Empire Brass

Thursday, November 3, 2005 晚上八時     Macao Tower Auditorium, 4º floor     200

Rolf Smedvig, Trumpet
Marc Reese, Trumpet
Michelle Perry, Horn
Mark Hetzler, Trombone
Kenneth Amis, Tuba

 

 

Programme:
Tylman Susato (1500-1561)	Basse Dance Bergeret
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)	Morning Dance, from Romeo and Juliet Troika, from Lieutenant Kijé
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)	Introduction and Allegro, from Sonata for Violin and Continuo op. 6, No. 5
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)	Slavonic Dance No. 1, op. 46
Piotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)	Danse Arabe and Dance Russe, from The Nutcracker, op. 71
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)	Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)	Rondo alla Turka, from Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331
Traditional Irish 14th century	Kesh Jig
Anthony Holborne (1602-?)	Gigue
Leonard Bernstein	Music From America
George Gerswhin	Piano Prelude No. 2
Meredith Willson	76 Trombones, from The Music Man (1957)
Gerswhin	Summertime, from Porgy and Bess
Clarke/Smedvig	Carnival of Venice
Duke Ellington	It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got that Swing)
Aaron Copland	Simple Gifts, from Appalachian Spring (1944)

The Empire Brass enjoys an international reputation as North America’s finest brass ensemble, renowned for its brilliant virtuosity and the unparalleled diversity of its repertoire. The ensemble has won the renowned Naumburg Prize and the Harvard Music Association Award.

“They exhibited virtuosity and versatility far beyond the normal call of concert duty. You have not often heard an ensemble that played with more gusto than this one.”
From The New York Times