| Orchestra or Band | Black Dyke Mills Band,
Foden's Motor Works Band,
City of Coventry Band,
Fairey Aviation Works Band,
Enfield Central Band,
Luton Band |
| Conductors | Sir Henry Wood,
E S Carter,
Sir Adrian Boult,
Denis Wright,
Arthur O Pearce,
Fred Mortimer,
Harry Heyes,
Harry Mortimer |
| Set List | 'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
March, 'Pomp and Circumstance No.4', E Elgar,
Overture, 'Poet and Peasant', Suppe,
March Patrol, 'The British Grenadiers', Stanford Robinson,
'Ballet Music' from Rosamunde, Schubert,
'Second Suite in F', Holst,
'Trumpet Tune in 17th Century Style', Stewart (Harry Mortimer),
'Academic Festival Overture', Brahms,
'Coronation March' (The Prophet), Meyerbeer,
'The Water Music', Handel-Harty,
'Introduction to Act III' from Lohengrin, Wagner,
'1812 Overture', Tchaikovsky |
| Performance Notes | "A concert of massed brass bands in which six of the most famous all-brass bands pooled their resources, was conducted at the Albert Hall on Saturday afternoon by Mr Fred Mortimer, who is director of two if the bands, Sir Adrian Boult, who made a great impression on the style of playing at a similar concert a year or two ago, and Sir Henry Wood, who was specially welcomed by the veteran leader of the brass-band movement, Mr J H Iles. Th participating bands were Black Dyke Mills, Foden's Motor Works, City of Coventry, Fairey Aviation Works, Enfield Central, and Luton.
The playing was brilliant and the programme cast its net wide Brahm's Festival overture came off splendidly, and Mr Harry Mortimer played a modern 'Trumpet Tune in Seventeenth Century Style' to show the cornet being at once sweet, flexible, and meldious as a solo instrument. Massed cornets often souded like clarinets, and gradation of tone in considerable subtlety was demanded by conductors whose standards are those of the orchestra. In the 'older style' of playing was a March Patrol on 'The British Grenadiers.' which was conducted by Mr Denis Wright, who has done much for leading brass-band music beyond ths style of thing. In its own way it was thrilling."
(The Times, 17 April 1944) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1944/26) |