A4 Brass Quartet

Jamie Smith cornet
Jonathan Bates tenor horn
Michael Cavanagh baritone horn
Chris Robertson euphonium

Many of the items in this programme are the ensemble’s own arrangements of pieces originally written for other instruments. They include less-known composers like Vittorio Monti and Doreen Carwithen, who was the first full-time female film composer anywhere in the world.

     Programme
R. Strauss arr. J. Bates - Festmusik der Stadt Wien
Gioachino Rossini arr. C. Robertson - Barber of Seville Overture
Joseph Kosma arr. J. Bates - Autumn Leaves
Doreen Carwithen arr. J. Bates - Suffolk Morris from Suffolk Suite
Evelyn Glennie arr. J. Bates - A Little Prayer
Martin Ellerby - Electra Dances I. Vendetta, II. Threnodies, III. Nemesis
Callum Au - Crown and Spectre
J. S. Bach arr. J. Bates - Inventions 1-4
Kentaro Sato arr. J. Bates - Tsuna’ngari
R. Vaughan Williams arr. J. Bates - English Folk Song Suite
Vittorio Monti - Csárdás
Jonathan Bates - Mists of the Mountains: IV. A Tale of Two Peaks