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As we headtowardanolhercompelition
in Cincinnatithisupclming April,I hope
youryear ofbrass bandingis progress'
ing successf!lly,andthatthismagazine
helps you keep in touch with others in
NABBA. Th€ recenl brass band news
hastwoprominentbandswith
newdiaectors, MCBB performingin Washington
DC as state representatives and new
muslccommemoraling9/11
This yea/s NationalBrassBandChamprcnship testpiece in Bdlain, Albion by
JanvanderRoostisreviewedbyGeorge
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An asloundinglisl ofbrassbandreviews
appearsin thisissuealso-a greatmany
ways to spend those Christmas gift
lokensl They come with a personal
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Greetingsonce againto NABBABands
and members. At this moment, The
CincinnaliBrassBandisworkinghardlo
make the 2002 compelitionan excaling
andrewardingexperiencelor everyone.
ge looking al the web sile for sched'
ules. Jusl as a preliminary-'onFriday
eveningThe LexinglonBrassBandand
Vincenl DiMarlinowill be performinga
concerttrom7:00.8:15
at lhe Princeton
High Schoolauditorium.lmmediately
lollowing
willbethereading
sessionfrom
8r30-9:45.
Duringlhislimewillbe Inler
esl Sessonsi somethingnew this year,
al your r€quest. I am wofting on inspk'
ing and knowledgableleaderstorihese
ATEAS:
HOSTINGA COMPETITION,
STARTINGA YOUTH BAND. FUND
RAISING,
ENTERING
THE COMPETI.
TION(lirsttimers),RECRUITING.
and
WEBSITE. [.4aybe1 or 2 peoplelrom
your band could be a represenlaliveat
ihese sessions,il lhis is an area you
needlo locuson. l'm sorrylhal someol
youwillhave
lo missthereadang
bandin
ordertoattendlhese,bul it was lhe best
time we couldwork oul.
we get too excited,lhis will be a slow
processand in the fulure, We n€ed lo
JohnW. de Salmehasbeenlhroughthe
ropeswilh lhese competitions,and will
continue supportinglhe laithlul brass
be an excellenlCont€stController-He
band musicdistribulersand publishers
hasal€adysecureda panelottop notch thal have helpedus alongthe way. lt is
judges,andisworkinghardtomakesurejr.istgreat to see lhat brass bandingis
lhal 2002 is the bcst ever.
reallybeing recognizedin lhis counlry.
Take advantageol TorgnyHansonand
GeotlreyBrandto doa rehearsalforyou.
lspenl 10 days in rehearsals
at Star
Lake l,lusicampwlh Torgny Hanson
andhe waslerrllic.G€offreyBranddida
rehearsalwih our band lwo years ago
and we learnedso mlch in addilionto
beinginspiredby his excilementon lhe
podium.Neilheroneolthese
guysseems
Newbandsarespringing
up alloverthe
counlryand Canada. I walkedinlo our
local sheet music slore yesterdayand
they couldn'l wail lo tell me, 'Greal
news''-WarnerBrothersPublishingCo.
is going io be dislributingbrass band
music. Olher large publishingcompanjesmighlfollowlheirlead.'Nowbelore
OneJinalnolelo end on. Wearelooking
tolheweslforlhingsloprogressfurlher.
There are preliminaryplanslo hold anolher workshopweek end and a tuture
compelition. Wilh disianceas a problemforatlendanceal compelitionsin lh€
east, the board olJicerswould like to
includeour westeh NABBA members
and have somelhinghappeninglhere.
Keep listeningtor delailsabout lhal. ll
you are atlendingMidw€stin chicago,
please look me up. l'll be lhele, and
wouldlovetofindoutwhalyou?edoing
in
yourcity. This is a wondertullimelo be
involvedin [email protected]
your inleresl,dedicalion,and ellorls an
helpingNABBAendbrassbandingcon'
tinue lo grow in Norlh America.
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LitlleRockAR
Hostedby Solid Brass
ADril16-17.2004
St LouisMO
Hostedby the St Louis Brass Band
GalaConcert
bythe
GrimethorpeCollieryBand
In collaborationwith a
Galalnternational
Brass Band Festival
December200l
The
Brass
Band
Bridge
EnglishcomposerBob Lennonhasjust
compleleda new piece lor band composedas a direct €sponse to the lrag6dies in the US. The litle is Fal/g/'
Citadel.lt is probablyplayableby Honors bands upwads and lasts ca. 7,5
minutes.lt is in a lairlyuncompromising
contemporaryslyle and is not lor those
who requlre'entertainmenl'.
