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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Haydn - Nelson Mass - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Snape Maltings
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2026, %RI played first trumpet with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a performance of Joseph Haydn’s Nelson Mass (Hob. XXII:11) with the University of Essex Choir on Saturday 9 May 2026. The ensemble was directed by Ben Vonberg-Clark and the orchestra was led by the violinist Kati Debretzeni. The soloists were Charlotte Bowden (soprano), Rebecca Leggett (alto), James Way (tenor) and Bozidar Smiljanic (bass).
The performance at Snape Maltings also featured Mozart’s Regina Coeli in B-flat (K.127) and Handel’s Dixit Dominus (HWV 232) with Haydn’s Nelson Mass (Hob. XXII:11) completing the second half of the programme.
After this short trip to Suffolk, I will be travelling from England to Germany and transferring my attention from Haydn to Handel tomorrow to begin my involvement in the Göttingen Handel Festival, in which we will be celebrating 20 years of the festival orchestra known as FOG (Festspiel Orchester Göttingen).
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After this short trip to Suffolk, I will be travelling from England to Germany and transferring my attention from Haydn to Handel tomorrow to begin my involvement in the Göttingen Handel Festival, in which we will be celebrating 20 years of the festival orchestra known as FOG (Festspiel Orchester Göttingen).