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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Wedding - Battle Abbey
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2024, %RI performed ‘Eternal source of light divine’ from Handel’s Birthday Ode for Queen Anne and ‘Let the bright Seraphim’ from Samson at a wedding held on Friday 12 July 2024 in the Great Hall of Battle Abbey in East Sussex—an abbey dedicated to St Martin of Tours and built on the site of the Battle of Hastings. I performed with Verity Wingate (soprano), Kristiina Watts (theorbo), Miriam Nohl (baroque cello) and Iwan Teifion Davies (organ). Hedvig Haugerud (soprano) also sang in Monteverdi's 'Pur ti miro' from L'incoronazione di Poppea as the register was signed.
While in East Sussex, I took the opportunity to visit my old friend and colleague Crispian Steele-Perkins in nearby Cooden, before travelling to north Yorkshire to collect some silver trumpets I bought at auction.
Wedding
While in East Sussex, I took the opportunity to visit my old friend and colleague Crispian Steele-Perkins in nearby Cooden, before travelling to north Yorkshire to collect some silver trumpets I bought at auction.