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The full schedule can be found on the Brass in Concert website, with Carlton Main Frickley Colliery ticking off proceedings at 11:00am, and Grimethorpe Colliery Band closing the contest around 7:20pm.
The European Brass Band Association (EBBA) has announced that the 2022 European Brass Band Championships (EBBC) are to be held at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. The Championships will be hosted by Brass Bands England (BBE), which was originally scheduled to organise the event at Sage Gateshead in 2024.
- Major Performances
- Associations
- Returnee
- Celebrating Rvw150 and Rsa100
- Various Strands
- Variations
- Exploration
- At The Cutting Edge
- Moore Shift
- Revival
The festival will feature major performances from Black Dyke, Brighouse & Rastrick, Cory, Foden’s, Grimethorpe and Tredegar, as well as guest soloist’s Peter Moore and Rex Richardson and other major musical attractions. “After eighteen months of music making restricted to socially distanced or on-line activity, this feels very much like a new and e...
Paul highlights an example of this with Black Dyke’s long-standing associations with composer’s Bruce Broughton, Philip Wilby and Peter Graham which has enabled the programming of three recent commissions. ‘Heroes’, used at the National Championship of Great Britain will feature alongside Wilby’s‘Beethoven and The Light Fantastic’. In addition, Pet...
Another welcome festival returnee will be Brighouse & Rastrick principal conductor, Prof David King, making only his second appearance in 20 years. Paul added: “To close the festival, Prof King has chosen a programme that sums up one of the threads running through the weekend - music founded on folk songs and hymn tunes, beloved both of brass bands...
In 1960 the Salvation Army published an exquisite, but rarely played ‘Prelude on Randolph’by Ray Steadman-Allen (1922 - 2014). 2022 marks the centenary of his birth as well as the 150th anniversary of the birth of the composer of the hymn tune, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), one of the great figures of English music of the 20th century. The ...
Paul continued: “Celebrating RSA100 and RVW150 has provided me with a rich seam of invention to bind together the various strands of the weekend’s music making. Indeed, the festival has been designated as one of the major events in a year of celebration supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust - RVW150. Items from Tredegar Band’s ‘Vaughan...
‘Variations for Brass Band’ (1957) and the wind band work ‘Toccata Marziale’(1924) are the only band works by RVW not founded on traditional material. “I’ve long wondered whether Edmund Rubbra’s lovely 1958 National finals test piece ‘Variations on The Shining River’(1958) was inspired by RVW’s example,” he said. “Certainly the variation form offer...
In a welcome exploration, Paul Hindmarsh has shone a new light on Ray Steadman-Allen’s prolific output which has previously not travelled far outside the Salvation Army. He added: “After he retired his creative skills were enjoyed by the wider brass band community through commissioned contest and concert works. Within SA circles RSA was regarded as...
No RNCM Brass Band Festival would be complete without something more current or with a cutting edge to it in stylistic terms. On Sunday morning, Grimethorpe under David Thornton will feature its Composer in Association, Liz Lane, as well as the distinguished American composer Jack Stamp. Peter Moore will be one of the festival's featured soloists
Meanwhile, trombone star and Yamaha Artist Peter Moore will join Tredegar Band on Saturday afternoon to reprise ‘Shift’,a 20-minute concerto commissioned for him by Paul Hindmarsh a decade ago from Cornish composer Simon Dobson. Paul added: “I’m also delighted that student ensembles from the RNCM will be presenting the final of the fifth John Golla...
On Saturday morning the RNCM Brass Band will be reviving two substantial concert works; an engaging, colourful ‘Piano Concerto’by Bill Connor, which I well remember recording with soloist Kathryn Stott, and Sellars International Band with Phillip McCann 30 years ago. This performance will mark a fresh start for this under-played work.” Errollyn Wal...
Feb 9, 2021 · The European Brass Band Association (EBBA) has announced that the 2022 European Brass Band Championships (EBBC) are to be held at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. The Championships will be hosted by Brass Bands England (BBE), which was originally scheduled to organise the event at Sage Gateshead in 2024. EBBA is currently in constructive dialogue ...
May 1, 2022 · Test Piece: Saints Triumphant 2022. Adjudicators: Arvid Anthun , Garry Cutt , Jan de Haan , Erik Janssen , Christophe Jeanbourquin , Katrina Marzella-Wheeler. Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. European Championships (Challenge Section) 2022. Previous Event.
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- Symphony Hall, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
- Saints Triumphant 2022
The organisers of the 45th Brass in Concert Championship, in association with Yamaha, Banks Group and World of Brass, are pleased to announce the full schedule of events for this year's contest, taking place on Saturday 19th November. The schedule is as follows: 8:30: doors of the Sage, Gateshead open to the public. 9: Box Office and cafes ...
Sep 10, 2022 · Advertisement. LIVE. 2022 British Open. Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Saturday 10th September. To view the live stream, sign up at World of Brass. Comments: Steven Mead and Chris Thomas. Images: Lorne Campbell and Craig Chapman. Social Media: Malcolm Wood. Latest Comments All Comments. Sunday 11, 19:54:05. 168th British Open Champions.
