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Cutt above for Manger

SIDDIS Champion to team up with the classic Garry Cutt.

Manger
 

The current Norwegian SIDDIS Entertainment champion Manger Musikklag will be treaming up with Garry Cutt to continue their succesful series of 'The Best of All Times' concert series.

60s classics

Their latest collaboration will see Garry Cutt front the band as they perform classic repertoire from the 1960s.

Teaming up

Garry and Manger has teamed up with professional trombonist Grethe Tonheim. Grethe works as a music teacher and freelance musician, and also occupies the principal trombone seat with Eikanger-Bjørsvik musikklag.

Their latest collaboration will see Garry Cutt front the band as they perform classic repertoire from the 1960s4BR

Great works

In previous instalments of the concert series classics from the turn of the century to the 1950s have been presented. This time its the 1960s with some of the great works of the decade to be featured such as 'Journey into Freedom', 'Variations on a Ninth' as well as works by Wilfred Heaton, Leighton Lucas and Leslie Condon with his trombone solo, 'Song of Exuberance'.

Grethe Tonheim will also play the 'Introduction and Allegro' from Gordon Jacobs 'Trombone concerto' and 'In Memoriam' by Ray Premru together with the trombone section of Manger Musikklag.

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