Black Dyke Band

Sunday 12 February

Symphony Hall

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Black Dyke Band, the most successful brass band in the world with many National Titles and British Open Championships to their name, return to Symphony Hall once more for an enthralling concert.

This concert will be include the New Music 20×12 commission, Pure Gold: a 4×4 Relay Race, with the 50-strong Manchester Chorale and narrated by Ian MacMillan.

PRS for Music Foundation’s New Music 20×12 is a UK-wide commissioning programme initiated by Jillian Barker and David Cohen, and delivered in partnership with the BBC, LOCOG and NMC Recordings. See www.prsformusicfoundation.com for more information.

James Kaye: Queensbury
Glinka: Overture Russlan and Ludmilla
Bellstadt: Napoli
Luke Carver Goss: Pure Gold 4 × 4 Relay

narrated by Ian MacMillan

Kenneth Downie: Piper of Dundee
Stravinsky arr. Farr: Firebird
Paul Lovatt-Cooper: When Thunder Calls
Philip Sparke: Harlequin
Reid Gilje: Children of Sanchez
Rossini arr. Roberts: Largo Al Factotum
Orff: Carmina Burana
arr. Smith: Casper
Verdi: Requiem
Mussorgsky arr. Howarth: Baba Yaga and Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition