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Brass Band Festival at the Royal Northern College of Music

Tom Redmond presents a concert from the Brass Band Festival at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Followed by music for brass band written by British composers.

Tom Redmond presents a concert from the Brass Band Festival at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Leonard Bernstein (arr Snell): Candide Overture
Martin Ellerby: Cabaret Concerto
Hubert Bath: Freedom (Brass Band Symphony No 1)
INTERVAL
Gustav Holst (arr Hindmarsh): Capriccio (world premi猫re of new arrangement) Philip Harper: Cantabile (UK premi猫re)
Philip Sparke: Raveling, Unraveling

Followed by music for brass band written by British composers as a postlude to tonight's concert.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Leonard Bernstein

      Candide Overture

      Performer: Cory Band. Music Arranger: Howard Snell. Conductor: Philip Harper.
    • Martin Ellerby

      Cabaret Concerto

      Performer: Benjamin Powell. Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Philip Harper.
    • Hubert Bath

      Freedom (Brass Band Symphony No 1)

      Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Philip Harper.
  • Interval

    • Edward Gregson

      Horn Concerto (Final mvt.)

      Performer: Ifor James. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
      • CHANDOS.
  • Part 2

    • Gustav Holst

      Capriccio

      Music Arranger: Paul Hindmarsh. Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Philip Harper.
    • Philip Sparke

      Raveling, Unraveling

      Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Philip Harper.
  • Post-concert

    • John Philip Sousa

      Sousa March

      Performer: the James Madison University Band.
    • Philip Wilby

      Paganini Variations

      Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Frank Renton.
    • Elgar Howarth

      The Bandsman's Tale

      Performer: Britannia Building Society Band. Conductor: Howard Snell.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Feb 2017 19:30

Three Great British Brass Band Pieces

Music by Malcolm Arnold, Edward Elgar and Herbert Howells.