Record

Performance TitleNational Brass Band Championship of Great Britain Grand Festival Concert
Performance Date12 November 1949
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersFrank Phillips - speaker,
Arnold Greir - organ,
Harry Mortimer - trumpet
Orchestra or BandTrumpeters of The Life Guards,
Massed Brass Bands,
Black Dyke Mills Band,
Brighouse and Rastrick Band,
Camborne Town Band,
Clydebank Burgh Band,
Cory Workmen's Silver Band,
Fodens Motor Works Band,
Harton Colliery Band,
Morris Motors Band,
Munn and Felton's Works Band,
The Bach Trumpets,
Brass Old and New
ChoirsLondon Men's Chorus,
The Fairey Aviation Male Voice Choir,
De Havilland 'Apollo' Singers,
Gwalia Glee Singers,
London Transport Male Singers,
Watford and District Male Voice Choir,
Bromley and District Male Voice Choir,
Toc H Male Voice Choir,
The Merlin Singers
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Major A Lemoine
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), arr. Sargent (Massed Brass Bands, London Men's Chorus, Trumpeters of The Life Guards),
March, 'Youth of Britain' (The Three Elizabeths Suite), Eric Coates, arr. Denis Wright (Massed Brass Bands),
'Medley of Sea Shanties', arr. Woodgate (London Men's Chorus, Black Dyke Mills Band),
'Slavonic Rhapsody No.2', Friedemann (Massed Brass Bands),
Overture, 'Poet and Peasant', Suppe (Massed Brass Bands),
'Trumpet Voluntary', Clarke, arr. Denis Wright (Massed Brass Bands, Bach Trumpets, Harry Mortimer),
Overture, 'The Yeoman of The Guard', Sullivan, arr. Sargent (Massed Brass Bands),
'Loch Lomond', arr.Vaughan Williams (The London Men's Chorus),
'Here's A Health Unto His Majesty', arr.Woodgate (The London Men's Chorus),
'1812 Overture', Tchaikovsky, arr. Denis Wright (Massed Brass Bands),
'Minuet in G', Beethoven, (Brass Old and New),
'The Marionettes' (Duet), Basil Windsow (Brass Old and New),
'Post Horn Galop' (Brass Old and New),
'O Praise The Lord With One Consent', Handel (The London Men's Chorus, Black Dyke Mills Band),
'Landerkennung', Grieg (The London Men's Chorus, Black Dyke Mills Band),
'Introduction To Act III' from Lohengrin, Wagner (Massed Brass Bands),
'Jerusalem', Parry (The London Men's Chorus, Massed Brass Bands),
Organ Soli, 'Trumpet Tune and Air', Purcell (Arnold Greir),
'Trumpet Mennet', Clarke (Arnold Greir),
'Chanson De Matin', Elgar (Arnold Greir),
Selection, 'Merrie England', German (Arnold Greir),
'Intermezzo' (Cavalleria Rusticana), Mascagni (Arnold Greir),
'Imperial March', Elgar (Arnold Greir),
'Minuet Berenice', Handel, arr. Best (Arnold Greir),
'Henry VIII Dances', German (Arnold Greir),
'Water Music', Handel (Arnold Greir),
'Pomp and Circumstance March, No.4', Elgar (Arnold Greir),
'Where'er You Walk', Handel, arr. Duncan (Arnold Greir),
'March' (Occasional Overture), Handel, arr. Best (Arnold Greir)
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh
Performance NotesThe Hon. Mrs Andrew Elphinstone amd Lieutenant Michael Parker RN were in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1949/261),
Setlist (RAHE/8/7/41)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/-r4-rRZ-waAjf
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/261National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain - Grand Festival Concert12 November 1949
RAHE/8/7/1949/10National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain Festival Contest set list12 November 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YbiehowzukanoigNational Brass Band Championship of Great Britain - Grand Festival Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7932Phillips; Frank (fl 1940s-1970s); English broadcaster
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/6335Mortimer; Harry (1902-1992); OBE; British composer, conductor, brass band specialist
DS/UK/6506Black Dyke Band; 1855-; British brass band
DS/UK/6901The Brighouse and Rastrick Band; 1881-; English brass band
DS/UK/6902Camborne Town Band; fl 1880s-; English brass band
DS/UK/6905Clydebank Burgh Band; 1829-; Scottish brass band
DS/UK/2484The Cory Band; 1884-; Welsh brass band
DS/UK/6507Foden's Band; 1900-; British brass band
DS/UK/8257Morris Motors Band; 1924-1998; English brass band
DS/UK/6899The Fairey Band; 1937-; English brass band
DS/UK/8929Gwalia Singers; 1966-; Welsh choir
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