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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Bach - Unser Mund sei voll Lachens - Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists - La Scala, Milan
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2024, %RLa Scala, Milan | Alte Oper, Frankfurt | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg | St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
I played first trumpet, and a solo trumpet aria, in Johann Sebastian Bach’s Unser Mund sei voll Lachens [BWV 110] at La Scala in Milan on Monday 2 December 2024.
The performance, given by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists under the direction of Christophe Rousset, took place in front of a sold-out La Scala audience. The concert also featured music by Charpentier, and the entire performance will be reprised over the coming weeks at Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, and London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
It was a great pleasure to play at this iconic venue, and a thrill to play the trumpet aria, Wacht auf, ihr Adern und ihr Glieder, with the bass soloist Florian Störtz.
Natural Trumpet, The Section, Tour, ‘Just’ Natural TrumpetI played first trumpet, and a solo trumpet aria, in Johann Sebastian Bach’s Unser Mund sei voll Lachens [BWV 110] at La Scala in Milan on Monday 2 December 2024.
The performance, given by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists under the direction of Christophe Rousset, took place in front of a sold-out La Scala audience. The concert also featured music by Charpentier, and the entire performance will be reprised over the coming weeks at Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, and London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
It was a great pleasure to play at this iconic venue, and a thrill to play the trumpet aria, Wacht auf, ihr Adern und ihr Glieder, with the bass soloist Florian Störtz.
“𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩…𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙞 𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙...𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮..𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙚.” Musica on our sold-out performance at @teatroallascala pic.twitter.com/LKSLTKQPKL
— MonteverdiChoir&Orch (@mco_london) December 4, 2024
I enjoyed visiting Milan, which was beginning to look quite festive. It was the first time I have ever visited this fashionable and photogenic city, and hopefully not my last. In fact, I will be retuning to Teatro La Scala in May 2025 with Christophe Rousset’s own orchestra, Les Talens Lyriques.
