Record

Performance TitleNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - Annual National Gala Festival Concert
Performance Date7 October 1978
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersGordon Higginbottom - horn
Orchestra or BandEver Ready Band,
Besses O'The'Barn Band,
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band,
Dalmellington Band,
Great Universal Band,
Black Dyke Mills Band,
Solna Brass (Sweden),
Don Lusher and His Brass Ensemble
ConductorsRobert Farnon,
Roy Newsome
Set List'The October March', Eric Ball,
Music in Contrast - 'Morning Cloud', Farnon, and 'Caribbean Cameo', Sharpe,
'Overture' from 'Prince Igor', Glazounov, Borodin, arr. Barsotti,
'September Fantasy', Eric Ball (Gordon Higginbottom, Besses O'Th'Barn Band),
'European Fantasy', Gordon Langford
INTERVAL
'Rhapsody in Brass', Dean Goffin,
'Alla Marcia' (Serenade for Strings), Dag Wiren, arr. Froden (Solna Brass),
'First Swedish Rhapsody', Leidzen (Solna Brass),
March - 'The Champions', Willcocks,
Overture - 'The Corsair', Berlioz, arr. G Brand,
'March - Slav', Tchaikovsky, arr. Davies,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Frank Wright
Performance NotesThe event was recorded by BBC Sound.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1978/166A)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1978/166ANational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - Annual National Gala Festival Concert7 October 1978
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Owlalomead_XcrNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 19783
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9141Dunn; John (1934-2004); British radio presenter
DS/UK/8348Reg Vardy band; 1958-; English brass band
DS/UK/12622Besses o' th' Barn; 1818-; English brass band
DS/UK/8337Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band; 1884-; English brass band
DS/UK/10848Dalmellington Band; 1864 -; Scotish brass band
DS/UK/8352Virtuosi GUS Band; 1933-; English brass band
DS/UK/6506Black Dyke Band; 1855-; British brass band
DS/UK/17963Solna Brass; 1978-; Swedish brass band
DS/UK/9415Lusher; Don (1923-2006); British jazz and big band trombonist
DS/UK/11157Farnon; Robert (1917-2005); American composer and conductor
DS/UK/13006Newsome; Roy (17 July 1930-10 October 2011); British conductor, composer, arranger, broadcaster, educator, and cornet player
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