Leos Janacek (1854-1928) Sokol Fanfare (1926)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Mutations from Bach (1967)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Funeral March in memory of Richard Nordraak (1886178)
Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1553-1612) Canzon Duodecimi Toni a 10 (no.4) (1597)
Robert Simpson (1921-1997) Canzona for Brass (1958)
Alfred Uhl (1909-1992) Festfanfare (1978)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Morgenmusik (1932)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Feierlicher Einzug der Ritter des Johanniterordens (1909); Fanfare für die Wiener Philharmoniker (1924)*; Fanfare zu Eroffnung der Musikwoche der Stadt Wien (1924)*

King's College Chapel, Cambridge, April 2004 & 1999*

Dunelm DRD 0226 [44 mins]

A little apprehension before listening to this non-professional brass party was quickly dispersed, though listeners should be warned that Janacek's Sokol Fanfare (1926), which became the familiar opening of his Sinfonietta, is the most challenging piece of all and sounds as it might have done originally at the gymnastic event in Prague for which it was composed!

But few worries after that; the CUBE reunionists play with commendable expertise in an interesting programme, with Hindemith's characteristically flexible score played as intended by 'amateurs and students of varying abilities'. The Strauss fanfares are really pot-boilers, but Grieg's funeral march (for the composer of the Norwegian national anthem, and played at Grieg's own funeral) is worth hearing. Good sound and atmosphere from King's College Chapel.