Venezuelan Brass Ensemble: A barnstorming concert at Konzerthaus Berlin, 2007 (full concert)

Brass music that will blow your mind: The Venezuelan Brass Ensemble under the baton of Thomas Clamor performed a rousing concert on September 4, 2007 at the Konzerthaus Berlin. The program included brass arrangements of popular classical pieces such as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition or Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm, and also classics of South American dance music. The Venezuelan Brass Ensemble was established in 2004, as an offshoot of the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (known today as the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela). The group brings together some of the most talented young brass and percussion players in the country to perform an extraordinary repertoire of pieces for massed brass bands. Not to be missed, this concert is a firework display of South American brass music. (00:00) Giancarlo Castro: Gran Fanfaria (08:42) Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arranged by Elgar Howarth): (08:47) 1. Promenade 1 (1