Bach unwrapped through brass: Onyx Brass at Kings Place

By Julia Savage, 09 May 2013

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall One, London on 3 May 2013

Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue in G major, Op.87 no.3

Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV541 (Arr. Maynard)

Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV846 (Arr. Shute)

Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue in A flat major, Op.87 no.17 (Arr. Miller)

Cohen, Concertino

Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue in A flat major, Op.87 no.17 (Arr. Thomson)

Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A Flat Major, BWV862

Handel, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: Eternal Source of Light Divine (Arr. Shute)

Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV850 (Arr. Keatley)

Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue in D major, Op.87 no.5 (Arr. Miller)

Duddell, Still Life

Jackson, Anything But

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (Arr. Mills)

Bach, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903 (Arr. Miller)

Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - chorale prelude in G Minor, BWV659 (Arr. Powell)

Onyx Brass

Niall Keatley, Trumpet

Brian Thomson, Trumpet

Andrew Sutton, French horn

Amos Miller, Trombone

David Gordon Shute, Tuba

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****1

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For the first time, a musical comes to the outdoor stage of the annual Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.

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Seven fantasies replace seven veils

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Julia Savage

Julia works behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey as a PA. Outside of her job, she sings with a variety of ensembles in London and further afield, and undertakes freelance editorial and writing projects – from concert programmes to tasting notes.