Advent Concert III • PBtet Brass Quintet

For its Advent concert, the ensemble PBtet has an exceptionally varied programme spanning 400 years of the development of classical music. This brass quintet includes both first trumpet players of the Czech Philharmonic. They will perform a number of arrangements of well-known and lesser-known melodies, including Rossini’s aria Largo al factotum and Samuel Barber’s immortal Adagio.

Programme

Jeremiah Clarke (arr. by Walter Barnes)
Trumpet Voluntary arranged for brass ensemble

Claudio Monteverdi (arr. by Raymon Mase)
Four Madrigals arranged for brass ensemble

Girolamo Frescobaldi (arr. by John Wilson)
Toccata arranged for brass ensemble

Tomaso Albinoni (arr. by David Hickman)
Concerto San Marco, Sonata No. 11, Op. 6 arranged for brass ensemble

Samuel Barber (arr. by Stephen McNeff)
Adagio for Strings arranged for brass ensemble

Gioacchino Rossini (arr. by Gary Kulesha)
“Largo al factotum”, aria from the opera The Barber of Seville arranged for brass ensemble

Edward Elgar (arr. by Scott Hartman)
“Nimrod” from the Enigma Variations, Op. 36 arranged for brass ensemble

PBtet
Christmas carols

Performers

PBtet Brass Quintet
Walter Hofbauer trumpet
Stanislav Masaryk trumpet
Jakub Chmelař tuba
Daniela Roubíčková French horn
Barbora Kolafová trombone