The score
shouldsoon be visibleand (playableil
you have'Scorch' soltware)on
www.sibeliusm usic.com Bandpanswill
be suppliedfree providedthat a concerl
perlormanceis inlended, and thal a
donalionand/orcollection
willbe willbe
organisedin aid ola bonalide NewYork
relielcharity. Anyonewho is inlerested
in consideringit lor a perlormancecan
oblain a tree inspeclionscore by conlacling lhe composeral 1 Healh Hall,
Halitax,
HX12PNorbyphonlng
011-441422 383202 or by email al
bob,lennon@Iineone,nel
"ArlistSeries' in Wesl Virginia.DeNeil
Harlley,PatrickHuntandRhondaKessler
were highfighled in Trio Con Btio
(Langtord),and DeweyDowdywas the
xylophonesoloistin HelleI Skeltetlan.
Woodfield). The BBTS will tinish ils
concerl season with a Chrislmasconcerl at AshlandCommunityCollegeon
December15. Cufien|y ihe BBTS is
busymakingreadyfor lhe NABBAcompetilion and securingprepanlions ior
the 7th Annual Ashland Brass Band
Festivalwhrchwill be held on June 22
and 23, 2002.
and bad. Good because ot lhe sile's
serenilyi bad because lhere was no
shelterJroma breezelhat, coupledwith
the sun's setting,sent the lemperature
towafdthe nighl'slow of44 degrees.But
while the many guests and the musiciansshivereda bil, they had an abundanceot sympalhylor lhe bidesmaids
in lheir low-cutand sleevelessgowns.
Special lealures ot Commonweallhs
perJormance
were we'comingfanlares
lrom lhird cornetist Andrew Esarey,
whosesister,Vrrginia,
was one ol the
lwo brides,Clarkes yolurlafywas chosenlor lhe b.ides'processional
andhis
The Cinclnnall Brass Band (Anila Rondeauwasplayedtortherecessional.
CockerHunt)pertormedwilhlheCincin- Then Commonweallhpresenteda vari
nalj Pops Orcheslra (Eric Kunzel)on
ety ol popularlunesallhe receptionin a
September23rd
Musc
large,walm hall at the larm. CBB look
al theCincinnalr
parlin a programhonoringmilitaryvelerHall.The occasionwas a benelillor
w th organ ans on November10, 2001,at lndiana
organdonorsorganizalions,
recipienlJlm Naborsas a guesl per- UniversitySoulheast in New Albany.
lormer. The CBB perlormedwilh lhe
wherethe band is an ensemblein res Orchestraon sevelalpaliotrcselections dence. Also pertormingwere the IUS
The All-Star Brass Bands (Eric Aho)
and has becomea favorilesupplemenl Concerl Choir and Brass Ensemble
heldaudilionson November10 lor the
lor MaestroKunzeland Cincinnaliaudiuniversilycommunicalionstudentswho
presenteda compilationot sloriesfrom
2001'02season. Approxlmately
100 ences and will pertromagain wilh lhe
middleandhighschoolmusicians
were CPO on lwo subscriptionconceds in
interviewswilh local KoreanWar velea
selecledlo pertormintheJunior-Vafsity, F€bruary,2002.The Bandalsoplayeda
ansandaVFW poslcolorgua.d. CornVarsity,and All-StarBrassand Percus- concert on September30ih at lhe Vilmonweallhperformedils sixth slraight
sion bands, Plans tor lhe next lew
lageGreenolTerracePa (aCinonnali joint concert with lhe Oldham County
(KY) High SchoolSymphonicBand on
months include a December potluck subulb).The programwas in honor ol
November
11,2001.Eachgroupplay€d
dinner wilh ChristmasCaroling. Con'
lhose lost in the lerorist altacks ol
cerls are plannedJor Febr!ary, March Septemberl llh. CBB concerlplayeda
a short programand then comblnedlor
LittleSuite lor Brass lArnold). On NoandApril.
beneft concerl tor the local chapler of
Habitaifor Humanilyon November3rd.
vember18,2001,the c8B performed
The B.ass Eand ot theTri-Slaie (Chip The joinl perlormancewith Englands
one of 1ismajorconcerlsol lhe year al
lUS. lt leaturedPam Fleilzwrlh a xylo
Lewis) hosled lhe 6lh AnnualAshland Oesford Colliery Band scheduledfor
phone solo, lhe Black and While Rag
Erass Band Feslivalal Cenlral Park in
November13 was, untortunately,
can(Boislord/Snell)i
Ashland,KY on June23 and24,2001.
