Record

Performance TitleNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britian 1977 - Royal Silver Jubilee Festival Concert
Performance Date8 October 1977
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersJohn Lawrenson - vocal,
Gerard Schwarz - trumpet
Orchestra or BandGrimethorpe Colliery Band,
Stanshawe (Bristol) Band,
Wingates Temperance Band,
Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band,
Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music,
Hendon Band
ChoirsLondon Philharmonic Choir
ConductorsElgar Howarth,
Joseph Horovitz -associate conductor,
Harry Mortimer - associate conductor
Set List'Fanfare',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Coronation March: Orb and Sceptre', Walton, arr. Eric Ball,
'Greensleeves', arr. Elgar Howarth,
'Berne March', arr. Elgar Howarth,
'Finale from Concerto No.2 for Brass Band', Derek Bourgeois,
'The Debutante', Herbert Clarke,
'The Amazing Mr Abban', arr. Elgar Howarth (Gerard Schwarz),
Introduction to Act 3' from Lohengrin, Wagner, arr. Denis Wright
INTERVAL
'Samson', Joseph Horovitz (John Lawrenson, London Philharmonic Choir),
'Fanfare for Harry Mortimer',
'Life Divine', Cyril Jenkins,
'Trumpet Voluntary', John Bennett, arr. Elgar Howarth (Gerard Schwarz),
'In a Sentimental Mood', Duke Ellington (Gerard Schwarz arr.Elgar Howarth),
'Concerto for Trumpet', Harry James (Gerard Schwarz, Grimethorpe Colliery Band),
'Overture' from Russlan and Ludmilla, Glinka, arr. Walter Hargreaves
Performance NotesThe event was recorded by BBC Sound.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1977/176)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1977/176National Brass Band Championships of Great Britian 19778 October 1977
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oirafoineal_XiofNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 19773
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1004London Philharmonic Choir; 1947-; English choir
DS/UK/13946Lawrenson; John (1932-1993); British baritone
DS/UK/17205Schwarz; Gerard (1947-); American conductor and trumpeter
DS/UK/9141Dunn; John (1934-2004); British radio presenter
DS/UK/2943The Grimethorpe Colliery Band (1917-)
DS/UK/15440Sun Life; 1968-1997; English brass band
DS/UK/11869Wingates Band; 1873-; English brass band
DS/UK/6903The Yorkshire Imperial Band; fl 1930s-; English brass band
DS/UK/251Royal Military School of Music; 1857-; British military music school
DS/UK/10346Hendon Band; 1885-; English Christian brass band
DS/UK/10621Howarth; Elgar (1935-); English conductor, composer, trumpeter
DS/UK/13198Horovitz; Joseph (1926-2022); Austrian-born British composer, conductor
DS/UK/6335Mortimer; Harry (1902-1992); OBE; British composer, conductor, brass band specialist
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