Resonant Architectures - A tribute to Elgar Howarth | Brass Ensemble

Musical direction

Luc Vertommen

Musical performance

Studenten Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
Studenten Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen
Studenten KASK & Conservatorium

Programme

• Spitfire prelude and Fugue – William Walton (1902-1983) 
  (arr. Elgar Howarth)
   
• Drive – (Euphonium Concerto N°1)
  (student/gastsolist na auditieronde) Simon Dobson (°1981) 
  
   
• Symphony in two movements – Edward Gregson  (°1945)
  I.    Toccata – Fast, with energy – Tempo 2. A Little steadier
  II.    Variations – Theme. Not too slow, always moving – Majestically
  Variation 1. Fast and mercurial – A little steadier
  Variation 2. Strict tempo, menacingly – Faster, with excitement
  Variation 3. As the beginning, but serenely
  Variation 4. Fast, with energy – A little steadier

Pause
 

• Pictures at an Exhibition – Modest Moussorgsky (1839-1881) (arr. Elgar Howarth)
  
  Promenade 1: The Gnome
  Promenade 2: The Old Castle
  Promenade 3: The Tuilerie Gardens
  Bydlo
  Promenade 4: Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
  Two Jews-one rich, the other poor
  Promenade 5: The Weekly market at Limoges: The Catacombs
  With the dead in a Language Dead
  Baba Yaga. The Great Gate of Kiev