4/12/2021
We drove through the snow and sleet until we reached Ayrshire where the weather was clear and the sun shone.
Alloway Church hall had a fine acoustic and a welcoming committee who provided a lovely meal and genuine friendliness.
We mostly played a new programme including Carnival of the Animals but peppered the concert with a few old favourites like the Carmen Suite & 4 Swiss Tunes. We had two deps playing with Graeme Williamson on Trumpet & James Goodenough on Horn who both played really well and an enthusiastic audience asked us for an encore which appropriately was “We wish you a merry Christmas”!
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Brass Tracks (Brass Tracks) Three weeks Edinburgh
ByLouise Rodgers| Published on Saturday 17 August 2019
Monteverdi was a bold (and chronologically correct!) start to this professional brass quintet concert.The band quickly established a rapport with their audience by introducing singer William Williamson in their own touching arrangement of ‘Annie Laurie’ for brass quintet and voice. ‘Night on Bare Mountain’ was highly dramatic, displaying a good partnership between trombone and tuba in an atmosphere of booming menace. Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ was enjoyable, and the chat between music was entertaining and informative. ‘St Louis Blues’, the original 12 bar blues, was also great- a memorable highlight during a lively concert. Brass concerts offer variety, joie de vivre and camaraderie – this one was no exception!