BRASS SOUNDS

The unique Nelson Mandela University Brass and Horn Ensembles will present a concert on Sunday 3 November in the South Campus Auditorium at 15:00. The programme will focus on original compositions and transcriptions of symphonic repertoire for both eight - part French Horn Ensemble and an enlarged Brass Ensemble consisting of 25 musicians including percussion. Works to be included range from Henry Purcell’s Symphony from The Fairy Queen to extracts from Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.  Works by Eric Whitacre and contemporary Dutch composer Jan Koetsier are also on the programme. The Horn Ensemble will feature a composition by Eric Ewazen and a transcription of Gustav Holst’s The Planets.

The programme is directed by Prof Erik Albertyn and Tiago Vital.