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Performance TitleDaily Herald National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 1961 - Grand Festival Concert
Performance Date28 October 1961
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time17:00
Main PerformersA J Molinari,
Dr W Greenhouse,
O H Peasgood - organ,
Jack Miles-Munn - xylophone,
Derek Garside - cornet
Secondary PerformersFrank Phillips - announcer
Orchestra or BandTrumpeters of The Life Guards,
Massed Bands:
Munn and Felton's (Footwear) Band,
Cory Workmen's Band,
CWS (Manchester) Band,
Hawick Saxhorn Band,
Morris Motors Band,
Ransome and Marles Works Band
ConductorsDr Karl Rankl,
Eric Ball,
Eric Bravington,
Frank Wright,
Trumpet-Major E G Madden
Set List'Fanfare for Brass Band and Organ' (Massed Bands, O H Peasgood),
'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem),
'March of Triumph - Entry of The Gladiators', Fucik (Massed Bands),
'Meditation - In The Cloisters', Barsotti (Massed Bands),
'O Had I Jubal's Lyre' (Joshua), Handel-Frank Wright (Massed Bands),
Grand Chorus - 'The Heavens Are Telling', Haydn (Massed Bands),
Presentation of National Brass Band Contesting Council's Diploma of Honour to A J Molinari (Dr W Greenhouse),
Xylophone Solo - 'William Tell Overture', Rossini-Gregor J Grant (Jack Miles-Munn, Felton's (Footwear) Band),
Cornet Solo - 'Una Voce Poco Fa' from Barber of Seville, Rossini (Derek Garside, C.W.S. (Manchester) Band),
'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik', Mozart-Eric Ball (Massed Bands)
INTERVAL
'Hungarian March', Berlioz-Catlinet (Massed Bands),
Overture - 'Die Fledermaus' (The Bat), J Strauss (Massed Bands),
'Menuetto, Symphony No.40', Mozart-Harold Moss (Massed Bands),
'Euphoniums - Lullaby', Brahms (Massed Bands),
'Angels Guard Thee', Goddard-Eric Ball (Massed Bands),
Waltz - 'Memories of Schubert', arr. Eric Ball (Massed Bands),
'1812 Overture', Tchaikovsky-Denis Wright (Massed Bands)
Performance NotesPremieres of ''Meditation - In The Cloisters', Barsotti and 'O Had I Jubal's Lyre' (Joshua), Handel-Frank Wright.
The event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1961/135)
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Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ykasaiboif_MamDaily Herald National Brass Band Championships 19611
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/290Daily Herald; 15 April 1912-1964; British newspaper
DS/UK/3647Greenhouse-Allt; Wilfred (fl 1930s-1950s); Dr; British organist, conductor
DS/UK/6340Peasgood; Osborne Harold (1902-1962); CVO; Brtish organist
DS/UK/12636Garside; Derek Malcolm (1930-); Brtish cornet player, conductor
DS/UK/1885British Army; HM Band of the Life Guards; 1795-; British Army Band
DS/UK/7932Phillips; Frank (fl 1940s-1970s); English broadcaster
DS/UK/6531Rankl; Karl (1898-1968); British conductor, composer
DS/UK/11301Ball; Eric (1903-1989); OBE; British composer, arranger and conductor
DS/UK/8726Bravington; Eric A (fl 1940s-1960s); English trumpeter, bandmaster
DS/UK/7376Wright; Frank (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist, conductor
DS/UK/12995Madden; E G (fl 1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/12994Munn; Jack Miles- (fl 1961); British xylophone player
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