Brass Gala Concert

This year’s Brass Gala concert opens with the current National Champion Brass Band, The Grimethorpe Colliery Band, conducted by Allan Withington. ‘Grimey’ as bandsmen know the band, justly claim to be the most travelled brass band in brass band history and are well known for their involvement in the film Brassed Off. They present us with a magnificent programme from Williams resounding Henry the Fifth Overture to Berlioz’s Overture to Les Francs Juges with which they won the title last year.

The British Open Champions, Black Dyke Band, will then take to the stage. Black Dyke are at least a century and a half old and may be the world’s oldest existing brass band, they are certainly the most famous. Led by Nicholas Childs they will lead us through an exciting programme featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol arranged by Keith Wilkinson and Peter Graham’s colourful Renaissance.

The afternoon will conclude with an appearance by the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, a hundred brilliant young players aged from twelve to eighteen. Many of the bands members go on to become leading players in great bands and famous orchestras. Conducted by Bramwell Tovey the band will lead you through a varied programme from Rimmer’s popular Punchinello, loved by bandsmen everywhere, to Cyril Jenkin’s challenging Life Divine.

£8.50, £11.50, £13.50, £16.50, £18.50

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