Bay Colony Brass
Sunday May 20, 2018 with Merrimack Valley Ringers
Brookside Congregational Church
2013 Elm St.
Manchester, NH
Sunday May 13, 2018 2:00pm
1912 Massachusetts Ave.
Lexington, MA
| Bay Colony Brass presents Songs of Earth and Heaven, a concert of brass music from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Featuring virtuosic classical transcriptions like Jupiter and Uranus from Holst’s The Planets and time-honored masterworks for brass ensemble such as Holst’s Second Suite, the concert unites music of our world with music of the spheres. Dances like Copland’s Hoe-Down perform alongside otherworldly works like Chris Hazell’s Interval Music, and Stanley Hoffman’s religious Psalm: By the Rivers of Water, highlight the musical space they all share. Hoffman’s work is performed as an honorable mention from BCB’s 1st Annual Call for Scores. |
Sunday April 22, 2018 3:00pm
St. Mary Star of the Sea Church
Beverly, MA
Bay Colony Brass presents Festive Fire-Works at St. Mary Star of the Sea in Beverly. Featuring guest organist Fred MacArthur, the ensemble will perform Handel’s rollicking Music for the Royal Fireworks and Strauss’ Festival Procession Feierlicher Einzug, as well as Schutz’ Psalm 111, scored for 4 antiphonal brass choirs and organ. New England native Carl Ruggles’s Angels and Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria also make an appearance, along with Kent Baker’s The Common Good, winner of Bay Colony’s 1st annual call for scores.
Sunday March 11, 2018 3:00pm
Bay Colony Brass presents Fire-Works! a concert of music for brass and organ. All Saints’ Music Director Andrew Sheranian joins the ensemble and is featured as soloist on organ, while Bay Colony Brass presents classics like Jupiter from Holst’s The Planets, the Grand March from Aida, and Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks. Also on the program is Kent Philip Baker’s The Common Good, winner of Bay Colony’s 1st annual call for scores, among other great pieces.
Saturday December 16, 2017 7:00pm
Cambridge, MA
Sunday December 17, 2017 7:30pm with Merrimack Valley Ringers
Burlington, MA
Sunday November 12, 2017 2:00pm
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
Bay Colony Brass presents War and Peace - music of conflict and celebration. From the grandeur of Walton's Crown Imperial and the realities of conflict in Britten's Russian Funeral Music to meditations on peacemaking like Wagner's Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral and Barber's Mutations on Bach, Bay Colony Brass performs a wide-ranging landscape of works for large brass ensemble.
Sunday March 12, 2017 3:00 pm
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
Sunday May 21, 2017 4:00 pm with Merrimack Valley Ringers
Brookside Congregational Church
Manchester, NH
Friday May 19, 2017 7:00 pm
Parish of All Saints Ashmont
Dorchester, MA 02124
Saturday December 17, 2016
St. Peter Church
Cambridge, MA
Saturday December 10, 2016
Also featuring Merrimack Valley Ringers
St. Malachy Church
Burlington, MA
Sunday November 13, 2016
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
Saturday May 21, 2016
Old West Church
Boston, MA
Saturday May 14, 2016
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
Sunday March 6, 2016
The Regent Theatr
Arlington, MA
Saturday March 12, 2016
St. Malachy Church
Burlington, MA
Sunday March 13, 2016
Old West Church
Boston, MA
Featuring organist Jennifer Hsiao
Saturday December 19, 2015
St. Peter Church
Cambridge, MA
Bay Colony Brass, a 20-member brass and percussion ensemble directed by Channing Yu, visits old and new Christmas traditions in its next performance. From the exotic turns of the fife and drum in Pat-a-Pan to the plaintive cries of Coventry Carol, from the bliss of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring to the wonder and awe in Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium, Bay Colony Brass tells the stories of the season. Meanwhile, Anthony DiLorenzo evokes Hollywood flair with a reimagination of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; John Rutter, modern master of Christmas carols, brings rustic levity with his Shepherd’s Pipe Carol; and Leroy Anderson brings an enjoyable equine lope with his beloved Sleigh Ride. Sing along with Bay Colony Brass as it plays other beloved carols, including Ding! Dong! Merrily on High, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and others.
Saturday November 14, 2015
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
Sunday November 15, 2015
First Church in Boston
Boston, MA
Brass Flourish design appears with kind permission of Valerie Brincheck and The Sum of All Crafts.
Saturday May 30, 2015
Church of the Holy Nativity
South Weymouth, MA
Sunday May 31, 2015
The Regent Theatre
Arlington, MA
Sunday March 8, 2015
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
ENGLAND, WALES & YONDER
Arnold: Festival Fanfare
Elgar (arr. Wick): Severn Suite, Op. 87
Vaughan Williams (arr. Beyrent): Rhosymedre
Holst (arr. Sauer): The Planets: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
Saturday December 13, 2014
St. Malachy Church
Burlington, MA
Bay Colony Brass and the Merrimack Valley Ringers present an enchanted evening of Christmas favorites. Includes an audience sing along of Silver Bells, The Little Drummer Boy, and more.
Friday December 12, 2014
St. Peter Parish
Cambridge, MA
Sunday November 2, 2014
The Regent Theater
Arlington, MA
Saturday May 31, 2014
Pickman Concert Hall at Longy School
Cambridge, MA
FRENCH BRASSERY
Brass instruments can mimic the complex emotions in the human voice, drive angular dance rhythms, and dazzle with pyrotechnic colors. Don't miss the final performance Bay Colony Brass' 2013-2014 season, where Music Director Channing Yu will lead a special exploration of favorite French music arranged for brass, including Tomasi's majestic Fanfare liturgiques, Debussy's lilting La fille aux cheveaux de lin, Ravel's evocative Menuet antique, Piazzolla's sweeping Libertango, and more.
Saturday May 3, 2014
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
VERDI AND WAGNER IN BRASS
The great opera composers Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner dramatically expanded the scope of musical expression to capture the intense struggles, fervent passions, and poignant life situations of their characters. Bay Colony Brass takes a whirlwind journey through selections from some of their best known operas, including La Traviata, Nabucco, and Aïda (Verdi); and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung, and Tannhäuser (Wagner).
Saturday March 1, 2014
Pickman Concert Hall at Longy School
Cambridge, MA
Saturday January 25, 2014
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
Saturday December 21, 2013
St. Malachy Parish
Burlington, MA
Bay Colony Brass presents The Sounds of Christmas.
Saturday December 7, 2013
St. Peter Parish
Cambridge, MA
Bay Colony Brass brings its silvery and golden tones to your favorite holiday music. Music Director Channing Yu leads the 20-member brass and percussion ensemble in dazzling arrangements from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, Percy Grainger’s Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol, and Morton Lauriden’s O Magnum Mysterium, plus carols old and new - including several sing-a-longs.
Friday November 1, 2013
Pickman Concert Hall at Longy School
Cambridge, MA
BRAHMS arr Crees Variations on a Theme by Haydn
BIEBL arr Yager Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)
BRUCKNER arr Bray Scherzo from Symphony No 7
EWAZEN Symphony in Brass
ALBÉNIZ arr Taillard Tango from España
GERSHWIN arr Taillard An American in Paris