4BR Music Review: Five very different concert works

April 1, 2011
4BR looks at five very different concert works from the new generation of brass band composers.

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The Armed Man — A Mass for Peace

March 31, 2011
Karl Jenkins has given us a modern version of an ageless evocation — and it works superbly well for brass band and choir.

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Concert: RWCMD Brass Band

March 30, 2011
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs
Organist: Jeffrey Howard
Llandaff Cathedral
Cardiff
Friday 25th March

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Brass Bands for Britain

March 30, 2011
The last Golden Age of banding? The 1970s were a time of bad haircuts, beige colour schemes and feral brass bands. Was it all really as good as this? Maybe so.

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Concert: Guildhall Brass Band

March 29, 2011
Conductor: Chris Houlding
Music Hall
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
London

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Concert: Enfield Citadel Band

March 28, 2011
Conductor: Bandmaster Jonathon Corry
Felixstowe SA
Saturday 12th March

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Concert: Birmingham Conservatoire & Tredegar Town Bands

March 11, 2011
Conductors: David Purser and Ian Porthouse
Chorus Director: Chi Hoe Mak
Sir Adrian Boult Hall
Birmingham Conservatoire
Friday 4th March

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Concert: The International Staff Band

February 24, 2011
Conductor: Dr Stephen Cobb
Cradley Heath
Saturday 29th January

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Concert: Venezuelan Brass Ensemble

February 5, 2011
Conductor Thomas Clamor
Soloist: Tomas Medina
Royal Festival Hall, London
Tuesday 2nd February

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Concert: Reg Vardy Band

February 5, 2011
Conductor: Ray Farr
King's Academy
Middlesbrough.
Friday January 28th

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Concert: Venezuelan Brass Ensemble

February 4, 2011
Conductor: Thomas Clamor
Soloist: Tomas Medina
RNCM Festival of Brass
Bridgewater Hall
Sunday 30th January

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Concert: Grimethorpe Colliery

February 3, 2011
Conductor: Howard Evans
Soloist: Les Neish
RNCM Festival of Brass
Sunday 30th January

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Product: 4BR Roadtest: The greats of Rath?

February 2, 2011
4BR takes a roadtest look at the latest quartet of John Packer/Michael Rath trombones.

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Concert: Cornwall & Gwent Country Youth Bands

February 2, 2011
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs
RNCM Festival of Brass
Sunday 30th January

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Concert: RNCM Brass & Brass Ensemble

February 2, 2011
Conductors: Dr Nicholas Childs & John Miller
Soloist: Mark Harrison
RNCM Festival of Brass
Sunday 30th January

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Concert: Leyland Band

February 1, 2011
Conductor: Philip Harper
Soloist: Philippe Schwartz
RNCM Festival of Brass
Saturday 29th January

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Concert: Cory Band

February 1, 2011
Conductors: Dr Robert Childs & Prof Takeo Yamamoto
Soloists: David Childs & Chris Thomas
RNCM Festival of Brass
Saturday 29th January

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Concert: Foden's Band

January 30, 2011
Conductors: James Gourlay & Michael Fowles
Soloist: Glyn Williams
RNCM Festival of Brass
Saturday 29th January

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Concert: Black Dyke

January 29, 2011
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs
Soloist: Richard Marshall
Narrator: Barrie Rutter
RNCM Festival of Brass
Friday 28th January

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Concert: Hendon Highlights 2011

January 21, 2011
Hendon Band & The International Staff Songsters
Conductors: David Rudd & Dorothy Nancekievill
Featuring: Philip Smith
Queen Elizabeth Hall
London
Saturday 15th January

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