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Bournemouth to meet the King

Bournemouth Concert Brass are set to meet the King in Belgium — David that is, not Leopold...

King
 

Bournemouth Concert Brass is getting ready to meet the one time King of Europe in Belgium on the weekend.

Team up

The band are due to team up with Professor David King after being invited by the Metropole Brass Band, to take part in a prestigious concert in the Stedelijke Academie Concert Hall, near Antwerp.

Accompany

Directed by Nigel Taken they will accompany the Australian in a number of solo pieces, including the 'Harry James Trumpet Concerto' as well as performing a number a pieces themselves, including 'Tallis Variations' by Philip Sparke.

We are very privileged to be invited to take part in such a prestigious concert to accompany one of the finest soloists in the world, and to perform alongside one of the finest brass bands in EuropeChairman, Ken Taken

Prestigious

Chairman Ken Taken told 4BR: "We are very privileged to be invited to take part in such a prestigious concert to accompany one of the finest soloists in the world, and to perform alongside one of the finest brass bands in Europe".

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