Wednesday 26 March 2025
6.30pm
Silk Street Music Hall
Armourers & Brasiers' Brass Prize
Jim Maynard adjudicator
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Silk Street
Eating is not permitted in the auditorium. Drinks are allowed inside the auditorium in polycarbonates.
Filming or recording of the performance is not permitted.
Latecomers will be able to enter the auditorium at a suitable break in the performance.
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation
Chair of the Board of Governors
The Hon. Emily Benn
Principal
Professor Jonathan Vaughan
Vice-Principal & Director of Music
Armin Zanner
Programme
Handel Suite in D major, HWV 341
I. Overture
II. Allegro (Gigue)
III. Aire (Menuetto)
IV. March (Bourrée)
V. March
Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
II. Andante
Barat Andante et Scherzo
Samuel Tarlton trumpet
Jo Smith piano
Françaix Divertimento for horn
I. Introduzione
Bissill And So it Was
Weber Concertino in E minor, Op 45
I. Andante
II. Andante con moto
III. Polacca
Dan Hibbert horn
Oli Cuttriss piano
Enrique Crespo Improvisation No 1 for solo trombone
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19
III. Andante
Arthur Pryor La Petite Suzanne
Samuel Cox trombone
Jo Smith piano
While the adjudicator deliberates:
Richard Bissill Time and Space
Niamh Rodgers horn
Alice Warburton horn
Oli Cuttriss piano
The Armourers & Brasiers’ Brass Prize is sponsored by:
The Armourers & Brasiers' Company
Master
Professor Emma Ream
Upper Warden
Dr Geoffrey Andrews
Renter Warden
Mr Charles Honnywill
Forthcoming Events
16 May 2025
Milton Court Concert Hall
Join our Symphonic Wind Orchestra for an evening of vibrant music.
1 July 2025
Silk Street Music Hall
Our annual showcase of the smallest of orchestral wind instruments, presented by the Wind, Brass & Percussion department.
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Brass Band
5 July 2025
Milton Court Concert Hall
The talented young musicians of Junior Guildhall take to the Milton Court Concert Hall stage to round off their academic year with a programme including Sibelius’ Symphony No 2 and the premiere of Carnelian by Junior Guildhall composer Charlotte Robertson.
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