both groups have certainly mined the transcription bit for all its worth, I agree. And no, they don't do many original commissions, although the Canadians have commisioned an "opera" [Hornsmoke], the Michael Kamen Quintet, and have recorded the Malcolm Arnold Quintet. They were perhaps more core repetoire minded in their earliest days, when they had a recording that had several original compositions on it, but some of their arrangements certainly have involved nearly the same amount of work as composing something anew. In regards to the Empires, I know that they have commissioned some works, but I honestly don't have that information in my head or near to hand. To reverse the perspective, would we say a group was limited in their reptoire if the played nothing but original brass quintet works and left out anything that was arranged or transcribed? I think we need to accept the fact that the Canadians are who they are and the Empires are who they are, and the Boston Brass is who they are, and so on. And when I said the whole realm, I will concede that may have sounded exaggerated and a bit broad, but I thought we all gave each other a certain latitude about the use of common expressions and figures of speech. Paxmaha
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The whole realm? How much original quintet literature does either group perform? How many compositions (not arrangements) have they commissioned? Eric James On Mon, 16 May 2005 14:38:08 -0700 (PDT), David Jewell wrote: > > Actually the Empire Brass postdated the Canadians by > almost ten years. However, both groups have become the > predominantly known quintets and certainly do well at > exploring the whole realm of the repetoire between > them. I have a collection of ST. Paul Sunday Morning > episodes featuring both ensembles, and the discussions > between the playing highlight the differences in > attitudes that each groups has. You learn a lot about > what it all means when you get a chance to hear the > members of a group talk about life and music. > Paxmaha > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/16/2005 9:14:27 AM Pacific > Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: Before The Canadian Brass, brass quintet > music pretty much meant canzonas & > Gabrieli & the Robert King Catalog -- lots of tunes, > but not much stylistic > variety Don't forget The Empire Brass > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Make Yahoo! your home page > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/eric_d_james%40canada.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/paxmaha%40yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
