A staggering amount of thought has been put into the programming of our debut album: British Folk Music Vol. 1. The repertoire aimed to demonstrate the standard brass quintet in a brand new light. Though one that draws from our musical traditions in England and our heritage as British Brass…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3tiGnbZOmM English Fantasy No. 5 for Cornet - Featuring Sam Kinrade Here is Sam Kinrade playing English Fantasy No. 5 for Cornet. The piece forms the final part of a larger set of fantasies for solo brass quintet players scheduled for release by The Ensemble of the Golden Bough in…
Frank Bridge’s 1916 setting of the bawdry sea song makes as good a case as any for his music to be listed alongside the other great English folk settings of the early 20th century. Although less celebrated than that of his colleagues, the folk settings ‘Cherry Ripe’ and the paired…