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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Clarke, Blow, Purcell & Handel - A Choral Celebration of Queen Mary II - Royal Hospital Chelsea
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2024, %RI was delighted to rejoin the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists with the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir for a reprise of a programme from a concert given in April 2024 at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. This concert, on Thursday 26 September 2024 was part of the Chelsea History Festival and took place at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. It featured the same choral forces and directors (Will Vann and Ralph Allwood) as the Greenwich performance.
The programme was again a commemoration of the life of Queen Mary II and it featured music by Clarke, Handel, Purcell and Blow. Once again my arrangement of Jeremiah Clarke's Prince of Denmark's March opened the programme, and the trumpets were also involved in Henry Purcell's Birthday Ode for Queen Mary (1694), known as 'Come, ye sons of art’, and also in George Frideric Handel's Utrecht Te Deum (for the peace of Utrecht, 1713).
It was wonderful to perform these works in these two historic venues—each with a military connection and each on the banks of the river Thames. It was wonderful to see many of the Chelsea Pensioners in their famous scarlet coats.
Handel, London, Natural Trumpet, Purcell
The programme was again a commemoration of the life of Queen Mary II and it featured music by Clarke, Handel, Purcell and Blow. Once again my arrangement of Jeremiah Clarke's Prince of Denmark's March opened the programme, and the trumpets were also involved in Henry Purcell's Birthday Ode for Queen Mary (1694), known as 'Come, ye sons of art’, and also in George Frideric Handel's Utrecht Te Deum (for the peace of Utrecht, 1713).
It was wonderful to perform these works in these two historic venues—each with a military connection and each on the banks of the river Thames. It was wonderful to see many of the Chelsea Pensioners in their famous scarlet coats.