DavidCenters,playing
celed due to queslionsot securityrela'
Th€ BBTSkickedoff the two day evenl
PhillipSparke'seuphoniumsolo,Parlotrve lo internationaliravel lo the USA.
withalorty-iiveminuteconcert,followed There are high hopes lhis can be
mlm€;rombonistsJohnAlbrecht,Mildred
KempandJo€ Spainon Sunch'OBones
by eleven oulslandingbrass bands, resceduledlor th€ neaf luiure,
(Fote);andcom6tistsBobWebb,Shawn
makingthis lhe largesl brass band fesThe CommonrvealthBrass Band (J.
Roark,Carl Fleckelhofl,Dee Pratt and
tivalin thenalion. By invilalionlhe band
playeda Fourtho{JulyconcertatCamden Jerome Amend) markedanotherfirst,
Alex Blanlordin the firsl movemenlot
ParkinKenova,
WV. Anencorepresen- playing
belo.e,duringandalteradouble Conceftantelor Band(gulla). Inclosing
weddingceremonyon September28,
oul ils perlormancescheduletor 2000,
tation was presentedduring lhe tireworksdisplaywith plentyoJ patriotmu2001.The main6venltook placein a
sic. On November15, ihe BBTS per
hilltopJieldal a commercialfamilylam
continued on Page 7
-a settingthatwasgood
lormed as part ol the Point Pleasant in Slarlighl,lN
TheBrass
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Eridge December2001
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busy late summerand tall season.On
August 4th, ihe FCBB hosted a new
Commonwealth
look parlin a Ch slmas
fiusic readingsesslon,lealuringJames
concerl On Dec. I wilh the choirs ol
Cumow.The morningbrass band sesEdwardsville
UnitedMethodrslChurchol
sion had 64 musiciansplayingand lisChistandtheTunnelHillChstianChurch
tening.FrankHilligas,principalcornetist
of Georgelown,lN, and singers lrom
wilhlhe FCBB,pertormedConcenpiece
sevenotherareachurches.The50-voice
lor Cornetby JamesCutnow.The afl€rFeslivai Choir was led by Reymond
noon session, featuring new concerl
Horton, music director ot lhe host
bandmusic,had89inattendance.
SponEdwardsvillechurch.CBB musicdirecsoing the daylong readingsessionin
lor JeromeAmendconductedCBB in a
additiontotheFCBBwasGranerSchool
programol tradilionalholidaymusicand
palrioticlunes on which the audience Music, The Little London Winds, and
Curnow Music Press. Publishefsconjoined in. Hortontook th€ balon atler a
lribulingmusic wer€ Curnow [rusic
briefintemissionand led lhe choir and
Press,BernelMusic,Hal Leonard,Altred
jn
band
three works and the closing
Music and BarnhouseMusic. In lale
Silent Night, Holy Night lctuhet and
Seplember,The FountainCreek BGss
Moh/Langlord).
Band joined the Golden Eagle Brass
Band of Denver in a Kaleidoscopeot
TheEaslernlowaB€s68snd ispleased
[rusic,atlhe LakewoodCulluralCenter,
loannounceth6
appoinlmenl
olThomas
Lakewood,CO. In a d€cidedlypatriollc
L. Nelsonas lrusic Directorand P nciand relleclive concerl, music tof the
palConduclor.
Mr.Nelsonisagraduale
FCBB includedl Olympic Themo and
olthe Universityoflowa,earninga Bach'
Fanfale(Williams/Graha
m), The Washelor of Mlsic degreein 1986 and a
irglo, Post(Sousa).CanadianFolkSong
[/aslercdegreeintrombonepedormance
SuilelCalved), Ama2ingG/aco(Himes),
andbrasspedagogyin
1995.Hesludied
Armed ForcesSalutelgulla),and Ughl
conductingwith Dr. IvlyfonWelch and
walk (Goll). Duringthe Chrislmasseatrombonewith ProlessorGeorgeKrem.
