[Brass] Reflections and Happy Holidays
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Mon Dec 17 10:45:46 EST 2012
Dear friends,
A lot has been going o in our little corner of the world. As
musicians, we are deeply committed to the power of music to transcend
everyday life, and believe that often that which we find so difficult to
express in words may find expression in the haunting melodies and
complex harmonies where we toil daily.
So we have added 3 new sound clips to the media page of our
website. The first is the movement "Tantum Ergo"
from Dave Brubeck's /To Hope: A Celebration/. We were honored to
participate in this performance with Dave's sons, all excellent
musicians, and we wanted to share part of that performance in memory of
this great man who has walked among us.
Secondly, you will find a recording of the Coventry Carol from our
recent /Adventus Christi /concert. This carol honors the sacrifice and
loss of the mothers whose children were slain by Herod in his attempt to
kill the baby Jesus. We offer it with deep pain and hurt for the
families of the Sandy Hook tragedy, along with our condolences and support.
Both of the above recordings are live, which gives them a rawness
and an edge that we feel to be appropriate to the visceral nature of
loss. Grief doesn't often get the details right: we snap at people, we
fail to be compassionate to those who are compassionate to us. But
grief, even when it "misses a note," is honest, and is a true cry of the
soul. These performances, we think, capture some of that.
Lastly, to honor you, our loyal fans, who came out in record
numbers to see us at /Sounds of the Season/, we are posting a recording
of Charlie Brown Christmas from that concert. You have raised the bar
high with 224 in attendance: your overwhelming support continues to
humble and inspire us. We will see you in the Spring!
--
Brass
Serious Music, Serious Fun
http://www.yale.edu/brass
http://www.facebook.com/nhbrass
Drew Mazurek, trumpets
Olivia Malin, trumpets
Junius Johnson, horn
Jennifer Griggs, trombone
Jason Arnold,tuba
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