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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Gottfried Finger - Recording - Bishopsbourne
%AM, %Europe/London %b %2018, %RThe church of St. Mary the Virgin in the tranquil village of Bishopsborne in Kent was the venue for a recording of music by Gottfried Finger (c.1655-1730). The recording was organised by Professor Robert Rawson - Professor of Musicology and Historically Informed Performance at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Other pieces to be recorded on the first day included two pieces entitled Sonata à 6, one from Finger’s time in London and the other from his time in Salzburg. Both featured two trumpets, the latter had a timpani part added by Robert Rawson. The recording engineer and producer was Rainer Arndt from Belgium.
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The recording of music by ‘The Ingenious Mr Finger’ began on Friday 6th July 2018 with the piece with the largest orchestral forces: Sonata à 10, which featured two natural trumpets (Russell Gilmour & William Russell), timpani (Stephen Burke - N.B - the timpani part was written by Robert Rawson), two oboes (Mark Baigent & Cait Walker), taille (Belinda Paul), bassoon (Sally Holman), Violins (Tassilo Erhardt, Ellen O’Dell and Eleanor Harrison &; Ben Sansom, Amanda Babington and Hailey Willington), viola (Alexandria Lawrence), cello (Kinga Gaborjani), bass (Robert Rawson), theorbo (Alex McCartney) and harpsichord (David Wright).
Other pieces to be recorded on the first day included two pieces entitled Sonata à 6, one from Finger’s time in London and the other from his time in Salzburg. Both featured two trumpets, the latter had a timpani part added by Robert Rawson. The recording engineer and producer was Rainer Arndt from Belgium.