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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Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks - Royal College of Surgeons
%PM, %Europe/London %b %2021, %RI played first trumpet for the Installation of the President of the Royal College of Surgeons on Thursday 9th December 2021. The Installation took place at the Royal College of Surgeons of England at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London.
Prior to the ceremony, the oboists and bassoonists played sonatas and concerti by Prowo and Corelli. The procession, led by a mace-bearer, was accompanied by Handel’s La Réjouissance and the Ouverture was played at the end of the ceremony. The orchestra was Instruments of Time & Truth, which was directed from the oboe by Mark Radcliffe. We performed in the large atrium of this architecturally impressive building.
Engraving, London, Natural TrumpetPrior to the ceremony, the oboists and bassoonists played sonatas and concerti by Prowo and Corelli. The procession, led by a mace-bearer, was accompanied by Handel’s La Réjouissance and the Ouverture was played at the end of the ceremony. The orchestra was Instruments of Time & Truth, which was directed from the oboe by Mark Radcliffe. We performed in the large atrium of this architecturally impressive building.
I had the opportunity to view the highly ornate mace briefly, after the ceremony, and was impressed by the engraving and the insignia of King George IV. Their Royal Charter was granted on 13th February 1822. I walked back towards Farmington railway station through Hatton Garden, and could hear the tink, tink, tink of the repoussé hammers in this, the jewellery epicentre of London. After I became interested in engraving, while staying with Graham Nicholson in The Hague, I attended an engraving workshop in this area of London, and I have been engraving trumpet garlands ever since.