Royal Philharmonic Brass Ensemble

About the show

The ever-popular brass players of the RPO return for a thrilling musical tour of Europe and the Americas.

The concert transports us first from the rolling landscape of the Sussex Downs in Ireland’s Downland Suite to the opulent architecture of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice with Barieli’s Canzon Septimi Toni a 8.

We then travel further overseas to the New World: the urban streets of Argentina in Piazzolla’s pivotal Trifunal, and onto the vastness of North America with Dvořák’s Largo movement from the Symphony No. 9 (From the New World).

FINZI God is Gone Up

BRUCKNER Virga Jesse

TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA O Magnum Mysterium

IRELAND 'Elegy' from A Downland Suite

GABRIELI Canzon Septimi Toni a 8

SCHUBERT Du Bist die Ruh

PROKOFIEV 10 Pieces for Piano (4 movements)

DVOŘÁK 'Largo' from New World Symphony

PIAZZOLLA Triunfal (Trombone Quartet)

LAURIDSEN O Nata Lux

GERSHWIN Songbook

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Ensemble

Doors open half an hour before the concert starts. There will be an interval of 20 mins.

Set in the heart of London’s historic Square Mile, Kestrel Music’s nine-day festival, Summer Music in City Churches, returns with a world-class roster of artists taking a musical voyage ‘Around the World’. Hosted across five atmospheric, acoustically rich churches, this year’s theme explores music inspired by cities, landscapes and traditions. From traditional song and jazz arrangements, to lush choral harmonies and orchestral favourites, the programme celebrates sounds