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Alec Gallagher
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Martin Green and Benjamin Woodgates: Split the Air
A performance of Split the Air by Martin Green, orchestrated by Benjamin Woodgates. Played by the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain conducted by Robert Childs.
Forty years ago the miners strike of the 1980s came to an end. This work marks the event. If I'm honest, the music isn't especially great, and the purple prose might put some people off, as might some of the verbal content, but it is a significant contribution to the repertoire. It's often said that history is written by the victors; the story of the miners strike is a rare example of history written by the vanquished.
Forty years ago the miners strike of the 1980s came to an end. This work marks the event. If I'm honest, the music isn't especially great, and the purple prose might put some people off, as might some of the verbal content, but it is a significant contribution to the repertoire. It's often said that history is written by the victors; the story of the miners strike is a rare example of history written by the vanquished.
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Jean Sibelius: Overture in F Minor
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Sibelius scored this work originally for the traditional Finnish brass septet, a format which had arisen in the second half of the 19th century. A typical Finnish septet consisted of a cornet in E flat, two cornets in B flat, an alto horn in E flat (what we in the UK would call a tenor horn), a tenor horn in B flat (what we would call a baritone horn), euphonium and tuba. At least one source su...
Michael Nyman: In C Interlude
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A live performance of In C Interlude by Michael Nyman. Played by Regent Brass conducted by Alan Duguid at a concert of contemporary music held at St Saviour's Church, Pimlico, London on 7th July 2024. Hypnotic!
Harrison Birtwistle: Salford Toccata
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A rare performance of Salford Toccata by Harrison Birtwistle, played by Regent Brass conducted by Alan Duguid. From a concert given in central London on 7th July 2024. This work is very different to Birtwistle's other, more familiar work, Grimethorpe Aria - intense, immense, noisy and thrilling! Kudos to Regent Brass and Alan Duguid for taking it on.
The Essay: A Different Way to Listen
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A touching and humorous account by Nigel Braithwaite of a brass player coming to terms with the fact that he's going deaf. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 28th May 2024.
Robin Haigh: Get Good
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A live performance of Get Good by Robin Haigh, played by Connaught Brass. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3's In Tune programme, 24th July 2024. A very attractive little opener - sounds like a companion piece to Lutoslawski's Mini-Overture.
Kenneth Hesketh: Danceries, Set II
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A performance of Danceries, Set II by Kenneth Hesketh. Played by the Tredegar Town Band conducted by Ian Porthouse. Played at the RNCM Festival of Brass, 24th January 2015. As with Set I the musical themes are taken from Playford's Dancing Master, a 17th century collection of folk tunes accompanied by descriptions of the dance steps for each tune. The music is rendered in in Hesketh's distincti...
Paul McGhee: Episodes, Occurrences and Interludes
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A performance of Episodes, Occurrences and Interludes by Paul McGhee. Played by Derwent Brass conducted by Keith Leonard. This performance was played at the Wychavon Festival of Brass on 16th October 2012. The work was commissioned by Derwent Brass to mark its 20th anniversary. It is divided into three sections, running concurrently, and each section comprises two sub-sections. These sub-sectio...
Maurice Hamers: Die Alpen
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A performance of Die Alpen (The Alps) by Maurice Hamers. Played by the Black Dyke Band conducted by Nicholas Childs.
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Sets
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A performance of Sets by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Played by Equale Brass in a BBC Radio 3 broadcast on 15th April 1986. I was unable to find any information about this work but vaguely recall that the title derived from tennis, hence the images. While looking for the information I was also intrigued to discover that Salonen has written a work for brass band - Apokalyptische Phantasie for Brass Band a...
Gordon Jacob: Suite in B flat
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A performance of Gordon Jacob's Suite in B flat, played by the William Davis Construction Group Band conducted by John Berryman. Part of a BBC Radio 3 Bandstand programme broadcast on 19th January 1980. Just about Jacob's best work for band, in my opinion. Sorry about the hiss.
2023 National Finals: interviews with Edward Gregson and members of the Foden's Band
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From Music Matters, BBC Radio 3, 21st October 2023. Tom Service talks to Edward Gregson and members of the Foden's Band about banding, contesting and Of Men and Mountains.
Jean Ballisat: Sinfonietta No 2
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A performance of Sinfonietta No. 2 by the Swiss composer Jean Ballisat. Played by the Cory Band conducted by Arthur Kenney. Broadcast on Bandstand, BBC Radio 3, on 14th November 1985. Sorry about the hiss.
Phil Cunningham arr. Beattie: Loch Katrine's Lady
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This piece was played by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland brass dectet, conducted by John Logan, at the Philip Jones Spectacular concert on 17th February 2024. The concert took place at St. John's, Smith Square, London. Elsewhere in this playlist you can find Rosamund Brass's performance of a movement from Shostakovich's 2nd string quartet, arranged for brass quartet by Alex Barron, also fro...
James MacMillan: Canite Tuba
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A performance of James MacMillan's Canite Tuba, played by the Black Dyke Band conducted by Nicholas Childs. Why this work is not heard more frequently is a mystery.
