CSO brass return to Albert Hall in spring for another Best of Brass, with music from the Medieval period to the current day. 

We open with a captivating arrangement of the overture to Mozart’s popular two-act opera, The Magic Flute. The program also features virtuosic brass quintets from Dutch composer Jan Koetsier and English composer Sir Malcolm Arnold.

Our ensemble will also give a rare performance of two exquisite motets from Raffaella Aleotti, a late-Renaissance organist, composer and Augustinian nun. We close with one of the best-loved ballads of the twentieth century: Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’.

Artists

Justin Lingard Trumpet
Greg Stenning Trumpet 
Robert Johnson French horn
Michael Bailey Trombone
Bjorn Pfeiffer Tuba  

Repertoire

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute
Jan Koetsier Brass Quintet, Op. 65 
Raffaella Aleotti Two Motets: Ascendens Christus and Miserere Mei
Malcolm Arnold Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73
Leonard Cohen ‘Hallelujah’