Chaconne Brass
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Repertoire
Chaconne has a large and diverse repertoire of music spanning 600 years including many works specially written for the group; these have been commissioned to fit in with Chaconne's aim of pushing forward the musical boundaries as well as of presenting entertaining programs of the highest musical standards.
A typical Chaconne Brass performance will range from renaissance to modern, classics to experimental and from the profound to the downright silly!
Chaconne Brass have performed to audiences at the Queen Elisabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Conway Hall, St John's Smith Square and St Martin's-in-the-Fields London, St David's Hall Cardiff, die Philharmonie Berlin, BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, BBC1 TV and Classic FM.
For examples of Chaconne recital-programmes, click here; It will take you to the 'publicity/downloads' page.
Listed below is Chaconne's complete repertoire, 'music written for Chaconne' and 'Chaconne's general repertoire'. Click on the cleverly-coded buttons if you want to hear extracts taken from Chaconne CDs:
'Chaconne Brass' (CBCD597), 'Oh Good, Chips for Tea!' (CBCD599), 'We Are Not Alone' (CBCD1101) and 'Cool Samba School' (CBCD904).
Music Written for Chaconne
- Tomaso Albinoni (arr Mark Kesel) - Concerto Op 7 No 6 CBCD597
- Matthew Allsop - Shaping the Invisible (Chaconne commission, 2004, electric guitar, ambient sounds, quintet)
- JS Bach (arr mark Kesel) - Allegro from Sonata No 1 in E flat CBCD597
- J S Bach (arr Chris Mitchell) - Fugue XXII
- J S Bach (arr Chaconne) - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (quintet and organ)
- JS Bach (arr Chris Mitchell) - Siciliano
- Richard Baker - Keck (Chaconne commission, 1999)
- Jacqueline Binns - The Circus (Chaconne commission, 1988) CBCD597; CBCD599 (excerpt)
- William Boyce (arr Mark Kesel) - Symphony No 1 CBCD597 (Adagio only)
- Howard Burrell - Procession (quintet plus organ)
- Ben Castle - Birthday Blues (Chaconne commission, 1999) CBCD1101
- Ben Castle - Picture This (Chaconne commission, 1999) CBCD1101
- Giovanni Coperario (John Cooper)(arr James Baker) - Fantasia
- Roger Dean - Flying (Chaconne commission, 1999) CBCD1101
- Claude Debussy (arr Chris Mitchell) - Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, book VI)
- (Jonkheer) Jacob van Eyck (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Doen Daphne d'over schoone Maeght CBCD597
- George Gershwin (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) CBCD1101
- Claude Gervaise (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - French Renaissance Dances CBCD597
- Edvard Grieg (arr Chris Mitchell) - Three Norwegian Songs
- Franz Xaver Gruber (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Silent Night (soprano and suspended handbells)
- George Frideric Handel (arr Chaconne) - Watering Can Music CBCD599
- Laurence Harwood - Gatsby!
- Ivor Hodgson - Shining Tor (Chaconne commission, 1999)
- Anthony Holborne (arr James Baker) - The Funerals CBCD1101
- Gustav Holst (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Neptune (from The Planets)(with choir/voices)
- Torbjörn Hultmark - Fanfare for Linda CBCD597
- Torbjörn Hultmark - An Iberian Draft CBCD1101; CBCD904 (excerpt)
- Torbjörn Hultmark - A Love Song to the Moon CBCD1101
- Torbjörn Hultmark - Psalm (based on a theme by (Jonkheer) Jacob van Eyck) CBCD1101
- Torbjörn Hultmark - A Sketch of Gaul CBCD1101
- Georg Nepomuk Hummel (arr Chris Mitchell) - Variations CBCD597
- Mark Kesel - Amana CBCD1001
- Mark Kesel - Genesis CBCD904
- Mark Kesel - Nachna
- Orlandus Lassus (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Fantasia CBCD597
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (arr Mark Kesel) - Concerto
- Edward Longstaff - Sonata (Chaconne commission, 2004)
- Edward Longstaff - Nativity Suite (Chaconne commission, 2005)
- Henry Lowther - Diversées (Chaconne commission, 1999) CBCD1101
- Cecilia McDowall - Tango oscuro (Chaconne Commission, 2000)
- Felix Mendelssohn (arr Chris de Souza) - Christmas Suite (Chaconne Commission, 2005)
- Chris Mitchell - Celebración de vida
- Chris Mitchell - Cool Samba School CBCD904
- Chris Mitchell - Que pasa! CBCD599 (live rec 1); CBCD1101 (studio rec); CBCD904 (live rec 2)
- Jacques Offenbach (arr Chaconne) - Watering Can-Can (played on watering cans and kettles) CBCD904
- Michael Omer - Playing for Time (Chaconne commission, 1999)
- Tony Osborne - Chaconne Syncopations (Chaconne commission, 1998)
- Hieronymus Praetorius (arr Chris Mitchell) - Lamentations of Jeremiah CBCD597
- Henry Purcell (arr Chris Mitchell) - Dido's Lament (from Dido and Aeneas)
- Henry Purcell (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Dido's Lament (from Dido and Aeneas)
- Henry Purcell (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Sonata
- Sergei Rachmaninov (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Vocalise CBCD597
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (arr Chris Mitchell) - Ouverture
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (arr Chris Mitchell) - Chaconne
