Chronicles - Trumpet & Organ:

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 - Vox Luminis - Wigmore Hall

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I travelled to Malonne, near Namur, in Belgium the morning after our performance with Les Talens Lyriques at La Seine Musicale. I was in Belgium to rehearse Bach’s B Minor Mass with the choir and orchestra of Vox Luminis at their rehearsal headquarters in Wallonia.

We subsequently travelled to London and performed Bach’s B Minor Mass at Wigmore Hall. 

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Robert Hughill described a performance with
"sympathetic trumpets (Rudolf Lörinc, Russell Gilmour, William Russell) who made everything so much more technicolour yet never over-dominated" - Robert Hughill


I will be joining Vox Luminis again in Belgium next week for their recording of Schütz’s Christmas Story.
Bach, London, Natural Trumpet, Vox Luminis, Wigmore Hall