Canadian Brass

Don and I went to a concert last week at the Nashville Symphony with special guests, the Canadian Brass.

I had never heard of this brass quintet, but apparently they have been around a long time, since 1970 in fact. Two of the original members are still a part of it.

Their music is mostly classical, though the concert we saw included some jazz and Christmas music. Their program was also interspersed with quirky humor and a couple of magic tricks. They have traveled the world and even played a command performance for Queen Elizabeth (who told them afterward that a "command performance" meant they didn’t get paid).

Here is a video of them playing the Pachelbel Canon, which they didn’t play last week, but is a piece I really like.