Christmas Brass - A concert at Alfriston

We’re delighted to welcome back Long Man Brass with a programme which should appeal to everyone – and with less than three weeks to go, it will include plenty of festive brass music for the Christmas season!
They will also be performing glorious traditional brass quintets from the baroque period and contemporary works by Paul Carr and Rob Wiffin.

Paul Carr is an English classical composer, well-known for his concertos and for his film and TV work.
Rob Wiffin began his career as a trombonist, but is also an arranger, conductor, teacher and prolific composer. He was awarded an OBE for services to RAF music in 2002.

Formed in 2022 from some of the best brass players in Sussex, Long Man Brass came together with the primary objective of exploring and developing purpose written repertoire for the modern brass quintet of two trumpets, french horn, trombone and tuba.

Just as at home with the contemporary as the Renaissance, Long Man Brass are equally keen to showcase regional living composers encouraging the composition of works for the often overlooked brass ensemble.

Individually, the members of the quintet are active musicians and educators having performed collectively with many of the country’s major orchestras at some of the best venues through many musical genres.