This concert is being presented in association with the University of Manitoba’s Desautels Concert Series. For single concert tickets, patrons are encouraged to follow this link.
Winnipeg Baroque Brass Choir
March 29th, 2 p.m., Desautels Concert Hall (University of Manitoba), 150 Dafoe Rd.
Co-directed by Andrew Balfour and Richard Gillis, this program will feature the glorious antiphonal music of Venetian master Giovanni Gabriel, as well as brass transcriptions of Elizabethan composers William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons Consort music, and arrangements for brass choir of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
About the Winnipeg Baroque Brass Choir
The Winnipeg Baroque Festival Brass Choir includes ten of Winnipeg’s top brass players. The ensemble is a celebration of a rich brass tradition, from the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble to the Canadian Brass and beyond, and also celebrates the rich level of wind and brass playing in Winnipeg.
