The Medieval Manuscript the 'Chronicles of Mann and Sudreys' mentions various locations, including the Isle of Man, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and even places as far away as Norway and Brittany.
Russell Gilmour (trumpet) and David Kilgallon (organ) use melodies from these countries and they merge and fuse these ideas together with their own to create unique compositions for trumpet and organ. The idea behind their musical collaboration is to explore traditional music from these countries and to adapt the music, interpret it and explore it. Chronicles' musical format is slightly unusual in that it combines trumpet and organ - not the instruments you may initially associate with folk music - but it is an approach that has sparked a lot of interest.
Their limited edition EP "Prologue" is a sample of things to come, as the production of a full album is underway. The full album will be Chronicles' musical impression of the Isle of Man's influences and rich history - as documented in the Chronicles of Mann.
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Purcell - BBC Radio 3 - In Tune - 2019 Proms
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2019, %RI performed Purcell’s ‘Hark! the echoing air’ from the Fairy Queen with Clare Lloyd-Griffiths (soprano) and Solomon’s Knot as part of a special Proms edition of the BBC Radio 3 programme ‘In Tune’. The live broadcast took place just after the 17:00 news on Friday 19th July 2019 (the First Night of the Proms) in front of an audience at Imperial College London on Prince Consort Road. The programme presented by Sean Rafferty featured many guest performers including: soprano Louise Alder (Louise and I were at the Royal College of Music concurrently and we performed Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen [BWV 51] together in Moscow in 2012), the brass section from the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (we got chatting backstage - they were so friendly) and the South Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son.
Bach, BBC Proms, Broadcast, Purcell, Radio Broadcast, Solomon's KnotYou're in for a Purcell treat if you tune in at 5pm @BBCInTune special #fnop broadcast w/ @solomonsknot #Prom38 #SKPromDebut pic.twitter.com/Yx7MMHeky1— Mirjam van der Schoot (@mirjam_vds) July 19, 2019
The radio programme is available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days.
Solomon’s Knot appeared on In Tune live at the 2019 Proms for two main reasons: the first was to promote their Purcell Pageant programme - the first performance of which is taking place on Thursday 25th July 2019 at St Martin-on-the-Hill in Scarborough as part of the Ryedale Festival in Yorkshire. Secondly, Solomon’s Knot was on the programme to promote their involvement at the BBC Proms. We will be performing 'Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir' [BWV 130], 'Es erhub sich ein Streit' [BWV 19], ‘Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg' [BWV 149] and 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft' [BWV 50] for Prom 38 at 22:15 on Wednesday 14th August 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall.
For more information please visit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/evrn5v
As well as playing first trumpet in Solomon's Knot's Prom (Prom 38), I will also be playing first trumpet in the Aurora Orchestra for their memorised performances of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique in the Royal Albert Hall for their two consecutive Proms (Proms 72 and 73) on Thursday 12th September 2019.
[Hark! the echoing air begins at 4:00]
Solomon’s Knot appeared on In Tune live at the 2019 Proms for two main reasons: the first was to promote their Purcell Pageant programme - the first performance of which is taking place on Thursday 25th July 2019 at St Martin-on-the-Hill in Scarborough as part of the Ryedale Festival in Yorkshire. Secondly, Solomon’s Knot was on the programme to promote their involvement at the BBC Proms. We will be performing 'Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir' [BWV 130], 'Es erhub sich ein Streit' [BWV 19], ‘Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg' [BWV 149] and 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft' [BWV 50] for Prom 38 at 22:15 on Wednesday 14th August 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall.
For more information please visit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/evrn5v
As well as playing first trumpet in Solomon's Knot's Prom (Prom 38), I will also be playing first trumpet in the Aurora Orchestra for their memorised performances of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique in the Royal Albert Hall for their two consecutive Proms (Proms 72 and 73) on Thursday 12th September 2019.