Cambridge Summer Music Festival

Connaught Brass

Thursday 21 July, 1pm

Queens’ College Chapel

(By kind permission of the President and Fellows of Queens’ College)

Aaron Akugbo trumpet
Harry Plant trumpet
Robyn Blair French horn
Chris Brewster trombone
Aled Meredith-Barrett tuba

Mogens Andresen Prelude – Rheinlaender from Three Norwegian Dances
Giovanni Pergolesi arr. Verhelst Suite from Pulcinella 2.0
Peter Longworth In Bergamo
Florence B. Price arr. Blair Adoration
Kurt Weill arr. Foster Selections from The Threepenny Opera
Sergei Rachmaninoff Bogoroditse Devo 

Connaught Brass are fast making a name for themselves as a fresh talent in the chamber music world. Already set to perform at London’s Wigmore Hall and in the Lucerne Festival Debut Series, the ensemble’s ability to manipulate and unify sound earned them First Prize in the inaugural Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition 2019. More recently, the quintet has become Debut Artists of the Tillett Trust and gained a place on the prestigious Britten Pears Chamber Music Residency 2021.

Their programme boasts an eclectic mix of musical periods and composers, from the Baroque to the contemporary.

A thrilling young ensemble at the start of what is sure to be a major international career.
(Great Birmingham Brass Fest)

Generously supported by the Cavatina Trust and CambridgeBid

Tickets: £10 plus booking fee
(8-25 years free)