son The FounlainCreek Brass Band
Presenllyon stafl as Drreclorol Inslrupresenls ils annual 'Covenlry ChrislmentalMusical the ReginaEducational
mas".This year, lhe SummilEnsemble
Center in lowa City, lowa, [,4r.Nelson
of
lhe ColoradoSpringsChildrens Choyearsexperienceas
hasseveral
amusic
rale joins ihe FCBB in concerton De'
educalor in l\,4innesoia
and lowa. His
comber2nd. Christmasmusic peF
careerhasincludedan acliveperlorming
formedinclud€dCamna Buranalotlll
schedule with the Cedar Falls, lowa
P.Cwnow), The Carcllerc (Holzl, Christ
MunicipalBand,The Ouad CitiesSym'
nas Tiptych loutnowl, Have Yousell a
phony.theMinnelonka,MjnnesotaSym'
Merry Liltle Ch slmasand WhiteChristphony,the MedalistConce Band in
mas (arr. Himes), Ch stmas Joy
Bloomingion,
Mlnnesola,
lhe Universty (Leidzen),
The Chistmas Sorg (Torme/
ol lowa SymphonyEand and Johnson
Gordon), and The Festive Season
Counly Landma* Jazz Band, and the
(Calven)along with a carol sing. The
lowaCityJazzOrcheslra.Tom hasalso
wrnler
concertseasonincludesthe Heriperlormedas a lrombonistwilhihe Eastin February.whichlealufes
lageConcerl
ern lowaBrassBandlorlhe past5years,
lhe winningsoloisthom the Celebraling
andhe replacesJohnW.
d€ Salme,who
Excellenceyoungariislcontesttof high
retiredin April o{ this year.
school m!sicians.l\,4arch
and Aprll will
locus on encouragingand assistingloThe Folntain Creek Brass Band o{
cal musiceducationprog.amswilhclinColoradoSprings,CO, has had a very
ics and concerlswilh area schools.
ThelllinolsBrassBandhasannounced
lhatPelerLipariislobetheirnewl\,4usic
Director.Mr.Lipariis currently
conductor ol the Wesl SuburbanSymphony
Orcheslra
andtheWheatonSymphony
Orcheslrain lhe USA,andhe is PincipalGuestConducto
rforlheLondon
Gala
Orcheslrain lhe UK. He alsoaclsas
Music Directortor Norlhernlllinois
University's
OperaThealer.
TheMolorCltyBrassBand(CraigStrain)
represented
the Stateo{ l,4ichigan
in a
pedormance
at lhe John F. Kennedy
ArlsinWashCenterJorlhe Performing
ington,DC.on Oclober2nd.Theband
wasinvitedlo participate
in thisspecial
programwhichis partol the Kennedy
"Mill€nnium
Centers
SlateDayProgram'
series,., designedlo showcasepettormersfrom ev6rystate in the U.S.
MCBBwas norminaledby Congressman Joe Knollenberg.
The band (35
members)
tlewlo Washinglon
andpresentedit's "SpiritoJAmericain Erass'
prcgram
andappreloa veryresponsive
was
ciativeaudienc6,
Thepedormance
also broadcaslworldwideover lh€
internel.
Th€bandsoriginalprogram
was
changed
lollowing
theevenlsol Seplember 11lo uniquelyAmemcan
selections
.....
lo suppodlhemoodol ihecounlry
American Civil War Fantasy\Btlikl
all.Himss),[rarch- God and Country
(Himes),DeepFivel.(afi. Broughton),
ShkeUp TheBand(Getshwin/Richards)
AcandMotownPlusOn6larr.Stfain).
cordingto PeleMcAteer,MCBBBoard
'Fep.JoeKnollenberg
Chairman,
nomjnatedourbandio perlormlhissummer
and we we€ delighledand thrilled1o
rerepresenl
theDetroilarea.
However,
centevenlscastdoubton whetherthe
performance
wouldgo on. Our band
unanimously
determined
thalwe woulci
makethe dale,by air, despitecurrenl
securilychallenges.Were proudto
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represenlSouthfieldandlhe Detroilarea
and conldbutelo the patrioticsupportoi
our colnlry.' JFK was lhe encore to
MCBB'ssummerconcertscheduleol 16
pertomances,which this year included
lhe ArmedSeruicesDay programal lhe
MichlganState Fair.Earlierin lhe yeaf,
MCBB was honoredto pe.torm at lhe
56th l\,,lidwestern
Conl€renceon School
VocalandInsirumentalMusicat UniveF
sily ol MichiganHill Auditoriumin Ann
Arbor.lVCBBrecord€dandreleasedit's
lirst CD, IAKE5, celeblalingthe IVCBB
litlh anniversary,
The recordingconlains
a widevarietyol musicalstylesincluding
Jubilee Ovefturc lspatk€) and James
Bond Collection(aft. Richards).MCBB
soloislsshowcasedincludeLynn Koch,
marimba and l\,4ichael
Scholt, euphoniur,. ReelArcund lhe Sun(Whelan/arr.
Strain)spollighlssolosby violin(Kelly
Garver Nieto) and lrish Whislle (Tyler
Ouncan)-
Frce Ad Sp.Lce
AvailablefoTNABBA
McmberBands!
