StAMP Brass Camp Grand Finale Concert

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StAMP Brass Camp 2020 comes to an end in style!  The culmination of three weeks of online brass activities involving participants from all over the world and 75 beginner trumpeters in Fife, Clackmannanshire, Tayside and Perth & Kinross, as well as The Wallace Collection, Solstice Brass, tuba virtuoso James Gourlay in Pittsburgh, world-leading trombonist Ian Bousfield in Bern, and new music magicians Marco Blaauw and Christine Chapman in Cologne!

Something for Everyone

Enjoy performances from them all of music by Verdi, Bruckner, Sainton-Dolby and Bach as well as new music by Matthew Rooke, a masterclass on Saint-Saëns’ Cavatine op. 144 with Ian Bousfield and a massed virtual improvisation entitled Global Breath!
Introduced by John Wallace CBE.

Watch the video below, introduced by John Wallace, and enjoy performances of music by Verdi, Bruckner, Sainton-Dolby and Bach as well as new music by Matthew Rooke, a masterclass on Saint-Saëns’ Cavatine op. 144 with Ian Bousfield and a massed virtual improvisation entitled Global Breath!

Programme:

  • New Horizons for Brass Ensemble (first performance) – Matthew Rooke (Honorary Professor of Music and Theatre)
    • Performed by Solstice Brass and The Wallace Collection
  • Triumphal March – Charlotte Sainton-Dolby arr. Anthony George
    • Performed by the StAMP Brass Camp, 2020 ‘Sainton-Dolby’ Tent
  • It’s a Holiday Today – Eddie McGuire
    • Performed by the StAMP Brass Camp, 2020 ‘Gabrieli’ Tent
  • Locus Iste – Anton Bruckner arr. John Miller
    • Performed by the StAMP Brass Camp, 2020 ‘Bruckner’ Tent
  • Tuba Quartet (excerpts) – Eric Ball
    • Performed by James Gourlay (tuba)
  • New Dances – Brendan Collins
    • Performed by James Gourlay (tuba)
  • The Lost Chord – Sir Arthur Sullivan arr. Anthony George
    • Performed by the StAMP Brass Camp, 2020 ‘Bruckner’ Tent
  • Masterclass excerpts with Ian Bousfield (trombone)
    • Cavatine, op. 144 – Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Prelude from Cello Suite no.2, BWV 1008 – J.S. Bach
    • Performed by Ian Bousfield (trombone)
  • Grand March from Aida – Giuseppe Verdi arr. John Miller
    • Performed by the StAMP Brass Camp, 2020 ‘Sainton-Dolby’ tent
  • Meditation on MacMillan – John Wallace CBE
    • Performed by John Wallace and James Gourlay
  • Canzon Cornetto – Samuel Scheidt
    • Performed by Valentin Garvie, John Miller, Bede Williams and John Wallace (trumpets)
  • Excerpts from ‘Global Breath’ – Marco Blaauw and Christine Chapman (concept and arrangement)
    • Performed by StAMP Brass Camp, 2020 participants
  • Band Camp Blues – Anthony George
    • Performed by StAMP Brass Camp, 2020 participants directed by Anthony George