DANISH MUSIC FOR BRASS 9
DANISH MUSIC FOR BRASS
Is a series of recordings with brass players from the Royal Danish Orchestra
as chamber music players or soloists
OLD DANISH MILITARY BRASS BAND MUSIC
ROYAL DANISH ORCHESTRA BRASS ENSEMBLE
IN THE TIVOLI GARDEN
Laurids Pedersen: VILLAGE BAND MARCH, arr. Mogens Andresen
Hans Peder Nielsen: THE MAIL COACH DRIVER, arr. Mogens Andresen
Fred Hartley: ALPINE FESTIVAL, arr. Mogens Andresen
Hans Peter Nielsen: THE 2 TRUMPETERS, arr. Mogens Andresen
H.C. Lumbye: BRITTA POLKA, arr. Mogens Andresen
C.C. Møller: BATAILLE MARCH, arr. Mogens Andresen
C.C. Møller: AARHUS TAPPENSTREG, arr. Mogens Andresen
H.C. Lumbye: AMELIE VALS, arr. Mogens Andresen
Hans Peter Nielsen TRUMPET POLKA, arr. Mogens Andresen
Georg Lohman: BAVARIAN POLKA, arr. Keld Jørgensen
H.C. Lumbye: CHAMPAGNE GALOP, arr. Mogens Andresen
ROYAL DANISH ORCHESTRA BRASS ENSEMBLE
Ketil Christensen, Bjarne Nielsen, Niels Jørn Jessen, Søren Emtoft – trumpet
Henning Hansen, Ola Nilsson – horn
Thorbjörn Kroon – alto trombone/Keld jørgensen – tenor trombone
Mogens Andresen – bass trombone & euphonium/ Asger Fredericia – tuba
Søren Monrad & Ole Pedersen – percussion
Executive producer – Ole Høglund
THE ROYAL DANISH ORCHESTRA
The Royal Danish Orchestra’s emblem, the Royal Trumpeter Corps. Engraving from 1583. The Royal Danish Orchestra is the the world’s oldest orchestral institution. It started out 1448 as a trumpeter corps, and today it is an opera and symphony orchestra based at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen.
6 . BATTALIONS BAND, PHOTO FROM 1865
PARADE OF THE GUARDS in COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 1892.
Part of painting by E. Henningsen.
After the valve system was invented in the 1800s small brass bands (or rather ensembles) came into being – from quartets up till big military orchestras. In Denmark and Norway they were called horn orchestras (hornorkestre), in Sweden Brunns sextet (even if there were seven musicians included percussion) or hornseptett, in Finland torviseitsikko, in Germany they were called Trombone choir (Posaunenchor- which mostly played in churches). In the USA these ensembles were called Brass bands (which by the way had nothing to do with the English Brass bands). The played mostly popular music repertoire as marches, various dances, national tunes etc, but also arrangements of lighter classical music. The repertoire on this recording are characteristic for danish military brass bands from the middle of the 19th century and until today.
7. REGIMENTS BAND, FREDERICIA, PHOTO FROM 1911
OLD DRAWING OF DANISH MILITARY MUSICIANS