George Gershwin arr. Martin Cotton: Pictures from Shall We Dance
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George Gershwin arr. Martin Cotton: Pictures from Shall We Dance
Judith Bingham: The Stars Above: The Earth Below
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Judith Bingham: The Stars Above: The Earth Below
Andrew Downes: Toccata for Brass Band
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Andrew Downes: Toccata for Brass Band
Dimitri Shostakovich arr. Alex Barron: Adagio (Theme and Variations) from String Quartet No. 2
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Dimitri Shostakovich arr. Alex Barron: Adagio (Theme and Variations) from String Quartet No. 2
RNCM Festival of Brass 2017: interval discussion
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RNCM Festival of Brass 2017: interval discussion
Unhinged. Great sound. love it
Is the full brass band arrangement generally available?
I don't know, but I've never heard the work played by a band anywhere else, so I suspect the answer is 'no'. The only other recording of the work I have in my collection is on a CD by Brass Partout called Playgrounds for Angels. and I'm pretty sure that it's played in its original form, i.e. by a septet.
A Finnish Brass septet, or torviseitsikko ("seven horns"), also includes an Alto Horn in Eb, so actually 7 Brass players: a true brass septet. Percussion is not obligatory and is indeed not present in this charming work by Sibelius. Unfortunately there are no scores available on IMSLP.
Thanks for the information. I'll amend the description. My source was an academic paper published in the Historic Brass Society Journal many years ago. I did wonder about it, not least because the few photographs I could find of these groups (including the ones used in this video) all seemed to have at least seven brass players in them. I am fairly sure I have heard percussion in some of Sibelius's other original works for brass, as recorded by The Wallace Collection and others, though. You're right though, it is a charming work. I'm no musicologist, but those opening bars ARE Sibelius to my ears!
@@alecgallagher9196 well, my source is Wikipedia, so maybe a little less trustworthy (though it was the Finnish version) 😉 However, after reading your description, my first thought was "where is the Alto voice?" Then after looking up pictures and reading the Finnish Wiki, my thoughts were reassured. Strange though, that the HBS says different.
Incroyable 😮
Maravilloso, genial!!! 👏👏👏
Thanks for uploading, have been wanting to listen to this for years
My pleasure!
@@alecgallagher9196 you've curated a great collection here. That's my spare time accounted for over the next few months!
I didn't know about the restoration and 2023 performance. It's a great piece, the brass band arrangement hardly ever gets performed
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Inspired by Terry Riley's "In C" I'm thinking...
Correct!
Love it. From a French horn player. Such crisp notes from top to bottom. I am in awe.
Frank Lloyd ? Right !
The horn is truly the king of all brass instruments.
Wow! I’ve been waiting years to hear this piece, and it certainly hasn’t disappointed my expectations. Huge thanks for posting this
Amazing! Thank you!
Superb 😮
Refreshing. I applaud any band and conductor willing to take on a challenge like this which is so far from most bands' comfort zones. It makes me wonder how many of our so-called 'top flight' band conductors (and adjudicators) could get anywhere near shaping or judging a top quality performance of this. It requires skills and knowledge that I have rarely seen displayed in my 40 years of banding...
I know of only two performances of the work prior to this one, both by bands of students - the premiere by the Salford University Brass Band under Elgar Howarth, and the RNCM Brass Band in 2015 under James Gourlay. So the answer to your question about how many 'top flight' bands could get near it is 'we don't know because none of them have bothered in the 34 years the piece has been around'. And bandsmen wonder why they're not taken seriously by the musical mainstream!
@@alecgallagher9196 - and my wider question relates to that. Because bands haven't routinely been exposed to music outside their own little niche, and because band conductors and adjudicators tend to be former band players with similarly limited experience, how many of the senior musical leaders in brass bands would know what to do if confronted with a score like this?
@@alecgallagher9196I attended the RNCM performance you mention. One hell of a piece. It's about time one of the big bands recorded it
Unglaublich!
How great to hear this..this was a commission for the great West Glamorgan Youth Brass Band, my Band back in the mid 1980's with the late magic Tony Small M.D..Tony was a leading light in Welsh Brass, so many were lucky to have his teaching..❤️x
TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE WAOH
Just lovely.
Glad you enjoyed it. The walk itself is even better!
Want to listen a new work by Judith Bingham on a championship... Maybe for the next EBBC in London?
I would need to hear it live before I believed it... That sounded electronically enhanced... If it was true , it was the best performance I have ever heard
The entire album sounds like that. See below for someone who says they heard him play it live too.
I'm a horn player and this sets a new standard. I could hear the organ parts in the background sorta. Wow. I think you should redo this but add separate tracks to go along with the main track, Then you would have a complete overlapping bass line. Brilliant playing.
There was no organ, nothing to separate out. He was playing the lower note, humming the higher note.
Enjoyed that. Great to hear these mostly unheard pieces. Good job.
Those are the most incredible multiphonics ever.
Vaya palabreja.....!!!!!!
kommentar
Amazing playing ❤ I'm going to practice 😂
I saw/heard him do this live‼️
Incredible performance
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The second movement is one of the most beautifully written - such a gentle but infinitely deep melancholy!
