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 - Fairy Queen - OAEducation - King’s Lynn
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2025, %RI played first trumpet with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAEducation) for an education outreach project on Tuesday 21 October 2025 at the Corn Exchange in King’s Lynn. The project featured music from The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell with additional music composed by James Redwood, who was also an engaging animateur and leader.
The project brought together the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, a rock band, numerous students from various primary schools, secondary school music students, and adult singers from the King’s Lynn Festival Chorus.
Education Outreach, Natural Trumpet, OAEducation, PurcellThe project brought together the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, a rock band, numerous students from various primary schools, secondary school music students, and adult singers from the King’s Lynn Festival Chorus.
This wasn’t my first time performing in King’s Lynn; I performed here with the OAE in 2015 and 2018. I also most recently performed this piece in Ipswich in 2023.
On this occasion I took a spare instrument so that a trumpet player (called Josh), who was also playing electric guitar in a rock band called The Gliders, could play on a natural trumpet in the section with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. We found 5 minutes to guide him through a short section of the part, which featured overlapping trumpet fanfares and he seemed to really enjoy the experience of playing it with the orchestra.
On this occasion I took a spare instrument so that a trumpet player (called Josh), who was also playing electric guitar in a rock band called The Gliders, could play on a natural trumpet in the section with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. We found 5 minutes to guide him through a short section of the part, which featured overlapping trumpet fanfares and he seemed to really enjoy the experience of playing it with the orchestra.