A secular Remembrance programme presented by the acclaimed and innovative brass ensemble Septura.

Septura brings together London’s leading players to redefine brass chamber music through the uniquely expressive sound of the brass septet by creating a canon of transcriptions, arrangements and new commissions for this brand new classical configuration (‘brilliantly done’ The Observer).

Inspired by the strong battlefield associations of brass instruments, Septura’s focus is the mortal aspect of armed conflict, reflecting themes of heroism, sacrifice and grief.

Programme:

Brahms Geistliches Lied
Handel Suite from Rinaldo
Parry Songs of farewell (selection)
Shostakovich Quartet No.8

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

In music for voice and piano, Septura explore a great transatlantic relationship, charting a course from Fauré’s mélodies, through Ravel’s Mother Goose, to his friend Gershwin’s Songbook and iconic An American in Paris, especially arranged for brass and solo car-horns.

In music for voice and piano, Septura explore a great transatlantic relationship, charting a course from Fauré’s mélodies, through Ravel’s Mother Goose, to his friend Gershwin’s Songbook and iconic An American in Paris, especially arranged for brass and solo car-horns.