Reviews
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Concert: Swiss Open 25th anniversary concert
September 25, 2024
Black Dyke Band and David Childs provide a memorable anniversary celebration for Swiss hosts.
Concert: An Afternoon of Brass
September 24, 2024
Phil Chalk and KNDS Fairey brings a new audience closer to contrasting brass band music making.
Concert: Burbage Works 2024
September 23, 2024
A cleverly conceived celebration of what makes brass bands so familiar and as well as unique.
Product: CD review: English Brass Music
September 1, 2024
A timely re-release is a pertinent reminder of a different approach to classic brass band repertoire.
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Scotland
August 28, 2024
Mature music making adds to the joyful Brass in the Park celebration of a musician forever young at heart and inspirational spirit.
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Scotland Reserve Band
August 27, 2024
The middle tier of talent in Scotland shows plenty of musical ambition in the spotlight.
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Scotland Childrens' Band
August 26, 2024
MD Alan Fernie inspires an infectious joy in the music making from the first level NYBBS performers.
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
August 11, 2024
Distant inspirations brought together in considered appreciations by Prof David King and his young performers.
Concert: Let's Get Together — Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra
August 9, 2024
A stunning display of what might have been as Mike Lovatt's Brass Pack provide the canvas backdrop for a reimagining of Frank and Ella in their prime.
Product: LP review: THIS IS BRASS!
August 7, 2024
A last gossamer strand to a band that defined an era and a player who defined the appreciation of iconic excellence.
Concert: National Childrens' Band of Great Britain
August 3, 2024
Time travelling to past, present and future helps celebrate the 20th anniversary of an organisation that remains as an exemplar of all that is good about youthful development.
Product: Product review: Hawkins Mutes
July 31, 2024
We look at the range of 3D plastic printed cornet mutes from designer Tony Hawkins to see if they can create more than a subtle niche in a competitive market place.
Product: CD review: Bliss: Works for Brass Band
July 30, 2024
John Wilson and Black Dyke bring an aesthetic authority to the works of a composer changed by darker personal experiences.
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Wales
July 29, 2024
Cautious optimism grows in numbers, partnerships and music making as Welsh youth complete their summer course tour of the nation.
Concert: Elgar International Brass Band Summer School
July 27, 2024
An enjoyable mix of musical elements brings a successful summer school course to a close in Bromsgrove.
Product: CD review: Malcolm Arnold: Music for brass band
July 24, 2024
Foden's excellence helps to reveal a satisfying conclusion to a compositional life of deep complexities.
Product: CD review: Called to Serve
July 18, 2024
An imaginative mix of the on-trend and the traditional from Dr Stephen Cobb and the ISB.
Product: LP review: Black Diamonds
July 17, 2024
Grimethorpe Colliery Band in 1967 — and a recording snapshot on the cusp of lasting greatness.
Product: CD review: Farbenspiel — A Colourplay through Time and Genres
July 16, 2024
Soloist Anabel Voigt brings a sense of versatile confidence to her ambitious musical explorations for the tenor horn.
Concert: Wantage Band
July 14, 2024
An evening of fine community music making lifts Euro spirits in brass and voice.
