Britten's Fanfare for St Edmundsbury, performed here with guest trumpet Phil Cobb, was premiered in 1959 at the Bury St. Edmunds 'Pageant of Magna Carta'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeUfTGAmxPU First issued in 1215, and then reissued in 1216, 1217 and 1226 the final iteration of Magna Carta acts as a legislative bedrock for…
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…
The ensemble takes its name from the seminal work by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James Frazer entitled 'The Golden Bough'. Readers may recognise the name from W.B. Yeats' poem 'Sailing to Byzantium' or from the countless other poets, musicians and artists like D.H. Lawrence who were profoundly influenced by Frazer's…
