The 18th-century orchestra of Handel’s Rinaldo and Rameau’s Dardanus is brought to life in borrowings for brass.
Septura’s Pergolesi, by contrast, is third-hand: Stravinsky got there first, and his neoclassical Pulcinella is re-imagined for brass, alongside some early neoclassical piano works by Prokofiev.
Programme:
Rameau Dardanus
Prokofiev Op. 12 Suite
Handel Rinaldo
Stravinsky Pulcinella
Proms at St Jude’s