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SPRING 2017 THE TROMBONIST
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TROMBONE WEEKEND
FROM 22 – 25 JUNE
-- CHRISTIAN LINDBERG AND MNOZIL BRASS AMONG ARTISTS PERFORMING IN THE CITY --
Glasgow is to play host to leading brass
virtuosi as international performers,
including Christian Lindberg and
Mnozil Brass, descend on the city for
the Glasgow Trombone Weekend.
Swedish trombone soloist Lindberg
will team up with the BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) for the
prestigious festival, which also features
competitions and masterclasses with the
British Trombone Society, in the Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland.
The events, which run from 22nd until
25th June 2017, will take place in City
Halls and the Royal Conservatoire, with
students and staff from the institution
amongst those taking part.
Martyn Brabbins will lead the BBC
Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Christian Lindberg and BBC SSO
principal trombone Simon Johnson
in a concert featuring Sandström’s
Echoes of Eternity, for two trombones
and orchestra, and Beethoven’s Fifth
Symphony on Thursday, 22nd June.
The following evening, Brabbins and
the BBC SSO return to City Halls with
Lindberg and Jörgen van Rijen, principal
trombone of the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra in Amsterdam, where the
programme will include Lindberg’s
The Waves of Wollongong and the Aho
Trombone Concerto.
Both events are preceded by
Pre-Concerts in City Halls’ Recital
Rooms, featuring short informal
performances by students from the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
World-renowned brass septet Mnozil
Brass returns to Scotland with its
unique brand of virtuosity and humour
on Saturday, 24th June. Cirque will
showcase the ensemble’s reputation for
stunning playing, improvisations and
brilliant on-stage choreography in the
plush surroundings of City Halls.
Trombone players will have the
opportunity to pit their wits against each
other during a day of British Trombone
Society competitions in the Royal
Conservatoire’s Stevenson Hall on
Saturday, 24th June. The following day,
the institution plays host to the British
Trombone Society Trombone Day,
with artists including Simon Johnson,
Christian Jones and Ian Bousfield and
featuring clinics, concerts, workshops
and exhibition stands.
Liam Kirkman, President of the British
Trombone Society, said: “June is
shaping up to be an exciting month, as
trombone players from far and wide
meet in Glasgow for this Trombone
Weekend. With so many terrific
concerts, workshops and competitions to
enjoy, I would encourage players of all
levels of experience and ability to come
along and enjoy this fantastic spectacle,
showcasing superstars from the brass
and trombone world.”
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Ian Bousfield comments; “This is not
a festival, it’s a feast! Simon Johnson,
BTS and the BBC SSO have put on a
monstrous programme – unmissable!
As Martyn Brabbins has said: “The
trombone is a fine and noble instrument.
It has inspired composers for hundreds
of years, integrated magnificently into
the symphony orchestra by Schubert
in his great C Major Symphony, for
example, and Mahler brought things
trombone to a culmination in the early
20th century – what trombone player
doesn’t want to be part of the brass
section of Mahler’s 3rd Symphony?”
“Glasgow has found the inspiration to
celebrate the trombone in June 2017.
And what finer musical City could
one wish for? There will be recitals,
workshops, premières, orchestral
concerts, even competitions – something
for all music lovers to enjoy, to be
inspired by, and to be moved by.”
“I look forward to the musical wizardry,
passion, humour and excitement!”
Tickets for the events are on sale now,
with attendees at the concerts in City
Halls entitled to multi-buy discounts.
More information about events at the
Royal Conservatoire is available by
logging on to: www.rcs.ac.uk/box-office.
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