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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Bach - B Minor Mass - Bristol & Ramsbury - Solomon’s Knot
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2018, %RAfter an incredible fortnight at the Göttingen International Handel Festival I returned to the UK via the Hook of Holland to Harwich ferry to join Solomon’s Knot in their continuing B Minor Mass UK tour; a project that began in December 2016 at Shoreditch Town Hall and has seen subsequent performances in Ulverston (July 2017), Nottingham and at St. John’s Smith Square in London (December 2017).
2018 marks Solomon’s Knot’s 10th anniversary and the project culminated with these two performances at prestigious festivals and venues. The first performance was on Wednesday 23rd May 2018 at St. George’s Bristol and the second was on Friday 25th May 2018 at Ramsbury Holy Cross, in Wiltshire, as part of the Newbury Festival.
Both performances were exceptional and a fantastic way to end the UK tour. Highlights included: Alex Ashworth (bass) and Anneke Scott (horn) playing the Quoniam with fantastic bassoon playing from Inga Maria Klaucke and Hayley Pullen, also a fabulous Laudamus te by Rachel Ambrose Evans with great string accompaniment, led by Jamie Campbell (leader), and a lovely duet in Christe eleison by Zoë Brookshaw and Jessica Gillingwater.
Qui sedes was expertly sung by Martha McLorinan and it featured the lovely sounds of Jasu Moisio (oboe and oboe d’amore) who sounded excellent in the solo obbligatos and in a section with his exceptional oboe colleague, Robert De Bree.
The trumpet section featured myself and my remarkable colleagues Will Russell and Gareth Hoddinott. It was a pleasure to play the whole piece on first trumpet with those two playing with stylish refinement and reliability beneath. I particularly find myself in my element playing the sequence from the Sanctus onwards towards the Osanna and finally into the stunning Dona Nobis Pacem.
Bach, Concert, Natural Trumpet, Solomon's Knot, The Section2018 marks Solomon’s Knot’s 10th anniversary and the project culminated with these two performances at prestigious festivals and venues. The first performance was on Wednesday 23rd May 2018 at St. George’s Bristol and the second was on Friday 25th May 2018 at Ramsbury Holy Cross, in Wiltshire, as part of the Newbury Festival.
Both performances were exceptional and a fantastic way to end the UK tour. Highlights included: Alex Ashworth (bass) and Anneke Scott (horn) playing the Quoniam with fantastic bassoon playing from Inga Maria Klaucke and Hayley Pullen, also a fabulous Laudamus te by Rachel Ambrose Evans with great string accompaniment, led by Jamie Campbell (leader), and a lovely duet in Christe eleison by Zoë Brookshaw and Jessica Gillingwater.
Rehearsing the Confiteor ahead of @solomonsknot performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor tonight. 7:30pm @stgeorgesbris pic.twitter.com/edpRkxHt7Y— Joanne Miller (@baroqueviola) May 23, 2018
Qui sedes was expertly sung by Martha McLorinan and it featured the lovely sounds of Jasu Moisio (oboe and oboe d’amore) who sounded excellent in the solo obbligatos and in a section with his exceptional oboe colleague, Robert De Bree.
Thank you @solomonsknot for that wonderful B Minor Mass just now @stgeorgesbris Such a serious endeavour, so joyously delivered. Customarily scorebound Bach reborn as liberated, off-the-book chamber music, and thoroughly deserving of that standing ovation.— Meurig Bowen (@MeurigB) May 23, 2018
The trumpet section featured myself and my remarkable colleagues Will Russell and Gareth Hoddinott. It was a pleasure to play the whole piece on first trumpet with those two playing with stylish refinement and reliability beneath. I particularly find myself in my element playing the sequence from the Sanctus onwards towards the Osanna and finally into the stunning Dona Nobis Pacem.