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Chaconne's new CD

Following its 25th Anniversary gala concert in London's Cadogan Hall on 12 November last year, the Deux-Elles CD label has released Chaconne’s new CD Dancing in the Dark. It showcases new music written especially for the ensemble and features the world reknowned tabla player Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari as guest artist in Nachna, by Mark Kesel. Also on the CD is music by Richard Baker (Keck), Vagn Holmboe (Quintet Op 79), Cecilia McDowall (Tango Oscuro) and Edward Longstaff (Symphony for Brass) as well as Torbjörn Hultmark's BBC commission A Lullaby for electroacoustic tape and brass quintet. With the exception of the Holmboe Quintet, all works have been written for Chaconne and are receiving their World Premiere recordings.

Giving the CD 4 stars, the Independent newspaper reviews the CD thus: ‘Chaconne Brass continue to stretch the possibilities of the brass quintet on Dancing in the Dark with a broad, inventive programme….. trumpeter Mark Kesel’s Nachna integrates Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari’s tabla and Chaconne’s delightful staccato interplay of horns around a cajoling, persuasive melody…..’ The review also describes Hultmark’s A Lullaby as ‘an absorbing, lively experience'. The recording is available from major outlets and on iTunes and from Chaconne Brass.

To read the full review from the Independent, click here.

Chaconne Brass was formed in 1984 and has established a reputation as one of Britain's most versatile ensembles. Its repertoire spans from Praetorius to Steve Reich, from Gershwin to Miles Davis, from acoustic to electro-acoustic and from Brass to Beyond...

Chaconne Brass has an ever-growing list of over 50 works written for the group, a large part of which has been recorded. In addition to extensive touring with Chaconne Brass, members work as guest principals and soloists with some of the top orchestras and ensembles in Britain. Several members are also teachers as well as successful composers and arrangers with a large number of commissions, concerts and broadcasts in Britain and other countries.

A combination of entertainment, creativity and excellence has allowed Chaconne Brass to develop a totally unique style that appeals to audiences of all ages and backgrounds; whether it is a recital at London's South Bank, a radio or TV broadcast, a workshop for college students or a performance for very young school children, Chaconne Brass is always met with overwhelming enthusiasm.

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