Septura Brass Septet

Last night Becky and I went to our second Buffalo Chamber Music concert of the season and it was special. Why? Because it was an all brass group. The concert was performed by the Septura Brass Septet which consisted of 7 musicians which is very unusual for this concert series and they were all brass instruments. The group consisted of three trumpets, three trombones and a tuba. 

The Septura Brass Septet are from the UK and the musicians are all members of various orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, the London Symphony, BBC Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Royal Academy of Music.

The show was amazing and consisted wildly different and interesting pieces of music. They started out with Ravel and then Debussy. Then it was George Gershwin and Scott Joplin. Very brassy but not very jazzy. Loud too.  They ended with Gershwin's An American in Paris. The whole thing was a showcase of a trans-Atlantic relationship between artists from different continents and different musical worlds. A blend of American Jazz and French Impressionism. It was all very entertaining.