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Tovey flies in for National Youth Manchester set

Bramwell Tovey will be making his latest trans-atlantic crossing to lead the National Youth Band at Bridgewater Hall this weekend.

Bram Tovey
 

Bramwell Tovey has announced the programme on which he will lead the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain in their concert at the Great Northern Brass Arts Festival at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Saturday.

Flying in

He will be flying into the UK from Canada especially to conduct the band on a programme that features works from Malcolm Arnold, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Elgar, Imogen Holst and Peter Graham.

Padstow Lifeboat (Arnold)
Fantasy for Brass Band (Arnold)
Folk Song Suite (Vaughan Williams)
The Unfortunate Traveller (Imogen Holst)
Downland Suite (Ireland)
Nimrod (Elgar)
Metropolis 1927 (Graham)

Carlton Main

Meanwhile, Carlton Main Frickley Colliery has also released details of the concert programme they will perform to open the event.

Under the baton of Leigh Baker, they will feature a rarely heard narrated performance of Elgar Howarth’s ‘Fireworks’ as well as items as diverse as Eric Ball and Freddie Mercury.

Fireworks (Howarth)
Torchbearers (Ball)
Soliloquy (Sparke)
Soloist: Kirsty Abbotts
Don't Stop Me Now (Mercury)
Carrickfergus (arr Roberts)
Soloist: Hannah Platt
Erin Shore (arr Baker)
Scarlet Ribbons (arr Duncan)
Soloist: Anna Spedding
Pianist: Daniel McLochlin
Momentum (Ben Hollings)

He will be flying into the UK from Canada especially to conduct the band on a programme that features works from Malcolm Arnold, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Elgar, Imogen Holst and Peter Graham4BR

Tickets

Tickets for Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band (noon) The Band of The King’s Division (2.15pm) and the Gala Evening Concert which features Black Dyke, Brighouse & Rastrick and Foden’s are available from Bridgewater Hall Box Office: Telephone 0844 907 9000.

This year’s Great Northern Brass Arts Festival is sponsored by Yamaha, PRS for Music and Besson.

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