Spotlight on Brass and Percussion
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This event took place on Sunday 28 February 2021.
- Sunday 28 February 2021
Spotlight on Brass and Percussion
Sun 28 Feb 2021
Need to know
Repertoire
- Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
- Handel, Arr. Howarth Music for the Royal Fireworks
- Mussorgsky, Arr. Howarth Pictures at an Exhibition
Features
- Simon Wright Conductor
- Brass and Percussion of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Brilliance and majesty are in abundance in a glorious 75-minute programme that shines a spotlight on the brass and percussion sections of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Copland’s ever-popular Fanfare for the Common Man provides a blazing start to this afternoon concert, followed in true regal style with Handel’s jubilant Music for the Royal Fireworks, commissioned by King George II to accompany a firework display on the River Thames. The concert concludes with a special arrangement of Mussorgsky’s colourful Pictures at an Exhibition, a musical gallery tour concluding with the grand Great Gate of Kiev.