World of Brass Mailing - September 2007
This weekend sees the start of the 2007 Rugby World Cup and also the start of a busy and exciting period of contests, concerts and events in the banding calendar.
The Great Northern Brass Arts Festival is being held at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall tomorrow and, as in previous years, the World of Brass trade stand will be in attendance. You may like to take the opportunity of obtaining a study score of the test piece for next Saturday’s British Open Brass Band Championship, Visions of Gerontius by Kenneth Downie. Also available are study scores for Music for Battle Creek by Philip Sparke, the test piece for the Championship Section of the National Brass Band Championships being held next month. There’s n! ever been a better opportunity to come prepared for the two major UK contests!
Also available in Manchester tomorrow, and from our website now, are several new and exciting recordings of live events held earlier in the year. Our Double CD and Double DVD of Highlights from the European Brass Band Championships 2007 are now both in stock. Also available is the Double CD of Highlights from the Norwegian Brass Band Championships 2007, one of the most intriguing national championships in the calendar. Our recording of The Present Age - The Salvation Arm! y Gospel Arts Concert 2007 is also now available as a Double DualDisc product, that is CD one side and DVD the other.
At the 2006 Brass in Concert Championship, visitors from North America in the shape of Brass Band of Central Florida made a huge impact carrying off the awards for Best Percussion Section and Most Entertaining Performance. Sing Sang Sung is a CD made up of tracks that they recorded while in the UK combined with some live performances which together capture the essence of their trip to the UK.
While on the subject of the 2006 Brass in Concert Championship, our Triple DVD of highlights is now available in NTSC (North American) format. Also now available in this format is Tribute, highlights from the Norman Bearcroft tribute concert held at Regent Hall last year. Another new DVD is a recording of New York Staff Band’s 120th Anniversary Concert with guest trombone soloist Brett Baker. This is a Region 1 (North American format) ONLY product but will play on PCs, lap-tops and DVD players ! with ‘multi-region’ capability.
Solo Trombone - French Connection is a new CD of classical repertoire for trombone and piano by a variety of French composers played by Ian Bousfield. Ian is recognised as one of the finest symphonic trombonists of his generation and is currently Principal Trombone of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Also available from Ian is Pryor Engagement which showcases music made famous by that legend of the trombone, Arthur Pryor.
While on a trombone theme, New Trombone Collective has released the last CD in a trilogy of recordings based on their name. New consists of music specially written for and dedicated to the group and includes a composition by eminent jazz trombonist Mark Nightingale on which he also features as a player.
Finally, we have news of new recordings from Salvation Army bands. Towards the end of the 19th century, Salvation Army bands were being formed the world over. Therefore, the first decade of the 21st century sees many of these groups celebrating their 125th anniversaries. Earlier this year, Coventry City Band celebrated this milestone with the release of their latest CD In Christ Alone while Norwich Citadel Band have marked their special anniversary with a tribute to four recent bandmasters in the shape of the compilation CD Fine City Gold. Two American Salvation Army bands have also released new recordings; Southern Territorial Band with Crown of Heaven and National Capital Band with The Words of the Amen.
RSA 85
Plans are now well advanced for the RSA 85 concert being given by The International Staff Band and The International Staff Songsters at Fairfield Halls, Croydon on Saturday 22nd September. Bramwell Tovey will be the special guest soloist in Fantasia for Piano and Band on ‘Christ is the Answer’ while Susan Turner (vocal) and Derick Kane (euphonium) will be performing solos written for them by Ray Steadman-Allen. Tickets are selling fast and more information about the concert can be found on this link to facebook (you need to be registered with and logged onto facebook for this link to work).
Our next update will be at the end of September when we will bring you details of new solo recordings from Robert Childs, Philippe Schartz and Philip Cobb, the latest instalment in our series The History of Brass Band Music and confirmation of the test pieces for the Regionals 2008.
As ever, we’d like to hear from you if you think there’s anything we could do better. Please call our Mail Order department on +44 (0)1933 445 445, email us at worldofbrass@sp-s.co.uk or write to us at World of Brass, Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd., 66 -78 Denington Road, Wellingborough, Northants., NN8 2QH.
Written by Ian McKenzie on September 7th, 2007 with
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