The NLCE commissioned Martin Butler this year to write a new Nonet for them and the Dante Quartet. They will be premiering the new piece at Cheltenham International Music Festival next Wednesday, 6th July. Rehearsals are going really well, and the piece sounds brilliant! Do get along to hear it at Cheltenham: tickets & info here
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Onyx Brass at Kings Place: Bach Unwrapped
May 3, 2013, 7:30 pm
Kings Place, London
"Bach through Brass"
Onyx Brass present a programme centred around the intimate and focused Well-Tempered Clavier fugues and their descendants by Shostakovich, the programme stretches back from the world premiere of Jacques Cohen's Concertino to the Dance Suite from Elizabethan composer Anthony Holborne.
Saver tickets from £9.50, more information from the Kings Place website:
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/onyx-brass-bach-through-brass
Shostakovich (arr. Sutton) - Fugue in G, Op. 87 No. 3
Bach (arr. Maynard) - Fugue in G major 'The Great', BWV 541
Anthony Holborne - Elizabethan Dance Suite
Bach (arr. Shute) - Fugue in C, BWV 846
Shostakovich (arr. Miller) - Fugue in C, Op. 87 No. 1
Jacques Cohen - Concertino (world premiere)
Shostakovich (arr. Thomson) - Fugue in A flat, Op. 87 No. 17
Bach (arr. Shute) - Fugue in A flat, BWV 862
Handel (arr. Shute) - Eternal Source of Light Divine
Bach (arr. Keatley) - Fugue in D, BWV 850
Shostakovich (arr. Miller) - Fugue in D, Op. 87 No. 5
Joe Duddell - Still Life (based on Bach)
Timothy Jackson - Anything But
Bach (arr. Mills) - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Bach (arr. Miller) - Chromatic Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Bach (arr. Powell) - Chorale Prelude ‘Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland’, BWV 659
Alan Thomas - trumpet
Jason Evans - trumpet
David Pyatt - horn
Amos Miller - trombone
David Gordon Shute - tuba
"A Sporting Chance" Onyx Workshops
May 21, 2013, 12:00 am
Folkestone Primary Schools
Onyx Brass will work with primary schools from the Romney Marsh, Hythe & Folkestone to perform Bob Chilcott’s fantastic and entertaining A Sporting Chance. Weight lifting tubas will be chased by sprinting trumpets, and an ice-skating trombone will slither its way through this fantastic work for children and brass.
"A Sporting Chance" Onyx Workshops
May 22, 2013, 12:00 am
Romney Marsh Primary Schools
Onyx Brass will work with primary schools from the Romney Marsh, Hythe & Folkestone to perform Bob Chilcott’s fantastic and entertaining A Sporting Chance. Weight lifting tubas will be chased by sprinting trumpets, and an ice-skating trombone will slither its way through this fantastic work for children and brass.
"A Sporting Chance" Onyx Workshops
May 23, 2013, 12:00 am
Romney Marsh Primary Schools
Onyx Brass will work with primary schools from the Romney Marsh, Hythe & Folkestone to perform Bob Chilcott’s fantastic and entertaining A Sporting Chance. Weight lifting tubas will be chased by sprinting trumpets, and an ice-skating trombone will slither its way through this fantastic work for children and brass.
"A Sporting Chance" Onyx Workshops
May 24, 2013, 12:00 am
Folkestone Primary Schools
Onyx Brass will work with primary schools from the Romney Marsh, Hythe & Folkestone to perform Bob Chilcott’s fantastic and entertaining A Sporting Chance. Weight lifting tubas will be chased by sprinting trumpets, and an ice-skating trombone will slither its way through this fantastic work for children and brass.
Phoenix Piano Trio at Elmbridge Music Club
June 8, 2013, 7:30 pm
Riverhouse Barn, Manor Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 2PF
The Phoenix Piano Trio revisit Elmbridge, performing a programme of Haydn, Chausson and the majestic "Archduke" trio by Beethoven, which appears on their debut CD.
Haydn - Piano Trio in E flat, Hob. XV:30
Ernest Chausson - Piano Tio in G minor, op. 3
Beethoven - Trio in B flat, Op. 97, "Archduke"
Find out more information, and buy tickets (£15, only £5 for students) from the Riverhouse Arts Centre's website:
http://www.thelittleboxoffice.co/riverhouse/event/view/1710
Onyx at Music in the Round, Scarborough
June 13, 2013, 7:30 pm
Stephen Joseph Theatre Westborough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 1JW
Onyx Brass play their popular "Golden Age" programme at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, as part of Music in the Round.
There will be an informal pre-concert talk with members of the group, and a chance to ask questions, at 6.30pm.
