The Golden Age of Brass

Join us for an historic journey through the musical gems of 16th- and 17th-century England, Italy and Germany, heralding the beginning of the modern brass quintet. These chamber works for brass by Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Scheidt, and Locke are still in the repertoire of today’s quintets, played here on the original cornets and sackbuts. Triumphant, beguiling, exhilarating… come hear why this ensemble of instruments was central to European city life for almost two hundred years.