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Onyx Brass - The Sun Is Free To Flow With [CD]

Onyx Brass - The Sun Is Free To Flow With [CD]

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Onyx Brass, described by BBC Music Magazine as 'the classiest brass ensemble in Britain', celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2023 with their second release on NMC. Since its establishment the group have been pioneers in advocating the brass quintet as a medium for excellent new chamber music, and have commissioned over 200 new works. This new album, The sun is free to flow with the sea, perfectly epitomises Onyx and their values, as a compendium of new music written specially for the quintet by some of the most renowned composers working today.\r
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Some works on the album have roots in conversations that took place more than a decade ago, such as Mark-Anthony Turnage's groovy but majestic ONYX30, and Errollyn Wallen's jaunty ONYX. Other works owe their inception to much more recent events, like Roxanna Panufnik's early lockdown project, Fanfare for Broadway Tower, commissioned by Onyx trumpeter Alan Thomas who asked composers to write music inspired by a location that he could easily run or cycle to with his trumpet.\r
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Charlotte Harding takes inspiration from architecture for her angular Rhombus, while Emily Hall found her stimuli in poems by Arthur Rimbaud. Other composers were inspired by much more personal happenings, such as Yshani Perinpanayagam whose emotive Music for My Stolen Breath is built from transcriptions she made of her breathing rhythms whilst experiencing trauma in response to a racist attack in her place of work. She describes the piece as having a 'climactic catharsis dissolving into a tiny green shoot of hope'. Zoe Martlew's mischeivious Kiss, Kiss has the players doing just that as they play with assorted percussive and vocal effects, such as blowing kisses, down their instruments.\r
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Amos Miller, trombonist and founding member of Onyx Brass, writes: 'Beyond ballpark timings (which in many cases have been generously exceeded), the composers were given a free brief as to content and we are thrilled by the freedom with which they have expressed themselves. They all have a sensational empathy and understanding as to the physical/technical challenges we face as brass players, and have also all imbued their works with a scintillating sense of themselves [...] I am proud of all our records over the years but, for me, this is the one that feels like it might be the most 'us' and true to the idealistic spirit we had back in 1993. We may have been slimmer and with more hair back then, but I feel that I can still recognise ourselves!'\r
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'It is musical diversity that makes for such an inspiring project and continues to be the lifeblood of this ensemble. Not just awesome chops and feel, but an ability to sound like so much more than merely five brass instruments. Altogether, it is an outstanding achievement.' 5 STARS - BBC Music Magazine's Recording of the Week \r
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'It is a disc that neatly encapsulates all that Onyx Brass has stood for over three decades of championing both new music and the medium of the brass quintet as a potent force in chamber music, with the clear empathy the players feel for the music coursing through every bar.' \x96 Brass Band World

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'The Copland-esque material illustrated in Roxanna Panufnik's opening Fanfare for Broadway Tower instantly invites us into a place of space and light and contrasts beautifully with the laugh-out-loud funny piece of musical theatre; Zoe Martlew's Kiss Kiss. [..] Not just awesome chops and feel, but an ability to sound like so much more than merely five brass instruments. Altogether it is an outstanding achievement.' \x96 BBC Music Magazine (Performance 5 STARS, Recording 5 STARS)

Fanfare for Broadway Tower

Kiss Kiss

ONYX30: I. Fanfare 1

ONYX30: II. Chorale

ONYX30: III. Fanfare 2

ONYX30: IV. Blues

Music for My Stolen Breath

ONYX

Rhombus

Brass Quintet No.1: I.

Brass Quintet No.1: II.

Brass Quintet No.1: III.

Up on the toes (the slippery stair dance)

Blackcurrant River

Eternity

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Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Onyx Brass, described by BBC Music Magazine as 'the classiest brass ensemble in Britain', celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2023 with their second release on NMC. Since its establishment the group have been pioneers in advocating the brass quintet as a medium for excellent new chamber music, and have commissioned over 200 new works. This new album, The sun is free to flow with the sea, perfectly epitomises Onyx and their values, as a compendium of new music written specially for the quintet by some of the most renowned composers working today.rr

Some works on the album have roots in conversations that took place more than a decade ago, such as Mark-Anthony Turnage's groovy but majestic ONYX30, and Errollyn Wallen's jaunty ONYX. Other works owe their inception to much more recent events, like Roxanna Panufnik's early lockdown project, Fanfare for Broadway Tower, commissioned by Onyx trumpeter Alan Thomas who asked composers to write music inspired by a location that he could easily run or cycle to with his trumpet.rr

Charlotte Harding takes inspiration from architecture for her angular Rhombus, while Emily Hall found her stimuli in poems by Arthur Rimbaud. Other composers were inspired by much more personal happenings, such as Yshani Perinpanayagam whose emotive Music for My Stolen Breath is built from transcriptions she made of her breathing rhythms whilst experiencing trauma in response to a racist attack in her place of work. She describes the piece as having a 'climactic catharsis dissolving into a tiny green shoot of hope'. Zoe Martlew's mischeivious Kiss, Kiss has the players doing just that as they play with assorted percussive and vocal effects, such as blowing kisses, down their instruments.rr

Amos Miller, trombonist and founding member of Onyx Brass, writes: 'Beyond ballpark timings (which in many cases have been generously exceeded), the composers were given a free brief as to content and we are thrilled by the freedom with which they have expressed themselves. They all have a sensational empathy and understanding as to the physical/technical challenges we face as brass players, and have also all imbued their works with a scintillating sense of themselves [...] I am proud of all our records over the years but, for me, this is the one that feels like it might be the most 'us' and true to the idealistic spirit we had back in 1993. We may have been slimmer and with more hair back then, but I feel that I can still recognise ourselves!'rr

'It is musical diversity that makes for such an inspiring project and continues to be the lifeblood of this ensemble. Not just awesome chops and feel, but an ability to sound like so much more than merely five brass instruments. Altogether, it is an outstanding achievement.' 5 STARS - BBC Music Magazine's Recording of the Week rrr

'It is a disc that neatly encapsulates all that Onyx Brass has stood for over three decades of championing both new music and the medium of the brass quintet as a potent force in chamber music, with the clear empathy the players feel for the music coursing through every bar.' x96 Brass Band World

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'The Copland-esque material illustrated in Roxanna Panufnik's opening Fanfare for Broadway Tower instantly invites us into a place of space and light and contrasts beautifully with the laugh-out-loud funny piece of musical theatre; Zoe Martlew's Kiss Kiss. [..] Not just awesome chops and feel, but an ability to sound like so much more than merely five brass instruments. Altogether it is an outstanding achievement.' x96 BBC Music Magazine (Performance 5 STARS, Recording 5 STARS)

Fanfare for Broadway Tower

Kiss Kiss

ONYX30: I. Fanfare 1

ONYX30: II. Chorale

ONYX30: III. Fanfare 2

ONYX30: IV. Blues

Music for My Stolen Breath

ONYX

Rhombus

Brass Quintet No.1: I.

Brass Quintet No.1: II.

Brass Quintet No.1: III.

Up on the toes (the slippery stair dance)

Blackcurrant River

Eternity

Track Listing

Fanfare for Broadway Tower

Kiss Kiss

ONYX30: I. Fanfare 1

ONYX30: II. Chorale

ONYX30: III. Fanfare 2

ONYX30: IV. Blues

Music for My Stolen Breath

ONYX

Rhombus

Brass Quintet No.1: I.

Brass Quintet No.1: II.

Brass Quintet No.1: III.

Up on the toes (the slippery stair dance)

Blackcurrant River

Eternity

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