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Brighouse and Rastrick Band – RNCM International Brass Band Festival

Sunday 28 January 2024, 6.30pm

RNCM Concert Hall

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Six of the world’s leading brass brands, twelve world premières, nine outstanding soloists, plus the next generation of brass musicians – we can’t wait to welcome you to The RNCM International Brass Band Festival this January. View the full festival line-up.

Brighouse and Rastrick BandBrighouse and Rastrick Band will once again join forces with James Gourlay who conducted the band at major contests from 2004-2006. A strong connection with the RNCM, James Gourlay is the Besson International Chair of Brass alongside the current principal conductor of Brighouse, Professor David King, who is the College’s International Chair of Brass Bands.

Brighouse and Rastrick Band begin their programme with the 1924 Nationals test-piece, On The Cornish Coast by English pianist and film composer Henry Geehl before RNCM alum Ellena Newton performs Bert Appermont’s Colors for trombone and brass band. Written in 1998, Appermont states ‘I wanted to create a piece based upon the colors [sic] yellow, blue, red and green, to express the characteristics, associations and emotions related to [them] in a subtle manner.

Bringing another transatlantic touch, James leads the band in Jim Self’s Tour De Force – a piece that is just that. This virtuosic concerto for brass band is filled with exuberance and energy, unveiling a thrilling midway point that leads into works by Thea Musgrave and Philip Wilby. Closing their performance and indeed the festival, Brighouse finish with George Lloyd’s Diversions on a Bass Theme commissioned for the Mine Workers’ National Brass Band Championship in 1986.

Henry Geehl On the Cornish Coast
Bert Appermont Colors*
Dorothy Gates Invisible Fire
Jim Self Tour de Force
Thea Musgrave Variations
Philip Wilby Wonderous Cross
George Lloyd Diversions on a Bass Theme

James Gourlay conductor
Ellena Newton trombone*
Brighouse and Rastrick Band


Tickets:

£9 (Under 26s and Students) + £1 Booking Fee
£18 + £1 Booking Fee

Festival Discount:
Automatically receive a 10% discount when you purchase tickets to 3 or more RNCM International Brass Band Festival events (excluding free events). Please note that this discount only applies when booking events as part of a single transaction. A maximum booking fee of £3 applies to all transactions.

This event will include a 20-minute interval and will end at approximately 8.30pm.


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