The Celebrated Distin Family: Music for Saxhorn Ensemble Eleanor Alberga to illuminate a rich and

to illuminate a rich and complex network of stylistic innovation at the dawn of the Baroque era

the jubilant energy of Praise ye the Lord

Bach’s three Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord along with a sonata by his close contemporary Christopher Schaffrath

but also a razor wit

The Celebrated Distin Family: Music for Saxhorn Ensemble Eleanor Alberga to illuminate a rich andThe Prince Regent's Band During the mid nineteenth century the Distin Family blazed a trail across Europe and North America performing countless concerts and promoting new and exciting designs of brass instruments. thanks to a chance meeting with Adolphe Sax in Paris in 1844, they adopted the new valved brass instruments, and in particular the new saxhorn. With The Celebrated Distin Family, period brass specialists The Prince Regents Band have