• My next performance with the Mystic Brass Ensemble (March 8, 3pm)

      02/18/2020
      Austin Frakt

    The theme is Viennese Post-Romanticism (Strauss, Bruckner, and Mahler). The concert will be on Sunday, March 8, 2020, 3pm at the First Baptist Church of Arlington (819 Mass. Ave., Arlington, MA). Admission is free with a $10 suggested donation.

    As always, if you come, please find me at intermission or afterwards and say hello.

    Program

    Richard Strauss

    ​Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare

    Feierlicher Einzug der Ritter des Johanniterordens (Solemn Procession)

    Festmusik der Stadt Wien

    Anton Bruckner​

    Cristus Factus Est

    Scherzo from Symphony No. 4

    Gustav Mahler

    Trauermarsch (Funeral March) from Symphony No. 5

    Resurrection Suite from Symphony No. 2

    The Great Call

    Primeval Light (vocal soloist: Andrea Wozniak, soprano)

    Resurrection

    Now the Sun Wants to Rise as Brightly from Kindertotenlieder

    Finale “What Love Tells Me” from Symphony No. 3

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  • My next concert: Sunday, Nov. 10, 3PM

      10/28/2019
      Austin Frakt

    When: Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

    Where: First Baptist Church of Arlington, 819 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, Massachusetts 02476

    What: The third season opener of the Mystic Brass Ensemble will include a combination of organ and brass performing Baroque and Romantic compositions. Full program below.

    Admission: Free (Suggested Donation: $10)

    Program:

    ​Strauss: Fanfare to Also Sprach Zarathustra​

    Charpentier, Clarke, Mouret: Suite of Baroque Marches

    Paul Hindemith: Sonata No. 2
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    Gabrieli: Canzon in Double Echo

    – Intermission –

    Strauss: Battle Scene from Ein Heldenleben

    Handel: Suite from Watermusic and The Royal Fireworks

    Gigout: Grand Choeur Dialogué

    If you come, please find me and say hello.

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  • Come hear the Mystic Brass Ensemble

      11/05/2018
      Austin Frakt

    I’m one of seven trumpets (as well as other brass instruments and percussion) playing in the Mystic Brass Ensemble on Sunday, November 11 at 3PM at the First Baptist Church of Arlington (819 Mass. Ave., Arlington, MA). Come hear us! The concert is free, though donations are welcome.

    Below is the line up of music, with links to others playing the pieces. The first half of Renaissance music will be antiphonal. That means half our group will be in a choir loft at the front of the church, the other half about 100 feet away in an even higher choir loft at the back of the church. How do we coordinate across this massive distance and still sound amazing? Come and find out!

    Once we tire of dazzling you with antiphonal play, we’ll gather up front for the second half for modern pieces. It’ll be heroic and inspiring, because we’re brass (plus percussion).

    If you come, please stop by to say hello.

    Program

    I. The Renaissance

    Monteverdi: Toccata from L’Orfeo (as played by Concentus Musicus Wien)

    Gabrieli: Canzon Duodecimi Toni (as played by the Empire Brass)

    Gabrieli: Canzon Primi Toni (as played by the Philadelphia and Cleveland Brass Ensembles)

    Gabrieli: Canzon Octavi Toni (as played by the Philadelphia and Cleveland Brass Ensembles)

    Gabrieli: Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2 (as played by the Philadelphia and Cleveland Brass Ensembles)

    II. The Modern

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (as played by the New York Philharmonic)

    Hindemith: Morgenmusik (as played by the Chicago Symphony Brass Ensemble)

    Ewazen: I. Andante, Allegro from Symphony in Brass (as played by Summit Brass)

    Higgins: Colorado Fanfare (no recording available)

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