The response to the sheet music sales of the hymn tune 'Manchester' arranged by Andi Cook and published by Pennine Music continues to raise much needed funds for the victims of the recent terrorist atrocity in the city.

Over £1,700 has so far been raised for the Manchester Evening News 'We Stand Together' appeal by buying sets or downloading PDFs of the hymn setting.

Defiant tribute

In the immediate aftermath, Tubular Brass, led by Sandy Smith, premiered the work as a defiant tribute, and have now recorded and released it as an online download — with all proceeds going to support the victims of all recent terrorist attacks.

"We were proud to do our bit, but since then we've rather been overtaken by the awful events of London Bridge and Finsbury Park,"Trevor McCormick of Tubular Brass told 4BR.

"The message that came back from the community of Manchester was 'We Stand Together', and in support of that we'll be donating all the proceeds from sales and streaming of the recording to the Red Cross's UK Solidarity Fund, so all the victims of terror in the UK can benefit."

Taken wings

Arranger Andi Cook, added: "It's been wonderful how the banding community has supported and got behind this idea put forward by Gavin Somerset at Pennine Music: It's just taken wings.

Sandy and Tubular Brass donated their recording studio time for nothing, KMJ recordings did the recording and mixing for free, and Stuart Lingard at MRL Design gave us a wonderful bespoke piece of artwork for the cover, all free of charge — as well as playing flugel on the recording.

I just hope we can spread the message that we all stand together against those who attack our society, and try to help those affected."

The message from the community of Manchester was 'We Stand Together', and in support of that we'll be donating all the proceeds from sales and streaming of the recording to the Red Cross's UK Solidarity FundTubular Brass

Download

The recording is available via normal digital download channels (Amazon music, Spotify, itunes etc.) and all proceeds from sales and streaming will be donated to the band's chosen charity, the Red Cross UK Solidarity Fund.

"The quality of the performance is amazing,"Andi added. "The sound of the band is fantastic and they play the hymn beautifully. You'll certainly get more than your 99p's worth."

Find out more

You can find out more about the Red Cross and the specific appeal here: http://www.redcross.org.uk/en/What-we-do/Emergency-response/Current-emergency-appeals/UK-Solidarity-Fund