Sunday Concert

Sunday Concert

Sunday 23 June 2024

Salford Quays Brass Quartet

Alicia Davis   cornet

Lewis Barton   cornet

Emma Conway   tenor horn

Julian Bayley   euphonium

All members are students at the Royal Northern College of Music and play for some of the UK’s leading brass bands, including Brighouse and Rastrick, The KNDS Fairey Band, Leyland Band and Rothwell Temperance Band.

The Quartet feature in many concerts with a particular interest in new compositions exploring the sounds of a brass instrument, most recently premiering two new commissions at the RNCM Festival of Brass by esteemed composers: Lucy Pankhurst and Jonathan Bates. 

Salford Quays Brass Quartet are also heavily involved in the RNCM Brass Engage Programme, which brings new audiences into the university and supports the music curriculum within schools in the local area. The programme gives the quartet the opportunity to present workshops to several schools and music services across the country, Salford Quays Brass Quartet is becoming a leading group in offering engaging presentations on the introduction to Brass with an ethos that everyone should have the opportunity to play.

Performance

JOSEPH HAYDN arr TOM SMITH

First Movement of String Quartet in B flat major Op 76 No 4 ‘Sunrise’

KARL JENKINS

Hymn from Adiemus

OLIVER BULLOCK

The Calling

PHILIP R BUTTAL

Lone Arranger

LUCY PANKHURST

Neon Shadows

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART arr OWEN FARR

The Marriage of Figaro Overture

TRAD arr DAVID CHILDS

Danny Boy

PETER GRAHAM

Time Piece

Salford Quays Brass Quartet appear by kind permission of the RNCM.

Further Details:

This is a free event

Booking has now closed for this event.

The concert will take place in Gallery 3 of The Whitworth from 3pm to 3.45pm.