Buy a ticket (£12.50-£17.50) and read more about the concert at the theatre's website: http://www.sjt.uk.com/details.asp?id=810
Monteverdi - "Deus in Adjutorium" from the Vespers
Holborne - Renaissance Dances
Bach - C major Fugue
Shostakovich - C major Fugue
Jackson - Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Copland - Three Dance Episodes from Rodeo
-Interval-
A Gabrieli - Ricercar del Duodecimi tuoni
Ives - Variations on America
Frances-Hoad - The Madness Industry
Jackson - Anything But
Malcolm Arnold - Quintet
Phoenix Piano Trio at Windrush Chamber Music Festival
June 15, 2013, 7:30 pm
Burford Parish Church, Burford, Oxfordshire
Programme TBC.
Bold as Brass! (Family Concert)
June 16, 2013, 3:00 pm
Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DZ
Onyx present a fun and interactive concert especially for families with children, featuring extracts from well-known and well-loved pieces, as well as a chance to learn all about the shiniest and loudest musical instruments on stage!
Tickets are only £6 for children, and £10 for adults.
You can read more about the concert, and buy tickets from WMC's website:
http://www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/whatsonbuy/family-bold-as-brass!
Onyx Brass at Music in the Round - Wiltshire (Evening Concert)
June 16, 2013, 7:30 pm
Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DZ
Onyx Brass perform their popular "Golden Age" programme, featuring music from the Italian Renaissance, through the majesty of Bach, to pieces written especially for the group, including Cheryl Frances-Hoad's "The Madness Industry".
Tickets cost from £15, and are available from the Wiltshire Music Centre's website: http://www.sjt.uk.com/details.asp?id=810 where you can also find more information about the concert.
There are FREE tickets for U25s, thanks to the generosity of the Cavatina Trust, and which are available by quoting "Cavatina Trust" when you call the Box Office.
There will be a pre-concert talk with members of the group, and a chance to ask questions, at 6.30pm
Monteverdi - Deus in Adjutorium from the Vespers
Holborne - Renaissance Dance Suite
Bach - C major Fugue
Shostakovich - C major Fugue
Jackson - Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Duddell - Still Life
Copland - Three Dance Episodes from Rodeo
-Interval-
A Gabrieli - Ricercar del Duodecimo tuono
Ives - Variations on America
Frances-Hoad - The Madness Industry
Jackson - Anything But
Arnold - Quintet
Phoenix Piano Trio at Windrush Chamber Music Festival
June 16, 2013, 7:30 pm
Burford Parish Church, Burford, Oxfordshire
Programme TBC.
NLCE Mainly Mozart at Erin Arts Centre
June 23, 2013, 7:00 pm
Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin, IOM
NLCE visit the Isle of Man's premier arts venue for the first time with their striking programme of arrangements of famous and little-known works by the Viennese master, along with two French classics to complete the evening.
More information will be available from the Erin Arts Centre's website - tickets for those aged 18 and under cost £1.00!
http://www.erinartscentre.com/whatsnew.html
Endymion performs at Ashbourne Festival
June 29, 2013, 8:00 pm
Ashbourne Festival, Derbyshire
One of our favourite programmes, featuring Clarinet Quintets by Mozart and Brahms.
Schubert - Trio in Bb D471
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet
You can find more information from the festival website, here: http://www.ashbournefestival.org/endymion.html
and buy tickets online from Ticketsource from 8th April, or by phone from the Tourist Information Centre on 01335 343666 (Mon-Sun, 10am-5pm) from 1st May.
Antony Pay - Clarinet
Krysia Osostowicz - Violin
Clara Biss - Violin
Judith Busbridge - Viola
Jane Salmon - Cello
Onyx Brass at the City of London Festival
July 2, 2013, 7:30 pm
St. Bride's, Fleet Street, London
Onyx Brass join the BBC Singers and conductor Nicholas Cleobury for a concert presented by JAM and featuring a new work for Organ, Brass and Choir by Paul Mealor, whose setting of "Ubi caritas et amor" was heard by millions when it was sung during the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. He later wrote the chart-topping "Wherever you are" sung by Gareth Malone's Military Wives Choir. His new substantial work "The Farthest Shore" is the centrepiece of this concert.
Tickets £15, £10 (£5 Student ticket on the door)
To book tickets, and find more information, just have a look at JAM's website:
http://www.jamconcert.org/concerts/tickets/246
Onyx Brass "A Sporting Chance" at Hythe
July 3, 2013, 2:00 pm
Hythe Bay Primary School
The culmination of workshops with school in the area, Onyx Brass come together with primary schools from the Romney Marsh, Hythe & Folkestone to perform Bob Chilcott’s fantastic and entertaining A Sporting Chance. Weight lifting tubas will be chased by sprinting trumpets, and an ice-skating trombone will slither its way through this fantastic work for children and brass.
During this amazing concert for all ages, Onyx will also play works by Bach, Ives and Handel… along with some rather curious additions!
Children go free!
For tickets and more information:
http://www.jamconcert.org/concerts/tickets/270