Five of the UK's foremost bands will be joined by world class soloists, an award-winning brass quartet, an ambitious youth band and outstanding student bands from the RNCM and the Junior RNCM to perform a wide range of fresh and well established repertoire in Manchester this weekend.
McCabe, Horovitz, Ball
Throughout the weekend's prestigious Festival of Brass,, the music of John McCabe who passed away last year will be performed along with that of Joseph Horovitz and Michael Ball who celebrate their 90th and 70th birthdays this year whilst their will be a host of world premiere performances from Nigel Clarke and Alexander Comitas amongst others.
Cory, Grimethorpe set for Radio 3
It has also been announced that selections from both Cory and Grimethorpe Colliery's performances on Sunday afternoon are to be aired on BBC Radio 3 next Thursday evening (4th February) between 7.30pm and 10pm.
Tickets
Tickets are available for all of the concerts throughout the weekend, with details of costs and how to purchase them, listed below.
Full preview
A full preview of the RNCM Festival can be found by clicking on the following link:
http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2015/1529.asp#.VqtCDnncvcs
The complete RNCM Festival Programme is as follows:
Friday 29th January:
6.30pm:
Carole Nash Recital Room
Setting the scene: Paul Hindmarsh introduces the themes and new works to be performed across the weekend.
Free admission, no ticket required
7.30pm:
RNCM Concert Hall
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs (conductor)
Gary Curtin (euphonium) & Katrina Marzella (baritone)
An English Suite (Michael Ball)
Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale (Bruce Broughton arr. Argente)
(Euphonium Concerto) Joseph Horovitz
Five Rivers, A Pastorale Symphony (Philip Wilby)
Panic on Pudding Lane (Jonathan BateS)
Rhapsody in Brass (Dean Goffin)
Rampage (Simon Dobson)
Metropolis 1927 (Peter Graham)
Tickets: £16, £14
Saturday 30th January
10.00am:
RNCM Theatre
John Golland Award final with A4 Brass Quartet
Free admission: no ticket required
11.30am:
RNCM Concert Hall
Fairey Band
Garry Cutt and Tom Davoren (conductors)
Henry the Fifth (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Ballet for Band (Joseph Horovitz)
The Divinity of Hell (Tom Davoren)
The Moor of Venice (William Alwyn)
Cloudcatcher Fells (John McCabe)
Tickets: £16, £14
1.30pm
RNCM Theatre
A4 Brass Quartet in Recital
Jamie Smith (cornet), Jonathan Bates (horn), Michael Cavanagh (baritone ), Chris Robertson (euphonium)
Moskito (Thomas Doss)
Brass Quartet No 2 (Edward Gregson)
South Uist Variations (Oliver Waespi)
Insomniac (Paul McGhee)
Mists of the Mountains (Jonathan Bates)
Tickets: £7
3.00pm:
RNCM Concert Hall
Tredegar Town Band
Ian Porthouse (conductor)
Ross Knight (tuba)
Occasional Overture (Benjamin Britten)
Desert II: Horizon (John McCabe)
Tuba Concerto (Joseph Horovitz)
All the Flowers of the Mountain (Michael Ball)
Diversions after Benjamin Britten (Pankhurst, Dobson, McGhee & Higgins)
Tickets: £16, £14
5.00pm
RNCM Theatre
Junior RNCM Brass Band
Les Neish & Jon Malaxetxebarria (conductors)
Pippa Scourse (cornet/trumpet)
March: Anthem of the Free (Dean Goffin)
The Dong With a Luminous Nose (Joseph Horovitz)
Song of Hope (Peter Meechan)
Multiverse (Edward Percival)
Bust Out Brigade (The Go! Team arr. Dobson)
Free admission: no ticket required
6.30pm:
Carole Nash Recital Room
In Conversation with Paul Hindmarsh and this year's featured composers, including Joseph Horovitz and Michael Ball.
Free admission: no ticket required
7.30pm:
RNCM Concert Hall
Foden's Band
James Gourlay & Michael Fowles (conductors)
Anna-Clare Monk (soprano), Lauren Scott (harp) & David Thornton (euphonium)
King Arthur, Scenes from a radio play (Benjamin Britten arr. Hindmarsh)
Euphonium Concerto (Michael Ball)
Theme and Co-operation (Joseph Horovitz)
Asphalt Cocktail (John Mackey)
A Child like You (Andy Scott)
Odin — From the Land of Fire and Ice, Op 76 (Arthur Butterworth)
Tickets: £16, £14
Sunday 31st January
10.00am:
RNCM Theatre
Foden's Youth Band
Mark Bousie and Michael Fowles (conductors)
Three Minute Warning (Lucy Pankhurst)
Light of the World (Dean Goffin)
Three Pieces from Music Hall Suite (Joseph Horovitz)
Firefly (Simon Dobson)
Cambrian Suite (Michael Ball)
Free admission: no ticket required
11.30am:
RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM Brass Band
Paul Cosh (conductor)
OrÃgenes (Carlos Cárdenas)
The Maunsell Forts (John McCabe)
Lullaby (Paul McGhee)
Another World's Hell (Simon Dobson)
Tickets: £10
1.30pm:
RNCM Theatre
Peter Moore (trombone) & Robert Thompson (piano)
Horn Sonata in F major, Op 17 (Beethoven)
Fantasy in E major, Op 27 (Sigismund Stojowski)
Urlicht from Das Knaben Wunderhorn (Gustav Mahler)
Phidylé (Henri Duparc)
On Solitude and Longing from Shift (Simon Dobson)
La Petite Suzanne (Valse Caprice)
Annie Laurie (Arthur Pryor)
Tickets: £10
3.00pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Cory Band
Philip Harper (conductor)
Tom Hutchinson (cornet)
Images (John McCabe)
Cornet Concerto (Philip Harper)
All the Moon Long (Hilary Tann)
Audita Tremendi (Alexander Comitas)
A Moorside Suite (Gustav Holst)
Tickets :£16, £14
5.30pm
Carole Nash Recital Room
Landscapes of the Mind: Paul Hindmarsh on the band music of John McCabe.
Free admission: no ticket required
6.30pm:
RNCM Concert Hall
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Robert Childs (conductor)
Roger Webster and Alexis Demailly (cornets)
Salamander (John McCabe)
Concerto Classico (Joseph Horovitz)
Further Adventures of the Same (Nigel Clarke)
My Strength, My Tower (Dean Goffin)
Sunset Rhapsody (Eric Ball)
Whitsun Wakes (Michael Ball)
Tickets: £16, £14
Weekend Tickets:
Full Price: £98
Day Tickets:
Saturday Day Ticket: £44
Sunday Day Ticket: £42
Concessions available on individual tickets only.
Tickets via 0161 907 5555 http://www.rncm.ac.uk
