Bay Colony Brass
Saturday December 17, 2016
St. Peter Church
Cambridge, MA
Program
Christmas Festival
Carols Three
Suite from the Nutcracker
Sleigh Ride
Fum, Fum, Fum
Carol of the Bells
The Christmas Song
Joy to the World
Singalong
Saturday December 10, 2016
St. Malachy Church
Burlington, MA
Also featuring Merrimack Valley Ringers
Program
Christmas Festival
Fum Fum Fum
Sleighride
Carols Three
Christmas Song
Trepak... and more.
Sunday November 13, 2016
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
For Veteran’s Day, Bay Colony Brass, led for the first time by Music Director & Conductor Patrick Valentino and Assistant Conductor Teresa Herfindahl, performs pieces associated with war but also with peace. William Walton’s Spitfire: Prelude and Fugue is associated with World War II and the plane that was credited with helping save England during the Battle of Britain. Jacques Casterede’s Fanfares essentially frame the life of Napolean. The role of David Sartor’s Dies Irae is self-explanatory. Samuel Barber’s Adagio is anything but war music, but it was used in Platoon to carry the air of tragedy that was the Vietnam war. The performance's featured piece, In Flanders Field, was inspired by a soldier’s funeral and is an original piece by Bay Colony Brass Music Director & Conductor Patrick Valentino.
(** Featuring Narrator Ferde Rombola)
Casterede Trois-Fanfares** pour des Proclamations de Napoleon
Vaughan-Williams Rhosymedre (arr. Beyrent)
Beethoven Military March (arr. Bishinger)
Sartor Dies Irae Fanfare
Valentino In Flanders Fields**
Walton The Spitfire: Prelude & Fugue (arr. Howarth)
Barber Adagio for Strings (arr. Valentino)
Saturday May 21, 2016
Old West Church
Boston, MA
Saturday May 14, 2016
Hancock United Church
Lexington, MA
OPERATIC BRASS
Bay Colony Brass mounts the opera stage for its next performance. Music Director Channing Yu leads the group in virtuosic brass arrangements of arias, overtures, dances, and scenes from the most popular operas, including The Magic Flute, The Barber of Seville, Carmen, and others.
PROGRAM
G. Rossini (arr. M. Allen): Overture to The Barber of Seville
R. Wagner (arr. J. Friedman): Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin
P. Tchaikovsky (arr. M. Etchegoncelay): Three Dances from Eugene Onegin
C. Saint-Saëns (arr. A. Armstrong): Danse bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
W. A. Mozart (arr. M. Allen): Queen of the Night Aria ("Der hölle rache") The Magic Flute
P. Mascagni (trans. J. Kreines): Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
G. Puccini (arr. V. Kagarice): "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
G. Bizet (arr. J. Taillard): Carmen Suite
Sunday March 6, 2016
The Regent Theatre
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 02421
Sunday November 15, 2015
First Church in Boston
Boston, MA 02116
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