Rosehilll\,4usic
StudioMusic
Our Kindof Lovel\nd.ew LloydWebber/
Far), 2000. Fullscore- 4 1/2 minules.
Two percussion parls, including sel,
vibes,glock.,and tambourine.Medium
oasy.
Tallis Va ations (Philip Spalke), 2000.
Full score- Three percussionparlsi 4
timpani,sidednrm,tam-lam,suspended
and crash cymbal,lriangle,xylophone,
vibes,bass drum, and glockenspiel.
Difiicull.
This is a song trom lhe musical lhe
Beauflul Game,scotedin concerl C and
modulating
downtoconcenBbtwolhirds
ollhewaythrough.Thelilting6/Smelody
beginsas a seri€soJshorlsoloslor solo
hom,euphonium
ng
andllugelbeforebe
lakenup bythelullband.The B secton
of the lheme lealures some etfeclive
juxtapositionol movingeighthnoteand
dupletpassages. Someot lhe accom'
panyingligures repeal lor many measur€s, bul lhey afe doubledin several
voices and so some carelul wofk will
haveto be donelo staggerlhebreathing
belweenparls lo complelea seamless
phrase.Thisisaplayableilem
by most,
il not all NA8BA bands and will be a
us€fulconcerlitem,especiallylof lhose
bandsplanninglhemeconcerts.
AgincoulSong(an.ElgatHowarth,
lrans.
Fall),2001.Fullscore.2rnifules.Two
percussionparls, lenor drums, lo be
positioned either side ol lhe stage.
ll\e BtussBaul a//./s. offersa free
Quader PageAd on a firsl come, tlrst
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ManagerRalph Holz.
Thisgreatm€lodywassupposodlysung
in 1415andhas
altheBatlleofBoswodh
previously
been
leatured in music lor
HenryV by bolh Sir williamWallonand
Ralph Vaughan Williams- Howarth's
percussion
arrangementdivideslhe
and
cornetseclionsinlolwo groups;bolhare
to be positjonedon either side of lhe
slageto provideanliphonaleflecl,while
the remainderollheband provideshar
monicandm€lodac
supporttogethef
wilh
someboldunisonstatements,Dra|naiically and musicallythis is a good concertitem,lhough
havesomepitytorthe
repianocornei,whosepartiswritl€nlike
a secondsopranocornel!
TheBrass
Band
BridgeDecember200l
le
PhilipSparkewascommissionedtow
this work by the British Federationol
BrassBandslor lheApril2000European
BrassEandChampionships.
The hymn
l!ne on whichlhesevarialiofisarebased
is lhe third ol nine that Thomas Tallis
wrolein 1567as parlo, a psalterforthe
first Anglican Bishop ol Canterbury,
MatthewParker. ll was laler us€d by
VaughanWlliamsin lhe EnglishHymnal and as lh€ basis for h s FarlasiaAfler a lurbulenl introducton,the first
hall ol lhe themeis statedby the middle
ol the band. Variation1 is basedon lhe
tirsl two notes ol lhe lheme, exploing
the E minorlonalitywith repealed16lh
nole activily. Variation 2 contains a
gentle solo lor tlugelhornand a vai6d
lorm,
slalomonl
ol lhethem6inchorale
Variation3 startswilh a seriesol shorl
solosbeloreaserenemelodyappearsin
the solo comel. The lheme then reappea6, reharmonized,belore the vaiation closes peacelully. The linal variation is ebullientin characler,slarling
withcornettanfares,
andevolvesaround
a fuguel ke themefirstpresenledbylhe
euphoniums.Evenluallymusic Jrom
Varialion 1 relurns lo herald the linal,
fiery slalementol the theme,accompanied by ligurcs hom the lugue. Butthe
pieceendsquietly,lheserenebeaulyot
and
the Tallis chorale unshakeable,
makestof lhe notableending,much in
'barn burner'
cont.astto the tradilional
conclusion.This piece is al a technical
and
challengelevelol ourChampionship
besl Honot6sectionbands, Bulthetrue
challengeslie wiih the musicaland col-
continuedonpage 11
John de Salme
CincinnatiBrassBand,ConductorContestController
3718ColtagePreserue
RoadNE
5593AulumnWyndDrive
Solon, A 52333-9225
l\,4illord,
OH 45150
(319)624-284s
(513)83r-9330
[email protected]
FAX(859)6544235
[email protected]
Anita CockerHunt
EricAho
A I'SlarBrass8ands,Director
2s EasllMound
Sl.
