressive musicianship, 3 great trombonists, 3 great trumpet players and 1 great tuba player.
First half was some pieces by Schütz and Bach as well as an arrangement of the Hänsel and Gretel overture, second half highlights from Nutcracker.
They named their key goal as showing that brass ensembles are fully capable of playing chamber music on the highest level. Which in my opinion they reached easily. On the same level as German and Canadian Brass.
Matthew Gee played first, mostly tenor and one or two pieces on alto, very musical and warm sound, technically very impressive - same as second and bass trombone.
Also the ensemble structure works really well. It allows more of a section sound than a classical brass quintet but on the other hand is more soloistic and chamber music than a tentet. The arrangements sound great, but are probably almost not playable by most other people.
Extremely impressive musicianship, 3 great trombonists, 3 great trumpet players and 1 great tuba player.
First half was some pieces by Schütz and Bach as well as an arrangement of the Hänsel and Gretel overture, second half highlights from Nutcracker.
They named their key goal as showing that brass ensembles are fully capable of playing chamber music on the highest level. Which in my opinion they reached easily. On the same level as German and Canadian Brass.
Matthew Gee played first, mostly tenor and one or two pieces on alto, very musical and warm sound, technically very impressive - same as second and bass trombone.
Also the ensemble structure works really well. It allows more of a section sound than a classical brass quintet but on the other hand is more soloistic and chamber music than a tentet. The arrangements sound great, but are probably almost not playable by most other people.