A festive concert featuring stunning arrangements of Christmas Carols from the repertoire of Canadian Brass, and a fantasy on “The Twelve Days of Christmas” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison.
The Island Sound Brass Quintet is a brilliant ensemble of young professional instrumentalists who will present a program that spans six centuries, from the 16th century to the present.
Their program includes music ranging from Renaissance Italy to present-day America, from Palestrina to Duke Ellington
Island Sound Brass Quintet
Trumpets - Daniel Jones & Matthew Verso
Tenor Trombone - Shaun Cagney
French Horn - Noah Fotis-Larsen
Bass Trombone - Matthew Nienow

Program
Two Ellington Tunes arr. Luther Henderson
The Cottontail Caper
Sophisticated Lady

Four Motets and Two Canzons
Adoramus te, Christe Q. Gasparini/R. Sauer
Canzon 19 decimanona a 5 G. Guami
Tenebrae Factae Sunt M. Ingegneri/Sauer
Haec Dies G. Palestrina/Sauer
Canzone 22 vigesimaseconda a 5 B. Chilese
O Magnum Mysterium T. Victoria

Adam's Rib James MacMillan

Intermission

Frost Fire Eric Ewazen

Canadian Brass Christmas Carols (trad. carols arr. Luther Henderson)
Sussex Carol
Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
The Huron Carol
I Saw Three Ships
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Here We Come A-Wassailing
Go Tell It On The Mountain

Little Fantasy on "The Twelve Days of Christmas" John Harbison