Birmingham Citadel Band is to celebrate 120 years of music making later this year with the help of one of the world’s great trumpet players

Special guest

Philip Cobb of the London Symphony Orchestra will be their special guest soloist, whilst the band will feature many classics of the Salvation Army repertoire at the event at the Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham on 21st September.

Classics

Bandmaster Gavin Lamplough told 4BR: "Not only will we be welcoming one of the finest trumpet player in the world, but we will also celebrate our rich 120 year musical history with music by Eric Ball, Wifred Heaton and Albert Jakeway amongst others."

Not only will we be welcoming one of the finest trumpet player in the world, but we will also celebrate our rich 120 year musical historyBandmaster Gavin Lamplough

Busy

He added: "The band has had a busy 12 months travelling up and down the UK as well as recording its latest CD, including a new work by Paul Sharman. Following on from the success of this music we have commissioned Paul to write a new work for the 120th Anniversary Concert and we have also just received a brand new composition from Martin Cordner.

Both are great young writers and have written fantastic concert pieces for our special occasion."