Empire Brass: "Suite No. 3" by Victor Ewald. From Dec. 2, 1981, a Live Radio Broadcast

The wonderful Empire Brass perform on Connecticut Public Radio in this broadcast. It is always enjoyable to hear a favorite ensemble or soloist play in front of a live audience. You get the honest performance, and you may hear a bit more "excitement" because of the listeners. Musicians generally play better for people than microphones.

[@Resident_Poet]

Lovely stuff thanks

[@lotsabirds]

Wow! This piece is incredible! Super exciting and full of drama. Listening to it with my eyes closed allowed my imagination to soar. This is fantastic!

[@Ives831]

Empire has the definitive approach to the Ewald quintets. The Borodin Quartet was a huge influence on them and it shows :)

[@sethe.6120]

Allegro Moderato - 1:23
Intermezzo - 6:47
Andante - 11:35
Vivo - 14:58

[@gregghurst4285]

Who are the players, please give the names.

[@dwerden]

I'm not clear on when the personnel changes happened in the group. I decided to not list names for that reason. The image may not even have all the right people, but it was the only one I could find from around this same time.

[@rca1947]

Quite different from Quintet 1. Not nearly as lyrical.