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In
1951 the first trumpet of the Convent Garden Opera House Orchestra, Philip
Jones, who was born in 1928 in Bath, England, established this
ensemble. Depending on the size
of their auditorium they played as a five or ten-piece classical brass
ensemble and were one of the first of this type to be formed in modern
day. They have made many
concert tours and performances and have also made many recordings of their
works and after Philip Jones retired in 1986 they became known as the
London Brass. The commissioned
works that were arranged for the ensemble were bequeathed to the Royal
Northern College of Music on the death of Philip Jones' death in 2000. Elgar Howarth and John Iveson have
conducted them with numerous world-class performers on trumpet, French
horn, trombone, tuba and percussion.
Their repertoire consists of music that ranges from Renaissance to
contemporary works and in the world of popular music they appeared on the
track "Wanderlust" on the albums Give My Regards to Broad
Street and Tug of War by Sir Paul McCartney.
Members
of the ensemble throughout their history are:
James
Anderson (tuba)
Norman
Archibald (trumpet)
Paul
Archibald (trumpet)
Graham
Ashton (trumpet)
Joseph
Atkins (trumpet)
Julian
Baker (French horn)
Roger
Brenner (trombone)
Raymond
Brown (trombone)
James
Buck (French horn)
Anthony
Chidell (French horn)
Roy
Copestake (trumpet)
David
Corkhill (percussion)
Eric
Crees (trombone)
Alan
Cumberland (percussion)
Harry
Dilley (trumpet)
Lawrence
Evans (trumpet)
Simon
Ferguson (trumpet)
John
Fletcher (tuba)
Rod
Franks (trumpet)
Peter
Gane (trombone)
Nigel
Gomm (trumpet)
James
Gourlay (tuba)
Charles
Gregory (horn)
James
Handy (French horn)
Peter
Harvey (trombone)
Roger
Harvey (trombone)
Stephen
Henderson (percussion)
Mike
Hext (trombone)
James
Holland (percussion)
William
Houghton (trumpet)
Elgar
Howarth (conductor/trumpet)
Robert
Howarth (percussion)
John
Iveson (conductor/trombone)
Derek
James (trombone)
Ifor
James (French horn)
John
Jenkins (tuba)
David
Johnson (percussion)
Philip
Jones (founder/trumpet)
Carry
Kettel (percussion)
Michael
Laird (trumpet)
Frank
Lloyd (French horn)
John
Miller (trumpet)
David
Moore (tuba)
Christopher
Mowat (trombone)
Maurice
Murphy (trumpet)
Harold
Nash (trombone)
Crispian
Steele Perkins (trumpet)
John
Pigneguy (French horn)
Raymond
Premru (trombone)
David
Purser (trombone)
Anthony
Randall (French horn)
Peter
Reeve (trumpet)
Christian
Rutherford (French horn)
Frank
Ryecroft (French horn)
Stephan
Saunders (trombone)
Colin
Sheen (trombone)
Lindsay
Shilling (trombone)
Michael
Skinner (percussion)
Howard
Snell (trumpet)
Patrick
Steevens (French horn)
David
Stewart (trombone)
Norman
Taylor (percussion)
John
Wallace (trumpet)
Evan
Watkin (trombone)
James
Watson (trumpet)
Graham
Whiting (trumpet)
Denis
Wick (trombone)
John
Wilbraham (trumpet)
Stanley
Woods (trumpet)
Cecil
Alexander & Henry John Gauntlett recordings
Once in Royal
David's City
London 417 898-2 (1990, CD: O Come All Ye Faithful)
The Bach Choir
Organ - John Scott
Conductor - Sir David
Willcocks
Anonymous recordings
The Agincourt Song
Decca
B0000807 (2003, CD: Music from the Royal Court)
Angelus Ad Virginem
London 417-898-2 (CD: O Come All Ye
Faitfhul
)
The Bach Choir
Organ - John Scott
Conductor - Sir David Willcocks
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jones_Brass_Ensemble
- http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/03101404.html
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