London Brass: In Dulci Jubilo
London Brass: In Dulci Jubilo
Format: CD
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Artist: London Brass
Label: Warner Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 190295770211
Genre: Classical
Christmas with London Brass The brilliance of virtuoso brass instruments has been a resonant symbol of Christmas for centuries. Trumpets have long been the epitome of Divine power. In the course of it's decades-spanning history, the London Brass ensemble, which performs an incredible range of repertoire from classical through to jazz in formations of five or ten musicians, has frequently turned it's attention to Christmas music. Founded in 1985 by members of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble established in the 1950s, it is today one of the world's foremost brass formations. The works on this album are from the ensemble's English homeland, but include excursions to Germany, France, Spain and Poland. Many of the melodies are Christmas evergreens - such as Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen, which owes it's popularity to the arrangement by Michael Praetorius, a composer who lived on the cusp of the culturally ambitious Baroque era, when the ceremonial use of brass instruments reached it's zenith. This was especially the case in England, as witness the Trumpet Tune by John Stanley. The composer, who was blinded in childhood, was a close friend of George Frideric Handel, the composer born in Halle who became a naturalised Englishman and who devoted himself in his compositions to the opulent style of music popular at that time in the British Isles. Many of the songs on this album can be traced back a very long way: back for instance to medieval hymns such as Veni, Veni, Emmanuel and Quem pastores laudavere. Another a melody from the 14th century - In dulci jubilo - reveals interesting symbolism: the swaying rhythm depicts the image of the Virgin with baby Jesus. Silent Night, Holy Night is in the same tradition. Although a mere 200 years old, the carol owes it's origins to the organist Franz Xaver Gruber and the curate Joseph Mohr, who joined forces to write it and performed it for the first time on Christmas Eve 1818 in Oberndorf near Salzburg. Christmas Carols are called "Weihnachtslieder" in German and to this day, composers have continued to add to the repertoire. The highly successful British composer John Rutter, born in 1945, who is famous the world over for his anthemic choral works, has created a musical monument for himself with his Christmas songs, both original works and arrangements. © Oliver Buslau. 2017 Translation: Janet & Michael Berridge
Tracks:
1.1 Ding Dong, Merrily on High
1.2 Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
1.3 Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
1.4 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3, No. 4B, HWV 315: III. Allegro (Arr. for Brass)
1.5 A Prelude and Fugue About Quem Pastores Laudavere
1.6 The Shepherd's Pipe Carol
1.7 In Dulci Jubilo
1.8 The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "Winter": I. Allegro Non Molto
1.9 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
1.10 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
1.11 Coventry Carol
1.12 Away in a Manger
1.13 Trumpet Tune
1.14 Gabriel's Message
1.15 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
1.16 Joy to the World
1.17 The First Nowell
1.18 Festive Cheer Medley