CanalWinchesler,
OH 43110
(614)833-9795
Louls Bourgolslll
LexingtonBrassBand,BassTrombone
344AngelaCourl
KY40515-4705
Lexinglon,
(606)273-8825
TyroneBreunlnger
AllantcBrassBand,Euphonium
&
Assocate Conduclor
6 BarryPlace
Clemenlon,NJ 80201
(856)435-4948
Tybreu@home,con
PaulDroste
BrassBandoi Columbus,Direcior
Ex-Olliclo
lvlember
of NABBABoard,
1310l,laizeCourt
Columbus,
OH 43229
(614)888-0310
FAX(614)888-0310
GeorgeFosler
llllnoisBtass Aand
619 Downing
Road
Libenyvlle,lL 60048
(847)367-7961
gfosler @dsLteIocity.can
Sara Nodh
lvlississippiBiver Blass Band
45 HolidayDrive
Hannibal,l\,4O63401
\573) 221-6278
FAX (573) 221-4091
[email protected]
ChristineFowkes
BrcssBandof Columbus,
TenorHorn
NABBAlT Chalrl{ebmasler
1505W.3rdAve.#13
Columbus.
OH 43212
(614)487-8944
FAX(509)277-2559
[email protected]
ElmerHall
Commonwoalth
BrassBand,Cofnet
8602 EulaBoad
Lo!isville,
KY40219
(502)968-421S
[email protected]
JacksonHill
BrassBandol theTi-State,Barirone
&
Chairman
2430Lynnhaven
Courl
Ashand KY41101
(606)325-4250
FAX(606)836-1683
Jacksonnhill@
aal con
ColinHolman
NAaBAArassBandBidge Edilor
31 JosephLane
Glendale,
Helghls,L 60139
(630)665-4213
calin,w,haln an@j una.cam
ExecutiveAdministrator:
BertWiley
P.O-Box2438
Cullowhee,NC 28723
(828)293-7469
FAX(828)293-7469
BonHolz
LexinglonBrassBand,Direclor
Bfass
SalvalionArmySludenlFellowship
Bandol AsburyCollege,Direclor
Ex-Oflicio
Memberol NABBABoard,
l\,4!sicDeparlmenl,
Asburycollege
1 MacklemO ve
Wilmore,KY 40390
(859)858-3877
FAX(859)858-3921
[email protected]
RalphHotz
UtahPr€misreBrass,Tenorflorn
NABBAAdvenlsing
Manager
Drive
8144S. OakCrcek
Sandy,UT84093
(801)733-4439
lenorhornsoIo @aol.com
DallasNjermeyer
PralrieBrassBand,Direclor
703Wesl BockweI
ArlingtonHeights,lL 60005
1847)398 1732
ThomasPalmatier
HODASlallBandsOfficer(TAPC-PDO)
Ex-Ollico MemberofNABBABoard,
200 SloyallSlreet
VA 22332'0474
Springfield,
1703)325-4472
Tpalnatie/@aol.con
Band
Bridge
December
2001 TheErass
DonStine
EaslernlowaBrassBand
7036thAvenueNorth
[,lount
Vemon,
lA 523]4'l114
(319)8956319
ashpa*assoc@aol,cam
JoelPugh
Heidelberg
BrassBand,Direclor
475 SouthSanduskySlrcet
Tillin,Ohio44a83-2641
\419) 444-7462
FAX(419)448-2t24
[email protected]
MichaelSchott
[,4olor
Cily Brass8and, Euphoniurn
21977Iteadwell
Farminqton
Hills,[,]I 48336
(248)477-5277
l,[email protected]
BethSleele
TheU.S.ConlinentalArmy
Band
45 WheallandDrive
Hamplon,VA 23666-3535
17571262-2064
FAX(757)727.4452
[email protected]
EvanWayneVaughn
Tiangle BrassBand,TenorHorn
3325Old ChapelHill Road
Durharn,NC 27707
(91S)403-2869
FAX(919)490-6108
Evanwayne@hotmaiLcon
CenlralOhioBrassBand.Sopnno
Cornel
413 KeslrclDrive
Blacklick,
OH 43004
(614)868-s898
SainlLouisBrassBand,TenofHorn
NABBAN4emberchip
Committee
Chair1326WaldronAvenue
Sl. Louis,lt4o63130
(314)725.1274
FAX(314)725.1274
tenoho rn@n inclspi ng.com
KeilhWilkinson
CuyahogaValleyBrassBand,Conduclor
14637SetllercBun
Strongsville,
OH 44136
(440)846,s107
YamahaCons!llant
3711EaslWhllehall
Dive
Sp.inglied,
MO65804
(417)877-9991
[email protected]
NABBAXX
April12-13,2OO2
HostedbytheCincinnatiBrassBand
inCincinnati,
OH
seethe comDetition
websitefor all information
http://w3.one.neU-jwclymer/nabba/
GalaConcenbytheBrassBandot BattleCreek
GeoffreyBrand,FrankRenton,JamesCurnow,
SteveBulla,BramGregsonand ColinHolman,
adiudicators
continued on Page I
10
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Band
Bridge December2001
continued frcn page I
oristicaspeclslo make lhis wonderful
piecetrulyetleclive. Wellworlhconsideringbyourbetterbandslorbolhconcerl
and competitionperformance.
