Performance TitleNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - The Annual National Gala Festival Concert
Performance Date6 October 1979
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMichael Lind - tuba
Orchestra or BandBesses O'Th'Barn Band,
Hammonds Sauce Works Band,
Parc and Dare Band,
Sun Life Stanshawe (Bristol) Band,
Wingates Temperance Band,
Brighouse and Rastrick Band,
Stockholm Philharmonic Brass Ensemble (Claes Stromblad, Gunnar Smith, Ibar Olsen, Rune Badim, Michael Lind),
James Shepherd Versatile Brass (Angelo Bearpark, James Shepherd, Kevin Edwards, Michael Hopkinson, J Graham Walker, David Horsfield, Alan Widdop, Gordon Higginbottom, Colin Aspinall, David Moore, Derek Southcott)
ConductorsVilem Tausky,
Roy Newsome,
Geoffrey Brand
Set List'The Homage March', Grieg, arr. Eric Banks (Massed Bands),
'Overture:Beatrice et Benedict', Berlioz, arr. Keith Wilkinson (Massed Bands),
'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor', J S Bach, arr. Phil Catelinet (Brighouse and Rastrick Band),
'Symphonic Study for Brass Band', Gordon Jacob (Massed Bands),
'Fest Musik Der Stadt Wein', R Strauss, arr. Eric Banks (Massed Bands),
'March, Carnival Day', Gordon Langford (Massed Bands)
INTERVAL
'Concerto for Brass Quintet and Brass Band, Op.47', Derek Bourgeois (Stockholm Philharmonic Brass Ensemble, Brighouse and Rastrick Band),
'Carnival of Venice Variations', Arben, arr. Bue Lund Nielsen (Michael Lind, Besses O'Th'Barn Band),
'Strauss Fantasy', Gordon Langford (Massed Bands),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) (Massed Bands)
Performance NotesThe event was recorded by Chandos Music (RCA) Ltd.

World premieres of, 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor', J S Bach, arr. Phil Catelinet,' Symphonic Study for Brass Band', Gordon Jacob, and 'Strauss Fantasy', Gordon Langford.
The event was recorded by BBC Sound, as were rehearsals the previous day.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1979/157C)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1979/157CNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - The Annual National Gala Festival Concert6 October 1979
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EsatodiekoohopNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - National Finals and Music Festival3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/12622Besses o' th' Barn; 1818-; English brass band
DS/UK/12631Hammonds Saltaire Band; 1946-; English brass band
DS/UK/9120Parc and Dare Band; 1893-; Welsh brass band
DS/UK/15440Sun Life; 1968-1997; English brass band
DS/UK/11869Wingates Band; 1873-; English brass band
DS/UK/6901The Brighouse and Rastrick Band; 1881-; English brass band
DS/UK/13751James Shepherd Versatile Brass; 1972-; English brass band
DS/UK/7375Tausky; Vilem (1910-2004); Czech conductor, composer
DS/UK/13006Newsome; Roy (17 July 1930-10 October 2011); British conductor, composer, arranger, broadcaster, educator, and cornet player
DS/UK/13753Brand; Geoffrey (1926-fl 1975); English brass band conductor
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