Standard of brass is top class

AS THEY left Saint Michael's Parish Church, Bamford at the end of Rochdale Music Society's Concert by the A4 Brass Quartet some members of the audience were expressing their astonishment at the unexpectedly wide range of sonority and the technical flexibility that skilful performers like those who make up the A4 Brass Quartet can demonstrate in a concert such as this.

- REVIEW: GRAHAM MARSHALL

I had to assure them that it was nothing more magical than natural talent combined with hours of study and practice that can produce such magnificent music making by dedicated musicians. Just like a string or jazz quartet.

As for myself, I had had moments during the concert when I felt that I had been transported back to St. Mark's, Venice, at that time when the likes of Monteverdi (1567-1643) and his successor, Cavalli (1602-76) were delighting congregations with their latest innovatory settings.