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 - B Minor Mass - Victoria Theatre - Halifax
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2022, %RI was extremely lucky, on Sunday 30th October 2022, to be able to fill in for an indisposed trumpet player in a B minor mass at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax. At 5pm I finished another all-Bach performance in Leeds, and by 5:40pm I was in Halifax, ready for a 6:30pm B minor mass. As a period instrument specialist, this basically never happens—what luck!
The performance featured the Halifax Choral Society, 18th Century Sinfonia and the conductor, Philip Collin.
It had been a fantastic all-Bach day with four cantatas in Leeds, and a B minor mass in Halifax—and a wonderful selection of people! It was great to see and hear the wife and husband duo of Zoë and Alastair Brookshaw singing Domine Deus (soprano and tenor aria), and Kate Symonds-Joy and Frederick Long gave excellent renditions of the alto and bass arias too.
It has been an action-packed weekend, and I had the pleasure of playing with 7 different trumpet players and three different timpanists over three very enjoyable concerts!
Bach, ConcertThe performance featured the Halifax Choral Society, 18th Century Sinfonia and the conductor, Philip Collin.
It had been a fantastic all-Bach day with four cantatas in Leeds, and a B minor mass in Halifax—and a wonderful selection of people! It was great to see and hear the wife and husband duo of Zoë and Alastair Brookshaw singing Domine Deus (soprano and tenor aria), and Kate Symonds-Joy and Frederick Long gave excellent renditions of the alto and bass arias too.
It has been an action-packed weekend, and I had the pleasure of playing with 7 different trumpet players and three different timpanists over three very enjoyable concerts!