Wisconsin Brass Quintet

The WBQ’s commitment to commissioning and performing new music has attracted the attention of many renowned composers, including Verne Reynolds, Jan Bach, Karel Husa, John Harbison, and Daron Hagen. The Quintet’s premiere recordings of works by these composers and others can be found on the Summit, Mark, and Crystal record labels. American Record Guide reviewer Barry Kilpatrick writes: “The WBQ is a remarkable ensemble that plays with more reckless abandon, warmth, stylistic variety and interpretive interest than almost any quintet in memory.”

In demand for its engaging educational programs and master classes, the WBQ has presented clinics and residencies at such prestigious institutions as The Juilliard School, the Yale School of Music, the University of Michigan and Northwestern University. The WBQ has hosted several Brass Festivals, featuring concerts, master classes, and seminars held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Guest artists have included Stockholm Chamber Brass, Western Brass Quintet, Axiom Brass Quintet, tubist Øystein Baadsvik and composer Anthony Plog.

The Wisconsin Brass Quintet, with a graduate student on second trumpet, is one of three faculty chamber ensembles in-residence at the Mead Witter School of Music. Deeply committed to the spirit of the Wisconsin Idea, the group travels widely to offer its concerts and educational services to students and the public in all corners of the state.

Attendance is limited and tickets are required for a seat in the Sunday Afternoon Live audience section. Please arrive by 12:15 pm to find your seat, or your tickets may be forfeited to walk-in guests. Running late? Simply e-mail jprey@chazen.wisc.edu for us to hold your spot!

The Chazen Lobby will remain open to the public during the concert. Museum goers without tickets may still enjoy the concert from our café tables or while exploring the galleries. Unable to join us live at the Chazen Museum of Art? A video of this performance will be live streamed on the Chazen Museum of Art Facebook page. No registration is required for streaming from home.

Program:

Jean Laurenz (trumpet)

Oliver Smith (trumpet)

Daniel Grabois (horn)

Mark Hetzler (trombone)

Tom Curry (tuba)

Elizabethan Consort Music (1558-1603)........Edited by Raymond Mase

Almayne Alfonso Ferrabosco II (c. 1575-1628)

Widow's Myte Anthony Holborne (d. 1602)

Dovehouse Pavan Alfonso Ferrabosco II

Volta John Dowland

White Rose Elegy (2016).................................... Caleb Hudson (b. 1988)

Quintet no. 1 (1890)..............................................................Victor EwaldModerato (1860-1935)

Adagio non troppo lentoAllegro moderato

------Intermission ------

Suite from "West Side Story".....................................Leonard Bernstein

Something's Comin' (1918-1990)

Maria (arr. Jack Gale)

America

Suite from "Cinema Paradiso"..................Ennio and Andrea Morricone

(arr. Mark Hetzler)

Theme from "The Incredibles"...................................Michael Giacchino(b. 1967)

(arr. Eric Goldstein/Tom Curry

Raiders March...............................................................John Williams

(b.1932)

(arr. Mark Hetzler)

A very special thank you to Dr. Kato Perlman, whose leading generosity helps make the Sunday Afternoon Live program possible.