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Performance TitleNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 1968 - Grand Festival Concert
Performance Date12 October 1968
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time17:00
Main PerformersJohn Clough (Black Dyke Mills Band) - euphonium,
Derek Garside (CWS (Manchester) Band) - cornet,
John Pollard (Grimethorpe Colliery Band) - trombone,
Francis Cameron - organ
Secondary PerformersRoy Newsome,
Janne Edwards-Garside - accompanists
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands:
CWS (Manchester) Band,
Grimethorpe Colliery Band,
Luton Band,
Shaftesbury Crusade (Bristol) Band,
Wingates Temperance Band,
GUS Champion Quartette,
The Kneller Hall Trumpeters
ConductorsVilem Tausky
Set List'Fanfare for Brass Bands and Organ' leading to 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Grand March - 'The Spirit of Pageantry', Percy E Fletcher, arr. S Herbert,
'Polka, Thunder and Lightning', J Strauss, arr. F Wright,
'Third Rhapsody on Spirituals', E Ball,
Overture - 'The Impresario', Cimarosa, arr. D Wright,
Waltz - 'The Polar Star', E Waldteufel,
The National Brass Band Championships National Finals Presentation of Awards,
'Overture' from Der Ziegeunerbaron, J Strauss, arr. F Wright,
Two Songs - 'Love Song', 'Creation's Hymn', Beethoven, arr. H Bebb,
Concert March - 'Thundercrest', Osterling, arr. F Wright,
Prelude from 'The Mastersingers', Wagner, arr. F Wright
INTERVAL
'Triumphal March', from Homage, Greig, arr. Reynolds,
Suite - 'Music for The Royal Fireworks', Handel, arr. D Wright
'The Kings of Brass':
Cornet Solo - Aria - 'Alleluja', Mozart (Derek Garside),
Trombone Solo - 'Bolivar', E Cook, Richardson (John Pollard),
Euphonium Solo - 'Concerto for Bassoon' (First Movement), Mozart (John Clough),
'Alla Burlesca', Vinter (GUS (Footwear) Champion Quartette)
March - 'Radetzky', J Strauss, arr.W B Hargreaves,
'Overture' from Rosamunde, Schubert,
Finale:
March - 'This Scepter'd Isle', Tomlinson,
Roll of Drums - 'The Indestructible 'Big Ben'',
The Rallying Voice of Winston Churchill,
Victory Fanfare - 'The Bells of London',
'March, Pomp and Circumstance No.1 - Land of Hope and Glory', E Elgar
Performance NotesConcert premiere of 'Third Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals', Eric Ball and 'The Mastersingers', Wagner, arr. Frank Wright.

Premiere of 'The Gypsy Baron' from Der Ziegeunerbaron, J Straus, arr. Frank Wright and 'Thundercrest', Osterling.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1968/154)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1968/154National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - Grand Festival Concert12 October 1968
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oofanaigcr_RibNational Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 19681
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/12636Garside; Derek Malcolm (1930-); Brtish cornet player, conductor
DS/UK/13576Cameron; Francis (1927-); British organist
DS/UK/13006Newsome; Roy (17 July 1930-10 October 2011); British conductor, composer, arranger, broadcaster, educator, and cornet player
DS/UK/15689Garside; Janne Edwards- (fl 1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/12624City of Manchester brass band; 1900-1993; English brass band
DS/UK/2943The Grimethorpe Colliery Band (1917-)
DS/UK/11864Luton Band; 1883-; English brass band
DS/UK/17641Shaftesbury Crusade; fl 1920s-1970s; English brass band
DS/UK/11869Wingates Band; 1873-; English brass band
DS/UK/8352Virtuosi GUS Band; 1933-; English brass band
DS/UK/4050Kneller Hall; Kneller Hall Band; fl 1920s-1970s; British Army band
DS/UK/7375Tausky; Vilem (1910-2004); Czech conductor, composer
DS/UK/17645Clough; John (fl 1960s); British euphonium player
DS/UK/17646Pollard; John (fl 1960s); British trombonist
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