March 9th 2025 will see the quintet along with Katherine Arnold, present a concert of the major pieces of brass music composed by Malcolm Arnold. Headlining will be the Symphony for Brass Instruments. Written for 10 players it is major work lasting around 25 minutes, and will be the first time that Onyx Brass will…
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New Recording for Chandos Records features another Collab with John Wilson
At the end of last week, we spent the two days being looked after by the Royal College of Music for our third collaboration with conductor, John Wilson, and fourth with Chandos Records . Our new recording will have music for quintet to large brass ensemble with piano and will contain a mixture of British…
IC Concert to Air on YouTube Premiere
After recording our annual Imperial College concert back in December, we are pleased to announce that it will be broadcast on the IC YouTube channel at 1pm GMT on 28th January. The concert was recorded by Black Swan Media and includes music by Arnold, Wolfenden, Gershwin, LaSalle and two larger ensemble pieces by Bliss and…
Onyx Perform Malcolm Arnold Quintet at 2020 Malcolm Arnold Festival
Saturday 17th October sees us performing Malcolm Arnold’s Brass Quintet no.1 for the 2020 Malcolm Arnold Festival.
Due to the current COVID restrictions, we recorded the piece a few weeks ago so you can catch it online from the comfort of your own home at 730pm as part of the evening concert. The festival itself is run by the Malcolm Arnold Society and sees a large number of events from 16th-18th Oct.
Huge thanks goes to Ryan Linham for stepping in at the last moment when Alan was ill.
As a taster, here’s a #1minuteof clip of the 3rd movement.