Illy Quane: trumpet player extraordinaire, composer, and very funny guy. If you’re looking for some light lockdown distraction, this is it.
We chat about our disappointment with existing brass repertoire (apart from one piece for brass ensemble), Illy explains his developing thoughts on creating gran-friendly contemporary music programmes, and Joe recounts the moment he realised The Sixteen had more than sixteen members.
All in-betweeny music composed or arranged by Illy, and can be heard in full at the links below.
Links and Show Notes
Penderecki - Threnody (Animated Score) starts 0:32
Illy playing with the University of Manchester Brass Band (I’m at the back right)
AGBEKO - ‘22-legged Afro-Party Monster’
A Fela Kuti tune - Water no get enemy
Quartet Menine playing an arrangement of Debussy’s Dr Gradus ad Parnassum
The New New Manchester Manchester School School presents: And And And And I’ll [Live] (discussed later)
Other members of The New New Manchester Manchester School School, Izzy Williams and Aaron Breeze.
The Lion King (but the songs are different and the plot is terrible)
Jacob Collier’s beautiful performance of Hallelujah live for BBC
‘Like those videos of people playing along with a Nigel Farage Speech’ example
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