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Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 4
Septura

VICTORIA: Four Motets (arr. Simon Cox)
GABRIELI: Three Canzonas and Three Motets (arr. Simon Cox)
PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli (arr. Simon Cox)
LASSUS: Lagrime di San Pietro (arr. Matthew Knight)

Gabrieli’s
Canzon Seconda

Orlando de Lassus’s
Lagrime di San Pietro

Listen to an excerpt from Palestrina’s
Missa Papae Marcelli

No brass series would be complete without Giovanni Gabrieli, and his music is the starting point as Septura continue on their counterfactual course, imagining that four titans of the counter-reformation had written for brass. The sacred choral works of these renaissance masters – Victoria, Gabrieli, Palestrina and Lassus – are a perfect fit for the musical and emotional compass of the brass septet, and the result is a stunning survey of the culminations of the Spanish, Venetian, Roman and Franco-Flemish schools.

ABOUT SEPTURA • MEMBERS OF SEPTURA

Septura brings together London’s leading players to redefine brass chamber music through the uniquely expressive sound of the brass septet. By creating a canon of transcriptions, arrangements and new commissions for this brand new classical configuration, Septura aims to re-cast the brass ensemble as a serious artistic medium. Currently Ensemble in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music, London, the group is recording a series of discs for Naxos Records, each focused on a particular period, genre and set of composers, creating a ‘counter-factual history’ of brass chamber music. Weaving this ever-increasing repertoire into captivating live events, Septura is gaining a reputation for engaging audiences with innovative and imaginative programming, built around strong concepts and themes. Septura’s members are the leading players of the new generation of British brass musicians, holding principal positions in the London Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Basel Symphony and Aurora orchestras.

Septura is represented worldwide by Percius Artist and Project Management – www.percius.co.uk

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