BF2 Onyx Brass

Onyx Brass
Niall Keatley trumpet
Alan Thomas trumpet
Andrew Sutton horn
Amos Miller trombone
David Gordon-Shute tuba

Bath Bachfest is delighted to welcome Onyx Brass for its Bath debut. Described by BBC Radio 3 as “wonderful, virtuosic brass”, Onyx Brass’s mission is to put its considerable abilities at the disposal of the music, which reflects the status of the brass quintet as a serious medium for chamber music. Their glorious Baroque programme will range across Europe and almost two centuries, from Monteverdi to Handel via Purcell and Scarlatti and with much J S Bach of course, including the dazzling Fugue BWV 541 Great in G major. A concert to change perceptions of what a brass ensemble can do.

Monteverdi Deus in adiutorium from Vespro della Beata Virgine (1610)
F Couperin Suite arr Hughes
Rameau Entrée de Polimnie from Les Boreades arr Gordon-Shute
J S Bach Fugue in C major BWV 846 arr Gordon-Shute
J S Bach Fugue in G major BWV 541 Great arr Maynard
Handel Eternal Source of Light Divine from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 arr Gordon-Shute
Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences arr Gordon-Shute
Scarlatti Sonata arr Dodgson
J S Bach Fugue in A flat major BWV 862 arr Gordon-Shute
J S Bach Fugue in D minor Chromatic BWV 903 arr Miller
J S Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 arr Powell

Supported by John Whibley “Holidays with Music”