So many superb modal moments - completely worthy of the Great Modal Masters - in this piece. Jacob - woefully neglected and simply not 'heard' in the deepest sense. A rich musical feast indeed. Can we now please have one of our modern top-shelf bands dedicate an album to Jacob's music for brass band? Thanks in advance.
This is the best thing I've ever heard on the horn, it's amazing
Very fine !
Lighter heating Frank Lloyd☠️
amazing. as usual.
Excellent piece of research and presentation of British Brass Band History that gets a lot accross without boring your audience
Exelente Maestro!!!
Met him in 2016 at Aldeburgh, really nice no nonsense chap but knew everything about music.
Thanks so much for posting this info!! An era of intelligence and inspiration!
Alec, How did you get hold of this? Its is an off air recording? I produced this with the RNCM team for the broadcast. I have a copy here at home and it sounds better than this! If everyone agrees, I'd be perfectly happy to post the one I have. It is not a BBC copyright recording, I'll contact David Thornton and Torstein about it.
Hello Paul, as indicated in the notes accompanying the video, it was broadcast by Radio 3 on 1st March 2010 (from the 2010 festival). I simply recorded it from the radio. Unfortunately the recording software I had at the time wasn't brilliant, which is why the sound isn't great. If you have a better recording I'd love to hear it. And indeed, any other recordings you might have! (Salford Toccata for instance, or Fire on Whaleness). @alecgallagher9196 1 minute ago (edited) I should also add that it wasn't my initial intention to make any of my recordings public, only for my own enjoyment. But as everyone else seems to be uploading copyright material nowadays, I thought I'd make some of these rare recordings available to all who want to listen. I understand that UA-cam has an agreement of some sort with copyright holders to allow this to happen. David Thornton already knows about this recording because he contacted me shortly after I posted it, asking the same question as you! (see below)
@@alecgallagher9196 The recording copies i habe of these were given to me for archive purposes and not for further dissemination. The RNCM Band played so well
Hi Alec, do you have the recording of Tippett's Mask of Time fanfare from this same recording and the other Lollipop stuff? Thanks, Ashley
I'm afraid not - see my other reply.
Hi Alec, This is a terriffic channel! I was a teenager in 1986 and remember listening to this concert live on the radio! Do you happen to have a recording of the rest of the PJBE finale concert from BBC radio 3? (I notice you have uploaded the 'similar' Philip Jones memorial concert which includes some of the same music, including 'Pictures from an exhibition' which was a 'musical milestone' for me!) If so, I would love to hear the rest of it! I remember one of the 'surprise' pieces for Philip Jones was a performance of a march from Tippett's 'The Mask of Time' - which I have never been able to find on a recording since! The PJBE lollipops were also great, including the 'extras' added in especially for the occasion. You have other really rare BBC Radio recordings of some of my favourite - but really difficult to find live recordings of - brass band test pieces (especially Frontier! by Michael Ball, and Fusions by Howard Blake). I remember hearing them live on the Radio at the time, and wishing I could find recordings of them. Thanks once again. Ashley👍
Hi Ashley, thanks for your kind comments. Sadly, and for reasons which I can't now fathom, I didn't record the entire concert, only the Bach and Rautaavaara. I've been kicking myself ever since.
I know the feeling 😂
Part 3 WAY too fast!!!
A great pictorial montage of a wonderful area.
Beautiful performance! 💓
Thanks for posting this sadly neglected work. The soloist gives a superb, understated performance and lets Orr's score speak for itself. It was a wee trip down memory lane for me, because I played euphonium with Whitburn Band in the 1980s and we recorded it for Bandstand with John Wallace, around 1986 if I remember correctly. For a piece of serial music it is very lyrical and I hope it doesn't remain neglected for much longer.
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it. As it happens, I also have a recording of the Whitburn/John Wallace performance too, conducted by Peter Parkes. I couldn't decide which to upload so went for the Wilbraham one. The other work on that Whitburn broadcast was Orr's Caledonian Suite.
@@alecgallagher9196 Are you sure this isn't the Whitburn recording? The solo euphonium player sounds very like I did and even splits a note I remember splitting (you never forget those!).
Absolutely sure! The soloist doesn't have the Wallace 'waver' for one thing. Obviously that particular note was eminently splittable!
You may like to know that the session tapes of a commercial recording of this work, played by Equale and made by Nimbus, has surfaced after 35 years. The tapes are in good order, and Adrian farmer, the original engineer at Nimbus has prepared a master tape, which we hope will be suitable for commercial release now that the George Lloyd catalogue has moved to Nimbus.
Very interesting, thank you. I'll be first in the queue for a copy. I read about this recording in Peter Bassano's book Before the Music Stopped. He said that the recording was abandoned because of artistic differences between the quintet and the producer, relating to music by Gershwin. Also lost on that occasion was a recording of Gordon Crosses Chime. If that recording has been found too that would be exciting.
Thank you for posting this - too bad Grimethorpe's wonderful performance from the RNCM Festival of Brass is unavailable! :)
Super piece!