The Medieval Manuscript the 'Chronicles of Mann and Sudreys' mentions various locations, including the Isle of Man, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and even places as far away as Norway and Brittany.
Russell Gilmour (trumpet) and David Kilgallon (organ) use melodies from these countries and they merge and fuse these ideas together with their own to create unique compositions for trumpet and organ. The idea behind their musical collaboration is to explore traditional music from these countries and to adapt the music, interpret it and explore it. Chronicles' musical format is slightly unusual in that it combines trumpet and organ - not the instruments you may initially associate with folk music - but it is an approach that has sparked a lot of interest.
Their limited edition EP "Prologue" is a sample of things to come, as the production of a full album is underway. The full album will be Chronicles' musical impression of the Isle of Man's influences and rich history - as documented in the Chronicles of Mann.
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Haydn - The Creation - Lea Singers
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2017, %RThe Lea Singers performed Haydn's 'Creation' in St. John's Church in Southdown near Harpenden on Saturday 24th of June 2017. Victoria Longdon conducted the choir, orchestra and soloists: Vanessa Bowers (Gabriel & Eve), Ruairi Bowen (Uriel) and Marcus Farnsworth (Raphael & Adam).
The group had chosen to perform an English version of the text, rendered by Paul McCreesh. "Haydn's 'Creation' was the first oratorio published bilingually" and McCreesh's version revisits some of the less fluent English using historically-appropriate words, while preserving some of the well-known features of the text that have become synonymous with 'The Creation'.
The choir sang with verve and the reduced-forces orchestra performed with flair under Victoria Longdon.
Classical, Haydn, Natural Trumpet, The SectionThe group had chosen to perform an English version of the text, rendered by Paul McCreesh. "Haydn's 'Creation' was the first oratorio published bilingually" and McCreesh's version revisits some of the less fluent English using historically-appropriate words, while preserving some of the well-known features of the text that have become synonymous with 'The Creation'.
The choir sang with verve and the reduced-forces orchestra performed with flair under Victoria Longdon.