Connaught Brass

with Chineke!-trumpetist Aaron Akugbo 

Wed 13 Dec ’23

doors open

19:00

start

20:15

end

21:15

Jurriaanse Zaal

past

A single glance at the photo of these five young musicians and you know it: brass is cool. And don’t think style trumps substance, Connaught Brass are all virtuosos.

Trumpetist Aaron Akugbo from the Chineke! Orchestra has reinvigorated an increasingly rare ensemble composition: the brass quintet. Ewald’s Brass Quintet No. 4 is a brass-program classic, but pieces like the adaptation of Florence Price’s Adoration give tonight’s program a contemporary twist.
  

Aaron Akugbo, Harry Plant, Annemarie Federle, Chris Brewster, and Aled Meredith-Barrett are young musicians working hard on their promising international careers. But they still have time for other past-times, for example tuba player Aled Meredith-Barrett, who enjoys spending time working the bar at Chiswick’s The George IV.

programme

Haigh world premiere commissioned by Connaught Brass | Tilson-Thomas Street Song | Price Adoration (arr. Robyn Blair) | Ewald Brass Quintet No. 4 in A flat major, op. 8 
 

credits

Connaught Brass: Aaron Akugbo trumpet | Harry Plant trumpet  | Annemarie Federle French horn  | Chris Brewster trombone  | Aled Meredith-Barrett tuba 