Ripon Concerts is delighted to welcome one of London's most exciting ensembles, Connaught Brass, to open its 2026/27 season with a bang. This outstanding quintet will bring a fresh and brilliant energy to a varied programme exploring the rich musical worlds of France and the Americas - from Rameau and Ravel to Florence Price, Piazzolla, and Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

'Technically astonishing, eclectic in repertoire, and prepared to explode cliches of what brass chamber music should sound like.' The Arts Desk

Programme

Jean-Philippe Rameau arr. Verhelst - Overture from Dardanus

Andre Lafosse - Suite Impromptu Maurice Ravel arr. Linham - Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn Claude Debussy arr. Tweed - Suite Bergamasque

Interval

Enrique Crespo - Ragtime from Suite Americana

Astor Piazzolla - Suite from Maria de Buenos Aires

Florence Price - Resignation

Florence Price - Adoration

George Gershwin - Selections from Porgy and Bess

Prices:

Ground Floor Adult: GBP 25.00,

Balcony Adult: GBP 12.50,

Student Ground floor: GBP 5.00,

18s and under: GBP 0.00

Artist: Connaught Brass

Description supplied by the event organiser.