British Folk-Song Music Setting on 2 Cork Reel tunes: 'Temple Hill' and 'Molly on the Shore'. Percy Aldridge Grainger Arranged for Brass Quintet by Ryan Linham Parts: Cornet 1 and 2 French horn / Tenor Horn in Eb Trombone / Euphonium Tuba / Eb Bass Order Now The Percy Grainger…
'Grainger inspired me to find more minimal approaches within my arranging. I embraced his style of using English performance directions such as 'pure', warm' or 'heavy' and enjoyed mimicking his chromatic harmonic movements, cheeky syncopated backings and soaring countermelodies to give my writing some of the qualities found in these…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8jyUQGAVCo Both 'Molly on the Shore' and 'Ye Banks and Braes o Bonnie Doon', ingeniously orchestrated for brass by our trumpet player and composer-in-residence Ryan Linham, were originally set by Grainger for many different combinations of instruments. These settings not only immortalise the folk melodies but preserve in some measure…
