Reviews
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Product: CD review: Banding with Ball
November 23, 2023
The Music of Eric Ball
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
Conductor: Robert Oughton
Soloist: Kevin Bolton
Audiocord Recordings: ACD 210
Product: CD review: Triquetra
November 22, 2023
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Prof Nicholas J. Childs
Soloists: Stephanie Binns, Gavin Saynor, Brett Baker
Organ: Philip Wilby
Piano: Darius Battiwalla
Narrator: Matthew Routley
Doyen Recordings: DOY CD425
Product: CD review: Loudmouthed Beauty
November 21, 2023
Concert Pieces for Bass Trombone
Clare Farr
Featuring: Inger-Lise Ulsrud (organ); Sverre Riise (tenor trombone); Sidsel Walstad (harp); Petter Winroth (trombone); Sigstein Folgero (piano); Norwegian Trombone Ensemble
LAWO Recordings: CD LWC1242
Product: CD review: Da Vinci
November 12, 2023
Flowers Band
Conductor: Paul Holland
Soloists: Paul Richards, Emily Evans, Lauren Chinn, Iain Culross
Doyen Recordings: CD423
Product: CD review: Postcards from Grimethorpe
November 11, 2023
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Conductors: Jack Stamp, Ben Palmer
Toccata Next: CD TOCN 0030
Concert: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Brass Band
October 29, 2023
Conductors: Dr Robert Childs Dan Dennis, Charlotte McGregor-Graham
Soloist: Grace Thomas
Dora Stoutzker Hall
RWCM&D
Cardiff
Friday 27th October
Concert: Foden's Band
October 28, 2023
Conductors: Russell Gray, Matthew Ryan
Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival
London
Friday 20th October
Concert: Penclawdd Brass Band
October 27, 2023
50th Anniversary Concert
Conductor: Tony Small BEM, M.Mus
Featuring: Parti Llwchwr; Ros Evans
St Catherine's Church
Gorseinon
Friday 20th October
Concert: Amersham Band
October 26, 2023
Conductor: Paul Fisher
Featuring: James Fountain
Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival
London
Wednesday 18th October
Concert: Black Dyke Band
October 18, 2023
Featuring: Shirebrook Miners' Welfare Band & Shirebrook Junior Band
Conductors: Prof Nicholas Childs & Luke Pallister
Shirebrook Academy
Shirebrook
Thursday 12th October
Concert: GUS Band
October 17, 2023
90th Anniversary Concert
Conductors: Christopher Bond; Chris Jeans, Melvin White, John Berryman
Compere: Dr David Thornton
Soloists: James Fountain, Thomas Fountain, Jordan Ashman, Dr David Thornton
Northampton High School
Sunday 24th September
Concert: Tredegar Band
October 16, 2023
Conductor Ian Porthouse
Soloist: Mark Fewer (violin)
Barry Memorial Hall
Friday 22nd September
Product: CD review: Aldbourne Rejoicing
October 15, 2023
Conductors: Glyn Williams, Ivan Meylemans
Soloists: Richard Hughes, Cerys Mair Hughes, Hayley Beynon, Robert Marsh, Danny Jones
World of Sound Recordings: WOS172
Product: CD review: Regionals 2024
October 14, 2023
Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag; Cory; JBB Sports Leyland; GUS Band
Conductors: Howard Snell, Philip Harper, Richard Evans, Christopher Bond
Doyen Recordings: CD424
Book review: The Brass Band Movement
August 30, 2023
Authors: John F Russell & J. H. Elliot
Publisher: J.M Dent & Sons
First Published: 1936
Product: LP review: 1983 Brass Band Festival
August 20, 2023
Featuring: Cory Band and massed bands of Besses o' th' Barn, St. Austell, Yorkshire Imperial
Conductors: Major Arthur Kenney; Elgar Howarth; Eric Ball
Guest Soloist: James Shepherd
Chandos Recordings: BBRD 1023
Cassette: BBTD 1023
Product: CD review: Manuscripts II
August 17, 2023
The International Staff Band of the Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Dr Stephen Cobb
Soloist: Philip Cobb
SPS Recordings: SPS 445 CD
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Scotland Reserve Band & Senior Band
August 11, 2023
Conductors: Ian Porthouse, John Boax, Chris Shanks, Charlie Farren
Perth Concert Hall
Saturday 5th August
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Scotland Children's Band
August 10, 2023
Conductors: Alan Fernie and Mark Bell
Perth Concert Hall
Saturday 5th August
Concert: The National Youth Band of Great Britain
August 8, 2023
Conductor: Sarah Ioannides
Soloist: Scott Hartmann
Saffron Hall
Saffron Walden
Saturday 5th August
