My Sunday choice is from an album that I have already shared a track a while back. Sometimes I like rearrangements – others don’t work so well.
Brass
It’s Not Winter!
…but never mind. Continuing the cold theme here is a recording by one of my favourite brass ensembles – Empire Brass – A sleigh ride, now that might cool me down ❄️❄️❄️
Jazz Sunday
A little New Orleans Jazz for Sunday this week. This is invariably the opening number in Canadian Brass Concerts – I first head it on a recording (Unexplored Territory) – and don’t worry – the opening is supposed to sound like an old ’78’ recording – your audio hasn’t gone funny!!
Back To The Funny Stuff
back to humour today – I expect that most of my brass playing friends have seen this performance before, but it is worth repeating – and will come as a surprise to those who have not seen it.
Gloria With Glorianna
I have concentrated on the summer schools – but my association with the music department in Glasgow afforded a lot of other opportunities as well. One was being in the orchestra for a choral concert (I think with the Glasgow Schools Choir) consisting of the Faure Requiem and the Vivaldi Gloria.
Ryan Anthony’s Oboe
Finding a suitable “arrangement” for my Friday quiet time choice took a while – but in the end it just had to be this one. A tune everyone knows played beautifully. I know that Ryan Anthony has featured a couple of times already recently – but there is no doubt this is worth listening to.
More Beatles
Today we stick with an arrangement of a Beatles’ song – but this is very different from yesterday. It features both Brandon Ridenour and Ryan Anthony sharing the trumpet solo part.
Norman Bearcroft
There have been many tributes paid to Norman Bearcroft over the last couple of days and this is adding another – not just on my own behalf, but also from Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army. This recording is from their Sanctuary Volume II CD and is an ideal piece of music for a tribute and a farewell.
A Song Of Hope
An unplanned break from the Scottish theme today. There is plenty of Scottish music that I could have used for the moment of calm/moment of reflection or whatever my Friday choice should be called. However a couple of days ago the trumpeter, Ryan Anthony, passed away after living with a cancer diagnosis for a number of years. I know that many of the folks that I am connected to on FB have experience of similar, either personally or through family/friends – so this one is especially for all of you.
Denmark, Sweden and Norway
Nine years ago Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army had just completed a tour of Scandinavia visiting Denmark, Sweden and Norway.