Ambrosius Ensemble

USA

Formed: 1951

Share to:

In 1951, under the direction of Frederick Fennell, a group of wind, brass, and percussion students at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, performed a groundbreaking concert. On the program were several names quite familiar to the Western musical canon, including (Willaert, Lasso, Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky), as well as a few less-familiar faces, such as seventeenth century composers Samuel Scheidt and Johann Pezel, and twentieth century American Carl Ruggles. The pieces themselves, however, were in an even more obscure vein: ...

• Read more
• Discuss
• Add to favourites