Simon Desbruslais
Schedule
05/07/13, 17/07/13 and 02/08/13
Early Music by Candlelight
Charivari Agréable
14/06/13 at 5pm
Bach, BWV 51 at GSMD
06/06/13 at 7.30pm, Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
Hindemith Concerto for Trumpet and Bassoon
Oxford University String Ensemble, cond. Peter Bergamin
24/05/13 at 7.30pm
New Trumpet Concerto by Robert Saxton
The Orchestra of The Swan, cond. David Curtis
Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon
04/05/13 at 7.30pm
B Minor Mass, International Baroque Players
24/03/13 at 5pm
Handel, Messiah in Merton College Chapel
Charivari Agréable
23/03/13, Wells Cathedral
Chameleon Arts Baroque Orchestra
16/03/13
Solis Ensemble, cond. Ben Goodson
Principal trumpet
9/03/13 at 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall
Van Swieten Band
Principal trumpet and fixer
11/12/12 at 1.00pm
Recital for trumpet and organ with Catherine Ennis
St Lawrence Jewry
11/11/12 at 7.30pm
International Baroque Players
Brighton Early Music Festival
02/11/12 at 6.00pm
Recital for trumpet and piano with Georgia Gibson-Smith
St Anne's College, Oxford
09/05/12 at 8.00pm
Recital for trumpet and piano with Georgia Gibson-Smith
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
2/05/12 at 11.00am
Contemporary Trumpet Masterclass
Coventry University
‘Simon Desbruslais’s performance leaves nothing to be desired: it is musically compelling and technically very impressive.’ Musicweb International, 2011
Photo by Sisi Burn
‘It was a great surprise, sitting down in front of the TV on Christmas Eve, to see and hear my motet In Splendoribus live in the BBC's Midnight Mass. It was beautifully sung, but I was amazed at the marvellous trumpet playing by Simon Desbruslais. As an ex-trumpet player myself I know how challenging this exposed, high-hand virtuosic obbligato part is, but the soloist played it with supreme confidence and flair.’ James MacMillan, 2012
Biography
Simon Desbruslais is a British trumpet soloist whose performances have been critically acclaimed as ‘steel-lipped’, ‘musically compelling’ and possessing ‘supreme confidence and flair’. He came to international prominence with the first ever recording of Hertel’s Third Trumpet Concerto on the natural trumpet. This was followed by new trumpet concertos from John McCabe, Robert Saxton and Deborah Pritchard, all recorded for Signum Classics.
Keen to expand on the relationship between performance and musicology, Simon will soon complete his doctorate at Christ Church, Oxford, on the music theory of Hindemith. He also gives international lectures and masterclasses.
Hear Me
Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Third Trumpet Concerto
Signum Classics, 2011
Charivari Agreable
David Bednall, Welcome all Wonders
Signum Classics, 2012
Choir of Queens College Oxford
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