Nodhem Festival(GollRichards),
2001.
Shortscore. 6 minutes, Three percussion parts thal include wind chimes,
xylophone,glockenspieland timpani.
Mediumditliculty.
notes, Speakinglrom experience,il's a
greatpiecetohaveinyourband'srepertoireandit lieswellwithin
thetingers
and
tongues ol the cometlists. Becommendedfor those wilh bold, braveand
capabledexterousplayersl
March frcm The Great Escape \Elmel
Bernslein/Ellerby),
2001. Fullscore.2
minules. Three percussionists.
Elmer Bernstein'sprolificiilm and TV
creditsas composerol scoresextends
Thisisanolhercleverand
eftective
medpresent
'
day. Thisislhe
ley oi north-countrysongs"from north- from1951lo the
wel-knownrnarchlromthe 1963movle
em Englandthal includeswelFknown
slari ng SieveI\,4cOueen,
JamesGarner,
lunes such as Blaydon Races, llkley
and RichardAltenbofoughand Cha es
Moor, and Keel Row. One melody is
unknownto me, but il soundsremark- Bronsonin whichseveralhundredAllied
POWSplan a mass escape lTom a
ablylikethemaintheme(theslowmodal
GermanPOW camp. ll's a cheekylitlle
one)ltofi ErassedOlf. The scoing, as
marchwilh a whimsicalcharacterlo il,
always,is excellenl,and lhe ldeasllow
An eightbar introduct
on leadsio the
eftortlesslytrom one lo another,w lh
mainthemeon solocornetin concertDb
musicalopporlun
tiesforeveryone.
An
wilh lhe walkng bass line in lhe Eb
oiherh ghlyrecommendedconcertilem
tuba. Halfway
throlghthemusicmoduirom the giltedpen of Goti Flchards.
lalesup a wholeslepwiththemiddleoi
the bandlak ng ihe theme.Onlysome
HotaSlaccato(Dinicu/Aich
ards),2001.
brielbul rnorechallenging
f ourishesin
Shorl score. 2 minules. Threepercuslhe corneipads and a generalyhigh
sionistsiset, sleighbels and timpani/
lessrturalorlhe
solocorneismrghtmake
xylophone.
onegivepausetorthoughl.Thiswould
howeverbe an enjoyabe addt on to any
ll'sniceiolinally
havein printastLtnning
program,
concerl
arrangemenlthalbands
havebeenplayingin manuscript
lor someiime. This s
I'l Walk With God (NicholasBrodsky/
a ieaturelor ihe eniire cornel seclion,
2001. Shortscore. 2 1/2
When BNFL touredlhe U.S. in 1995, Bichards),
minutes.Threepercussionists
includlheyhadtheircornetsectionsiandaround
g ockenspieland lamIng
mark
tree,
lhe back of lhe band and play irom
tam, Medium.
memory. The lllinois Brass Band lealured this in their NABBA 1999 WelDid Nichoas Brodszkypromolethe cacomeConcertwilh
lhecornetsoulironl.
reerolI\,4ario
Lanzathroughhismusic,or
In bolhinstances,ihe 10 solopartswere
promotethecareerof Brodszky
did
Lanza
memorized. li's an impressiveitem to
ihroughhrss nging? I'rf noi sure,bul
have the entirecornel secUonimitatng
thismagnificenlsongcomestromoneoi
lhe virtuosoencoreitem thaifeaturedin
theircollaboraiions
andthisarrangmeni
lhe concerlsof Jascha Heilelz,and ail
by
Goft
Richards
wilrequtre
a senslive
cornelsshare
inihe virluosity,Inashort
and
expressive
renditron
Ioritlo
beiruly
interlude,
therniddle
oflhebandandthe
xy ophonetake up the dashingtheme, successlul. Folowing a live measure
inlroduclion,the bigtunelaunchesltself
so lew escape lhe ireachefols 16th
in concerl F and it graduallyworks its
way lo its conclusionwhich is the exultant climaxof the arrangement.Slirring
musicwith plentyoJnostalgialor those
Lanzatans in the audienceand a great
piece to build and develop or test lhe
linestof legatophrasingfrom any band,
but wellworththe efforl.
