The sonority of one of the UK’s finest brass ensembles, combined with the exquisite acoustic of St Mary’s Church, make for a winning combination to raise the curtain on the festival. Spend rush-hour in the company of the winners of the Inaugural Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, in a programme of Gallic-American delights.

Rameau: Overture from Dardanus
Lafosse: Suite Impromptu
Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Plog: Four Sketches
Price: Resignation
Gershwin: Selections from Porgy & Bess

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