Sunday Concert

Sunday Concert

Sunday 15 February 2026

RNCM ON THE ROAD

Brasis Ensemble

Marcelo Nunes Rodrigues, Joana Moura, Marcus Silva, Saulo Martins

Formed by four musicians from Brazil, the Brasis Ensemble are the only double bass quartet in the UK. All four members have been students of Jiří Hudec at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and over the past few years have also regularly joined the various leading professional orchestras in the UK as section freelancers.

Although they don’t limit themselves to only performing Brazilian music, their goal is to present their culture to a wider audience in as many different venues and communities as possible. Their vision is to share the unknown and the unheard, exploring the double bass in its extremes, from the very bottom of the bass lines to the lyrical, higher registers throughout virtuosic and soloistic passages.

Performance:

ERIC SATIE arr NORMAN LUDWIN

Gymnopédie

ALEX STOPA

Floor Play

TONY OSBORNE & MONTY NORMAN arr B RYSER & G CAMARGO

The Pink Elephant & 007 James Bond Theme

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER arr ASHLEY FRAMPTON

All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera

ANÍBAL TROILO & ASTOR PIAZZOLLA arr ANDRÉS MARTIN

Contrabajeando

ARY BARROSO arr DANIEL CAMARGO

Aquarela do Brasil

LUIZ GONZAGA arr JAIR MACIEL

Baixos de Januário

EDMUNDO VILLANI-CORTÊS ed GUSTAVO MAZON-FINESSI

A Dança dos Quatro Mestres

SAMUEL BARBER arr NORMAN LUDWIN

Adagio

The Brasis Ensemble appears by kind permission of the RNCM

Further Details:

This is a free event

Booking deadline: 15/02/2026

The concert will take place in Gallery 3 at The Whitworth on Sunday February 15th from 3pm to 3.45pm.

There is no need to book.

Future performances:

March 15th

May 10th

June 7th