In the 2018-19 season Septura will bring the unique sound of the brass septet to a wider range of audiences around the UK than ever before.
Building on our busiest ever season of UK concerts in 2017-18, this season we look forward to performing a wide range of varied programmes at new venues and festivals around the country, from York to Tonbridge, and collaborating for the first time with the Choir of Guildford Cathedral.
30nov7:30 pmGreat Hall, Swansea UniversityChristmas with SepturaBook tickets
The seasonal celebration of Christmas has been the inspiration for so many great musical masterpieces, and brass instruments are a vital part of this festive musical fabric. In
The seasonal celebration of Christmas has been the inspiration for so many great musical masterpieces, and brass instruments are a vital part of this festive musical fabric. In this concert Septura focus on some of the highlights of the rich Christmas canon – including Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Where years of repetition have dulled the impact of these wonderful works Septura — described by BBC Music Magazine as “dazzlingly polished” — illuminate them afresh, casting them in a brand new light through the unique and uplifting sound of the brass septet.
Programme:
Schütz Das Wort ward Fleisch
Bach Christmas Suite
Praetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Brahms Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Handel Messiah (excerpts)
Interval
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker
narrated by Rhodri Hugh Thomas
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Great Hall, Swansea University
Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows, Skewen, Swansea SA1 8EN
12dec7:30 pmSt George's Hall, LiverpoolChristmas with SepturaBook tickets
The seasonal celebration of Christmas has been the inspiration for so many great musical masterpieces, and brass instruments are a vital part of this festive musical fabric. In
The seasonal celebration of Christmas has been the inspiration for so many great musical masterpieces, and brass instruments are a vital part of this festive musical fabric. In this concert Septura focus on some of the highlights of the rich Christmas canon – including Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Where years of repetition have dulled the impact of these wonderful works Septura — described by BBC Music Magazine as “dazzlingly polished” — illuminate them afresh, casting them in a brand new light through the unique and uplifting sound of the brass septet.
Programme:
Schütz Das Wort ward Fleisch
Bach Christmas Suite
Praetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Brahms Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Handel Messiah (excerpts)
Interval
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker
narrated by Tom Redmond
(Thursday) 7:30 pm
St George's Hall, Concert Room
Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 1JJ
13dec7:30 pmChamps Hill **SOLD OUT**Christmas with SepturaSOLD OUT
The seasonal celebration of Christmas has been the inspiration for so many great musical masterpieces, and brass instruments are a vital part of this festive musical fabric. In
The seasonal celebration of Christmas has been the inspiration for so many great musical masterpieces, and brass instruments are a vital part of this festive musical fabric. In this concert Septura focus on some of the highlights of the rich Christmas canon – including Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Where years of repetition have dulled the impact of these wonderful works Septura — described by BBC Music Magazine as “dazzlingly polished” — illuminate them afresh, casting them in a brand new light through the unique and uplifting sound of the brass septet.
Programme:
Schütz Das Wort ward Fleisch
Bach Christmas Suite
Praetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Brahms Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Handel Messiah (excerpts)
Interval
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker
(Friday) 7:30 pm
Great Hall, Swansea University
Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows, Skewen, Swansea SA1 8EN
