Philharmonic Brass Zurich - General 5

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The Philharmonic Brass Zurich - Generell5 (G5) is a Swiss brass formation.

Cast and style

The brass quintet consists of the following musicians: Patrik Arnold (trumpet), Christoph Luchsinger (trumpet), Thomas Gmünder (French horn), Xaver Sonderegger (trombone) and Markus Hauenstein (tuba).

The ensemble mainly plays styles such as classical, jazz, entertainment and folk music. As a G5, it also offers the audience comedy, the stage shows are rounded off with harmonious lighting. This genre worked with the directors Danièle Florence Perrin and Giuseppe Spina. Currently (as of 2016) the ensemble is working with Florian Rexer.

history

The five music students Thomas Biasotto, Mathias Elmer, Thomas Gmünder, Joachim Tanner and Markus Hauenstein from the then University of Music and Theater Zurich founded this formation in 2003. After leaving the ensemble, Thomas Biasotto was replaced by Anjan Fehl and again soon after by Andi Carniello-Hedinger.

With this line-up, the ensemble recorded six CDs and one DVD, performed ten concert tours and was booked around 30 times a year.

Andi Carniello and Mathias Elmer have not been in this formation since 2013. In 2014, the ensemble received the “Small Prix Walo”, one of the eight sponsorship awards from Show Szene Schweiz. In August 2015, Xaver Sonderegger, Christoph Luchsinger and Patrik Arnold joined three new band members. With the new line-up, the Tour Brass Jungle 2016, the CD with Jonas Herzog Autumn 2016 and the Let it Brass Spring 2017 program have been created.

Appearances

The ensemble plays 40–50 concerts per year, festivals, companies, cultural groups, parishes, churches, private z. B. at the Swiss Embassy in Berlin for the August 1st party , together with Acapickels and Iréne Schweizer , in Los Angeles at the Musical Variety Show for the Schweizerclub, on Swiss radio and television at Hopp dä Bäse and at Potz Musig with Lisa Stoll .

Discography

Numerous recordings have been made since the ensemble was founded:

  • CD Let us entertain you
  • DVD Let us entertain you
  • CD Celebration (with Emanuelle Janibelli, organ)
  • CD Rhythm & Bras (with Max Näscher, percussion)
  • CD Red + White
  • CD Max and Moritz (with Jörg Schneider )
  • CD Brass Looping (last CD with "old" original line-up)
  • CD Brass & Pipe (With Jonas Herzog and the three newcomers)
  • CD BEST OF General5

Programs

The following programs are offered:

  • Let us entertain you 2005, alphorn, accordion, didgeridoo, classical, folk music, light music
  • Celebration 2006, with organ, Gregorian chant, Vivaldi, original works, Sister Act
  • CineBrass 2007, film music
  • Rhythm & Brass 2008 (with Tobias Bührer) with drummer, river dance, final contdown, classical music
  • Red + White 2009 (with Jonas Kägi, dulcimer) with commissioned compositions and made films
  • Brass Classics 2010 (with Jonas Herzog, organ) Classic
  • Brass Circus 2010 (With Olli Hauenstein Clown )
  • Brass Musical Coppelia 2011, with Jonas Kägi and Stana Hezoucky
  • Brass Looping 2013, with loop station
  • Brass Confection 2014, trumpets Jozsef Lucek and Marc Jaussi, organ Jonas Herzog
  • Brass Heroes 2015, trumpets Guillermo Casillas and Andi Frei / Fäaschtbänkler
  • Generell5 plus 1 2015, (cowboy project for children with narrator and theater pedagogue Stephanie Walder)
  • Brass Jungle 2016, with a new fixed line-up (Christoph L., Patrik A., Thomas G., Xaver S., Markus H.)
  • Let it Brass 2017, a music theater by Giuseppe Spina
  • BEST OF, 15 years General5 (With Florian Rexer, director)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Small but nice. Radio SRF Musikwelle on February 8, 2013, accessed on November 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Vita of the artist on the website of the ensemble, accessed on November 24, 2016
  3. ↑ General5: Popular, authentic and lüpfige brass music. Radio SRF Musikwelle from August 24, 2015, accessed on November 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kleiner Prix Walo 2014 at prixwalo.ch, accessed on November 24, 2016