Trombone quartet
Marek Żwirdowski trombone
Tomasz Światczyński trombone
Mariusz Opaliński trombone
Krzysztof Mucha tuba
Horn quartet
Henryk Kowalewicz French horn
Krzysztof Stencel French horn
Miłosz Żurawicz (ASV) French horn
Mikołaj Gajdzis (ASV) French horn
Brass quintet
Jakub Waszczeniuk trumpet
Jan Harasimowicz trumpet
Henryk Kowalewicz French horn
Marek Żwirdowski trombone
Krzysztof Mucha tuba
Trombone quartet
Jeremiah Clarke Trumpet Tune and March
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Andante cantabile from String quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Christmas carols (arr. Rodney Miller, James Erdman):
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
Gesu Bambino
How Brightly Beams the Star
Horn quartet
Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in C minor from Toccata in D minor BWV 913 (arr. Lowell E. Shaw)
Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in A minor BWV 947 (arr. Ralph Lockwood)
Brass quintet
Paul Dukas Fanfare preceding the ballet La Peri (arr. Wayne Barrington)
Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale Gloria sei dir gesungen from Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140 (arr. Graham Bastable)
Camille Saint-Saëns Gloria in altissimis Deo from Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12 (arr. Graham Bastable)
Anatoly Lyadov Slava v v’ishnikh Bogu, Op. 61, No. 1 (arr. Graham Bastable)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Voskresnïy prichastnïy stikh (Khvalite Gospoda s nebes), Op. 22b, No. 3 (arr. Graham Bastable)
Antonio Vivaldi Propter magnam gloriam from Gloria RV 589 (arr. Graham Bastable)
Johann Sebastian Bach Sicut locutus est from Magnificat BWV 243 (arr. Graham Bastable)
Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria Patri from Magnificat BWV 243 (arr. Graham Bastable)
Silent night (arr. Bill Holcombe)
Adeste fideles (arr. Gian Silvio Lanfri)
Jingle Bells (arr. Gian Silvio Lanfri)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (arr. Gian Silvio Lanfri)
a choice of Polish Christmas carols
The character of Christmas is based on the opposition between darkness and light, simplicity and majesty, joy and anxiety, earth and heaven. Alongside the gentle and tender sounds of the oboe alluding to the pastoral character of the story and the heavenly sounds of the harp, Christmas would not be complete without the brilliant and lively sounds of brass instruments. It is their part to sing the Gloria joyfully and loudly! We will have a chance to hear their singing at a concert featuring various brass ensembles made up of Sinfonia Varsovia musicians. The program will also include lyrical passages, as “brass” has many facets and can delight us with the softness of Baroque polyphony in Bach's fugues, the melodiousness of Tchaikovsky’s music, and energetic pop arrangements of American Christmas repertoire.
Łukasz Strusiński
