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Brighouse announce Bridgewater programme

David King will lead Brighouse & Rastrick in Manchester.

Brighouse
 

Professor David King and the Brighouse & Rastrick Band have now released their programme which will be performed at the Great Northern Spring Brass Arts Festival at The Bridgewater Hall on Sunday 9th May.

Exciting

4BR has been informed that the MD and the Yorkshire Champions have designed the programme to excite the Manchester audience. It contains a world premiere, three guest soloists and music from some of the finest composers writing for brass band.

Red Machine (Graham)

Dances with Wolves (John Barry)

Slavische Fantasy (Hohne)
Soloist: Katrina Marzella — Baritone

Be My Love (Brodszky)
Soloist: Katrina Marzella — Baritone

The Catskills (Hess)

Part of Your World (Disney arr Richards)*

Vitae Lux (Alnaes arr Aagaard Nilsen)*

Gaelic Blessing (Rutter)*

Featuring vocalist Lydia Hoen Tjore

Zimba Zamba (Richards)
Soloist: Simone Rebello — Marimba

Flight of the Bumble Beee (Rimsky-Korsakoff)
Soloist: Simone Rebello — Vibraphone

Psyche (Ludovic Neurohr)
British Premiere

Tickets for this concert and all concerts, including the Gala Evening Concert which features Cory and Foden’s and all the daytime concerts, can be purchased by telephoning 0161 907 9000.

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