What's On
Black Dyke Band
Saturday 25 January 2025, 7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Programme
Jacob Larson Ad Astra
Philip Wilby Astralis (first performance of this version with accompanying film)
Peter Graham Force of Nature, Concerto for Euphonium *
Karl Jenkins Fragile Earth
Andrea Price And Earth Raised Up Her Head (world première) +
Edward Gregson Concerto for Trombone ^
Edward Gregson Of Men and Mountains
Performers
Nicholas Childs conductor
Andrea Price conductor+
David Childs euphonium *
Ian Bousfield trombone ^
Black Dyke Band
About
Part of RNCM International Brass Band Festival.
David Childs’ appearance is kindly sponsored by Besson.
Black Dyke Band begins its programme with Jacob Larson’s Ad Astra before a new rendition of Philip Wilby’s Astralis is performed with an accompanying film. Peter Graham’s Force of Nature, a musical retrospective of Ernest Hemingway’s extraordinary life, is realised by the soloist who the concerto was written for, David Childs. The first half ends with Sir Karl Jenkins’ Fragile Earth – his first major work for the brass band medium. Collaborating with young people from the National Youth Brass Band of Britain and The Wildlife Trusts, Sir Karl composed this three-movement piece to explore the impact of human interaction with the environment, emphasizing climate change and the restorative power of the natural world.
A brand-new work by Andrea Price makes way for another of the festival’s soloists, trombonist Ian Bousfield, known as one of the most influential brass players of his generation. Together, Black Dyke Band and Ian will perform Edward Gregson’s virtuosic Concerto for Trombone before the programme concludes with another of Gregson’s beloved pieces, inspired by a trip the composer took through the Rocky Mountains in Canada.
Tickets:
Full Price £22
Student/Under 26 £14
Promoted by RNCM.
This event will include an interval and will end at approximately 9.30pm.
We’re delighted to announce that David Childs’ performance is kindly supported by Besson.
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