Gaudete Brass

The Gaudete Brass is made up of five musicians who believe strongly in the expressive and communicative power of brass chamber music. Since 2004 the quintet has engaged in creatively expanding the brass quintet repertoire, developing unique programs that have resonated with chamber music audiences all over the country. The group has engaged in live performances at venues such as Merkin Hall and Symphony Space in New York City and Millennium Park in Chicago, commissioned new works from noted composers such as David Sampson, Jonathan Newman, John Cheetham, Steven Bryant and Stacy Garrop, and appeared on radio broadcasts on WFMT in Chicago, WQXR in New York, and Nashville Public Radio. While keeping this rigorous performance schedule, Gaudete has recorded four albums: Brass Outings (2006), winner of the CDBaby Editors’ Choice distinction and nominee for Just Plain Folks Best Classical Chamber Album; Conversations in Time with organist R. Benjamin Dobey (2011, Pro Organa); Chicago Moves, produced by Grammy winner Judith Sherman and featuring several of its commissioned works (2012, Cedille Records) and sevenfive (2017, Cedille Records) featuring five new works commissioned for Chicago’s John Corigliano 75th birthday festival. The quintet has also presented educational programs and concerts at prominent institutions including The Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music. In the fall of 2013 Gaudete joined Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts faculty as ensemble-in-residence.
 
Gaudete (gow-day-tay) is a form of the Latin word for “Joy.” We support the idea that chamber music, even (and perhaps especially) the serious kind, can powerfully communicate both the poignant and the exuberant

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Program
Wawel Fanfare (2010)
Mark Nowakowski (b. 1978)


Madrigals from Book 2 (1590)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
1. Intorno a due vermiglie e vaghe labra
2. Non sono in queste rive
3. Tutte le bocche belle

Suite for Brass Quintet #1 (1959)
Alec Wilder (1907-1980)
1. Trumpet Prelude
2. Horn Elegy
3. Tuba Showpiece
4. Lyric Piece for Trombone
5. Toccata
6. Finale

Intermission

Canzon Prima (1615)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)

Madrigals from Book 6 (1611)
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
1. Quando ridente e bella
2. Tu piangi, o Filli mia
3. Volan quasi farfalle

Music for Brass instruments (1944)
Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970)
1. Chorale Fantasy on Christ lag in Todesbanden
2. Intermezzo
3. Fugue