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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Handel - Eternal Source of Light Divine - Avington Park
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2021, %ROn Saturday 31st July 2021 I performed for a wedding celebration at Avington Park near Winchester. A couple of classical music lovers from New York state celebrated a wedding ceremony at this fantastic venue in the Itchen valley, and hired the quartet Leos Strings for their special day.
I played Purcell's Trumpet Tune for the entrance of the Groom and Groomsmen, with Leos Strings - led by Laura Senior (we were contemporaries at the RNCM).
Another RNCM alumna, Jennifer Coleman, was the soprano soloist. She sang Andrew Lloyd Weber's Pie Jesu, and we performed Handel's Eternal Source of Light Divine together as the couple signed the book.
I played John Stanley's Trumpet Voluntary with Leos Strings as the happy couple departed.
The ceremony also featured Borodin's Notturno, Debussy's Clair de Lune and Puccini's Nessun Dorma. The whole event was live-streamed so their friends and family across the Atlantic could tune in.
Natural Trumpet, Wedding
I played Purcell's Trumpet Tune for the entrance of the Groom and Groomsmen, with Leos Strings - led by Laura Senior (we were contemporaries at the RNCM).
Another RNCM alumna, Jennifer Coleman, was the soprano soloist. She sang Andrew Lloyd Weber's Pie Jesu, and we performed Handel's Eternal Source of Light Divine together as the couple signed the book.
I played John Stanley's Trumpet Voluntary with Leos Strings as the happy couple departed.
The ceremony also featured Borodin's Notturno, Debussy's Clair de Lune and Puccini's Nessun Dorma. The whole event was live-streamed so their friends and family across the Atlantic could tune in.