STOCKHOLM CHAMBER BRASS

Stockholm Chamber Brass (SCB) are proud of the extensive range of works that they can offer in their programmes.

With pieces spanning over 900 years of musical history the group can tailor programmes to any specific needs.
Below you can find five suggested programmes, each with their own distinctive theme, or if you prefer to see the quintet’s complete repertoire, or music from particular eras, please click the links in the sidebar.

1. THE CATHEDRAL - Music In A Space
An atmospheric and dramatic programme that explores the endless possibilities of brass music in reverberant acoustics.

Hildegaard von Bingen (1098-1179) - Improvisation around O Ecclesia

Karin Rehnquist (b1957) - Valvs - Vaults (1996)

James Macmillan (b1959) - Adam’s Rib (1994)

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) - Two Motets; Peccantem me quotide, O vos omnes arr Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b1934)- Brass Quintet (1981)

2. SOUND CARVINGS - The SCB legacy
A programme of works specially composed for, or arranged by, Stockholm Chamber Brass.
Benjamin Staern (b1978) - Two Souls, One Mind; I. Marcatissimo (2014)*

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) - T'amo mia vita, Languisce al fin arr Urban Agnas^
Piers Hellawell (b1956) - Sound Carvings from the Bell Foundry (2006)*

Anders Hillborg (b1954) - Brass Quintet (1998)*
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) - Tu m'uccidi o crudele, Dolcissima mia arr Urban Agnas^
Benjamin Staern (b1978) - Two Souls, One Mind; II. Corrente (2014)*

Sven David Sandström (b1942) - Heavy Metal (1991)*

3. GROOVES - Ragtime and Dance
Let the quintet take you by the hand in this whirlwind of entertaining pieces.
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Ragtime for 11 instruments (1918) arr Joakim Agnas^
Tielman Susato (1510/15-1570) - Dances from Dansereye: Basse Dance Mon Desir, Galliard II-Allemaine III,

Pas e Medio arr Urban Agnas^
Joakim Agnas (b1969) - Tango (1996)*
Andrea Taroddi (b1981) - A Serenade to an Old Man (2012)*
Astor Piazolla (1921-1992) - Cafe 1930 and Nightclub 1960 from L'Histoire du Tango (1986) arr Urban Agnas^
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) - Dance Suite (1989)
Tielman Susato (1510/15-1570) - Dances from Dansereye: Dance de Roi, Bergerette San Roch, Pavan Mille Regrets,

Galliard le Tout arr Urban Agnas^

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Tango, Waltz and Ragtime from A Soldiers Tale (1918) arr Joakim Agnas^
Andre Previn (b1929) - Four Outings for Brass (1974)

4. INFERNO - Princes of Darkness
Brass quintet and actor combine for tales of insanity, despair and ecstasy.
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Suite from A Soldiers Tale (1918) arr Urban Agnas^
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) - I am Gesualdo Wolf, Fox and Man. Text by Magnus Florin*
Britta Byström (b1977) - Inferno. Text by August Strindberg/Magnus Florin (2012)*

5. LANDMARKS - Quintet Classics
A selection of the vibrant possibilities available from original Brass Quintet works.
Andre Previn (b1929) - Four Outings for Brass (1974)

Victor Ewald (1860-1935) - Quintet No 3 (1912)
Jan Bach (b1937) - Laudes (1971)
Anders Hillborg (b1954) - Brass Quintet (1998)*
Eino Tamberg (1930-2010) - Music for Five (1991)*

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) - Brass Quintet (1961)

* indicates work composed for Stockholm Chamber Brass ^ indicates work arranged by Stockholm Chamber Brass