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On sale Thu 13 Nov 2025 at 10am

Programme to include:

Carl Nielsen arr Andreas Spang Olsen Dance of the Cockerel
Per Nørgård Doing
Launy Grøndahl Trombone Concerto*
Hilda Sehested Romance*

Performers

Stig Maersk conductor
Jesper Juul Windahl trombone*
Concord Brass Band

About

Part of RNCM International Brass Band Festival.

Concord Brass Band, Denmark’s first brass band founded in 1957, takes its name from the word concord, symbolising harmony, cooperation, and joy. Performing in the British brass band tradition, the ensemble has long celebrated its strong ties with the UK, regularly working with British guest conductors while simultaneously championing music by Danish composers.

Fittingly, the programme opens with an arrangement of Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Dance of the Cockerels from his opera Maskarade. Though the opera itself is seldom performed, this spirited piece from Act III has become one of Nielsen’s most popular concert works and is a lively depiction of cockerels strutting proudly among clucking hens.

The dialogue between Danish and British styles continues in Per Nørgård’s Doing, which explores the intersection of the two traditions through three inventive variations on the Beatles song You Can’t Do That. Distinguished trombone soloist Jesper Juul Windahl then takes centre stage in Launy Grøndahl’s powerful and dramatic Trombone Concerto, a work originally inspired by the trombone section of Copenhagen’s Casino Theatre Orchestra.

A rare gem by Hilda Sehested, one of the few women composing during Denmark’s Romantic era, follows before the concert concludes with Frederik Magle’s vividly descriptive portrayal of the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen.

Tickets

Full Price £22
Student/Under 26 £14

Promoted by RNCM.

Festival Discount

Automatically receive 20% off at least one ticket per event when you book three or more events in the RNCM International Brass Band Festival (excluding free events). Please note that this discount only applies when booking events as part of a single transaction. This offer cannot be combined with any other discounts or promotions.

This event will end at approximately 12.15pm.