NOSPR in Chamber Mode / NOSPR brass section (concert postponed)

NOSPR Chamber ensembles
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Wednesday

15.06.202219:30

Concert Hall

Seats

Performers

Benedykt Matusik – trumpet

Stanisław Dziewior – trumpet

Piotr Nowak – trumpet

Piotr Pyda – trumpet

Antoni Adamus – trumpet

Krzysztof Tomczyk – horn

Mariusz Ziętek – horn

Paweł Cal – horn

Damian Walentek – horn

Tomasz Hajda – trombone

Michał Mazurkiewicz – trombone

Karol Gajda – trombone

Zdzisław Stolarczyk – bass trombone

Jakub Urbańczyk – tuba

Wojciech Morcinczyk – timpani

Michał Żymełka – percussion

Piotr Połaniecki – percussion

Dariusz Brauhoff – percussion

Program

Aaron Copland

Fanfare for the Common Man

Jean Sibelius

Finlandia, Op. 26 (arr. for 4 trumpets, 4 French horns, 4 trombones, tuba and percussion: Steven Verhelst)

Edward Elgar

Variation IX Nimrod from the Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (arr. for 4 trumpets, 4 French horns, 4 trombones, tuba and percussion: Steven Verhelst)

Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. for brass ensemble: Elgar Howarth)

Concert postponed, new date - 2.02.2023. Tickets remain valid.

The origins of brass bands backed by a drum set can be traced back to the 19th century. Their background is not only the tradition of military bands, but also British workers’ communities’ bands, led by the Stalybridge Old Band, founded in 1809 and still active. Local miners’ and steelworks workers’ performances have been enlivening the communities’ celebrations for years. The standard membership of such an ensemble was established in the 1950s by the New York Eastman Wind Ensemble. The only piece to be performed this evening which was composed with this type of ensemble in mind is Copland’s Fanfare, inspired by vice president Henry Wallace’s, co-founder of the Progressive Party, speech. The remaining pieces are arrangements – their existence itself providing even more compelling evidence of the vitality and energy of an ensemble composed of horns, trombones, tuba, and the indispensable drums.