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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Cimarosa - L’Olimpiade - Les Talens Lyriques - Paris
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2023, %RI joined Les Talens Lyriques for a recording of Domenico Cimarosa’s L’Olimpiade, a drama by Pietro Metastasio. The recording was directed by Christophe Rousset and we used a new edition by Korneel Bernolet produced specially for the occasion. I joined Les Talens Lyriques on the last day of their rehearsals in Paris, at the Mairie of the 9th Arrondissement, on 17 December 2023. The following day myself and Will Russell (2nd trumpet) recorded at Salle Colonne—where we recorded a CD with Michael Spyres around this time last year.
On this occasion, we recorded all three of the D-major trumpet numbers in L’Olimpiade in the first session on 18 December. It was great to be back in the studio during the evening recording session while we waited to record the finale (in C major), as we got to hear an unbelievably virtuosic coloratura soprano aria (comparable to Mozart’s Queen of the Night Aria), sung by Rocío Pérez; it also featured an obbligato oboe part, played by Martin Stadler.
We were very fortunate to be able to hear this astonishing music, and we were also very lucky that this project could fit around our performances of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, with Vox Luminis in Antwerp on 16 December and Lyon on 19 December. After the recording we rejoined that project for two subsequent performances in Malonne (21 December) and Bruges (23 December).
I look forward to performing this Cimarosa opera in Vienna in March 2024 with Les Talens Lyriques.
Classical, Natural Trumpet, Recording, The SectionOn this occasion, we recorded all three of the D-major trumpet numbers in L’Olimpiade in the first session on 18 December. It was great to be back in the studio during the evening recording session while we waited to record the finale (in C major), as we got to hear an unbelievably virtuosic coloratura soprano aria (comparable to Mozart’s Queen of the Night Aria), sung by Rocío Pérez; it also featured an obbligato oboe part, played by Martin Stadler.
We were very fortunate to be able to hear this astonishing music, and we were also very lucky that this project could fit around our performances of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, with Vox Luminis in Antwerp on 16 December and Lyon on 19 December. After the recording we rejoined that project for two subsequent performances in Malonne (21 December) and Bruges (23 December).
I look forward to performing this Cimarosa opera in Vienna in March 2024 with Les Talens Lyriques.