About.

Blackadder Baroque Brass was created by David Blackadder in 2021 bringing together a unique formation of period brass instruments to re-imagine Baroque music in a new and innovative way. 

By combining 4 Natural Trumpets, 4 Natural Horns, 4 Cornetts, 4 Sackbuts, a Serpent, Baroque Timpani and Percussion, a new eclectic sound world with an array of textures and colours has been unleashed into the world of Early Music. 

With stunning arrangements of beautiful Baroque music by some of the world’s leading brass arrangers, Blackadder Baroque Brass will be playing music that has never have been heard in this way before. For more information click here.

Imagine what might have happened had an elite group of brass players come together in the late eighteenth century to delve into the archive of amazing Baroque music and arrange pieces for themselves to play. They would undoubtedly have played to their strengths and featured the best players of the day to show off the capabilities of their instruments, pushing the boundaries of what was possible with new techniques which were being developed at the time such as hand stopping and vent holes. 

This is exactly what Blackadder Baroque Brass aims to do, bringing together some of the finest players today, playing music that was not necessarily originally written for brass in some fantastic new transcriptions of both much loved and lesser-known pieces from the Baroque period. Music by Handel, Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi, Purcell, Rameau, Scarlatti, Charpentier and many others.

We are also committed to giving young, talented up and coming players from the next generation the chance to shine by performing with us. They will gain invaluable experience by playing alongside our established players and our group will act as a gateway ensemble for them to enter the music profession.