- Maurice Ravel (arr Torbjörn Hultmark) - Pavane pour une infante d funte
- Angela Rolls - Windows (Chaconne commission, 1999)
- Camille Saint-Sa ns (arr Chris Mitchell) - The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals)
- James Saunders - Mouse Trap (Chaconne commission, 1998)
- Martin Spain - Scene from a Memory (Chaconne commission, 1998)
- Michael Summers - Sailing in the Twilight Sun (Chaconne commission, 1998)
- Traditional (arr Chris Mitchell) - Si ya hamba CBCD904
- Tim Venison - The Manhattan Project (Chaconne commission, 1999)
Chaconne's General Repertoire
- John Addison - Divertimento for Brass
- Malcolm Arnold - Quintet for Brass
- J S Bach (arr Ronald Romm) - Little Fugue in G minor
- J S Bach (arr Eugene Watts) - Sheep May Safely Graze
- Eugè ne Bozza - Sonatine
- Victor Evald - Brass Quintet
- Giovanni Gabrieli - In Ecclesiis (choir and quintet)
- Giovanni Gabrieli - Ricercare del duodecimo tuono
- Ian Finney - Brass Quintet
- Vagn Holmboe - Brass Quintet No 1 Op 79
- Elgar Howarth - Variations for Brass Quintet
- Dan Jenkins - Freeway
- Jan Koetsier - Kleiner Cirkusmarsch
- Witold Lutoslawski - Mini Overture
- Jim Parker - The Golden Section
- André Previn - Four Outings
- Steve Reich - Clapping Music
- Giacchino Rossini (arr Arthur Frackenpohl) - William Tell Overture CBCD599
- Esa-Pekka Salonen - Sets
- Traditional (arr Don Gillis) - Just a Closer Walk with Thee CBCD599
- Fats Waller (arr Lee Norris) - Ain't Misbehavin'
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Outreach
For their work with advanced students, members of Chaconne Brass regularly work individually or as a group at institutions such as the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music.
Chaconne's mission, when working with younger students, is to promote, educate and inspire new generations of listeners in the field of music.
See below for the two primary-school shows 'Oh Good Chips for Tea!' and 'Samba'
These performances are among the most popular of their kind in the country having been featured at London's South Bank and on BBC1 and Radio 4.
The concert is both lively and entertaining, relying heavily on on the interaction of the performers and audience. Chaconne Brass will play Rossini's William Tell Overture, Jaqueline Binns' The Circus, dixieland jazz as well as Handel's Water Music on watering cans and kettles. Everyone present will also take part in a performance of Chris Mitchell's Que Pasa! which is Chaconne Brass' re-creation of a South American street party. A few volunteers - children (and teachers!) - may try out their conducting skills...
...as well as an opportunity for some to have their first lesson on a brass instrument.
At the end of a Chaconne educational show, the children will not only have a rudimentary understanding of how a brass instrument works, but sometimes also a burning ambition to learn to play a brass instrument themselves.
This is Chaconne Brass' version of the dynamic world of Brazilian Samba. The performance traces the roots of Samba; it is both lively and entertaining, relying heavily on the interaction of the performers and audience.
Starting in Africa with Chris Mitchell's Si Ya Hamba and Mark Kesel's Genesis, through to the European influences via Rodrigo//Hultmark's An Iberian Draft and a polka conducted by a couple of volunteers (and maybe a volunteered teacher!)...
Throughout the show, the children will be taught a song and many of the rhythms that make up samba as well as having been taught to play and name some of the Latin American percussion instruments; they will have a greater understanding of how brass instruments work and, of course, about the colourful world of Samba!
...it ends with a full-blown attempt at Brazilian Samba in which everyone takes part, performing Chris Mitchell's Cool Samba School. |
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Chaconne Brass was formed in 1984 and has established a reputation as one of Britain's most versatile ensembles. Its repertoire spans from Praetorius to Steve Reich, from Gershwin to Miles Davis, from Acoustic to Electro-acoustic and from Brass to Beyond...
- Torbjorn Hultmark (trumpet)
- Simon de Souza (horn)
- Mark Kesel (trumpet)
- Emily White (trombone)
- James Doherty (tuba)
Chaconne Brass has an ever-growing list of over 50 works written for the group, a large part of which has been recorded. In addition to extensive touring with Chaconne Brass, members work as guest principals and soloists with some of the top orchestras and ensembles in Britain. Several members are also teachers as well as successful composers and arrangers with a large number of commissions, concerts and broadcasts in Britain and other countries.
A combination of entertainment, creativity and excellence has allowed Chaconne Brass to develop a totally unique style that appeals to audiences of all ages and backgrounds; whether it is a recital at London's South Bank, a radio or TV broadcast, a workshop for college students or a performance for very young school children, Chaconne Brass is always met with overwhelming enthusiasm.
Chaconne Brass's web profile was last updated 10th Oct 2010
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