Probably the leader in original works for brass quintet is the American
Brass Quintet, described by Newsweek as "The high priests of brass" a
number of years ago. Definitely a bit more esoteric than most other
BQs.
My 2 cents -- Paul Mansur
On Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at 10:18 AM, David Jewell wrote:
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
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