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Astor Piazzolla himself would have been pleasantly surprised to hear his Tango Suite performed not on guitar – but on four bassoons! This fascinating and unusual quartet offers a new spin on his Argentinian classic. Our musicians will also play you a couple of string duos from Haydn (a delightful one) and Sibelius (a sentimental one). Then you’ll be hiking up the mountains of Europe in Strauss’ Alpine Fantasy – here performed through another unique quartet configuration. You’ll have to come along to hear which bellowing brass instrument we have in store for you this time!

Thought and Memory is a brand new piece and world premiere composition by Shelby Devenish. It was created for Brass Quartet and was inspired by the tales of Huginn and Muninn from Norse mythology. Huginn and Muninn were two Ravens created by Odin, the head of the Norse Pantheon, to fly all over the world ( Midgard) and observe the daily occurrences that happened each day so they could bring back information to Odin. The Ravens 'names Huginn and Muninn stood for 'thought' and 'memory' respectively, and this piece takes inspiration from the idea of these two Ravens and the concepts of thoughts and memory.