Lalgo from The New Wolcl Symphony
iAntonin Dvorak/Ellerby),2001. Full
score. 4 1/2 minutes. Timpani. Moderale.
Here Eilerbyhas taken lhe main lheme
liorn the slow movement ot Dvorak's
NinlhSymphony'Fromlhe NewWorld',
omittedthe conlrastingmiddle section
and strung logether the outer parts 1o
makea seamlessversionoi lhis beautilul, haunlingand much-loved
meiody.
Puristsmight wince at lhat, as well as
lhe 'arranged'endingralherlhanleave
DvorakmoreorJessalone.Thoseobjectionsaside,
thescorngis richandwarm,
wiihlheenglishhornthemeg ventothe
solo cornel. Altholgh mosl NABBA
bands wll handleall lhe noles with
re alive6ase(it is convenienUy pilchedin
concerlOb),it will take masteryoi conlrol, bolh lechnically
and musicaly, to
produce a really successl!l pertormance, And ii is no easierto conducil
Butlhefamiliarity
oi thetunewillmakeit
a popularconcertilemlhatwillprobably
be requestedagainand again.
BarcarolIe lJacq€s Ollenbach/Ellerby),
2001. Fullscore.2112minutes.Three
percussionists.Moderatelyeasy.
Thisarrangement
is ol themostlamous
m uslcfromthe 188I operafantastiqueoI
Offenbach,firstperformedthe yearailer
hisdeath.ThefamousBarcarolle(whrch
Oflenbachhimselfhad 'borrowedfroni
hisgrandromanlrcopera'Die
Rheinnixen
)
is sung in the AnioniaAct (Act 2 or Acl
3, dependingon whcihversiono{ the
continuedan page 12
December200l
The
Brass
Band
Efidge t l
l
conlinuedfrcm page 11
Know'
opefayouafeseeingorhearing).
ing that late decrees Holfmann must
choose belween his love lor the [,,luse
ival,Slella,theMuse
andhislovelorher
callsuponthespirilslorhelp.Whenlhe
sludents lease him aboul his currenl
inlatualionwithSlella,heollersto telllhe
slory ol three pasl loves.... Only lhe
Muse remainsbehindwith Hoftmannat
whobelongs
lheconclusionollheopera,
lo her al lasl. Ellerbysarrangemenl
provideslols ol color, wilh lhe lheme
mainyreslingIn lhe m ddleolthe band
andthe osiinatoliguresenlrustedlo lhe
solocornetsthroughoutihe enlirepiece
withno breaks.Tubasand lrombones
prcvideharmonicliller. Perhapsthe
glockenspialcould be more elfectively
ulilisedlo more accuralelyportraylhe
moodoltheoriginalversion.Asideirom
lh€ aduoussolocornelparls1 & 2,lhis
will be anolherpopularoperalicexcerpl
ror yourconcen programs.
Camberley(GottRichards),2001.
Short
score. 3 minules. Three percussionisls. Moderatey easy.
Thlsisa rollicking
march,commissioned
Band
fortheCharlesChurchCamberley
in Camberley,
Surfey,England.lf you
likeandknowBarnardCaslleby Richards,
fhenyouwilsurelylikelhrsone,witlen
in the same manner;exirovert,joyous,
playableand in lhe besl Goff Richards
tradrlion,
ll shouldappeallomost
bfass
bandmusicrans
and il is alsoveryplayable. Only lhe opening strain rs not
repealed,bul il is lhe standardmarch
(concedAb) and lrio (in lhe subdomi
nanl). Anothergreatmarchaddilionfor
12
CommonweelthBrassBand{J.Jerome
Amend).Sepl.28, 2001,Slarlighl,lN,
John Jon€s,associateconduclor.Service music: Fanlares and Flouishes
(C(lrnow): Lighl ol lhe World (Gotlin)l
Alleluia lrcm Jubilate Deo lMozatll
Modimetl;WachetAul \Bach/Banlock)
i
Musiclor theRoyalFiewor.ks(Handel).
Weddingceremony:Jesu,Joy af Mans
Desinng (Bachlgall)t Ttumpel Tuneand
A i lP w c ell)t voIunIary lC Iatke,; Rondeau
(Clarke); La Relbuissarce (Hande).
Weddingreceplion:SlrlkeUpthe Eand
(Gershwin/Bichards);Someane la
Watch Ovet Me lcerchwinlFetnle): All I
Ask ol You (L oyd-Webber/Graham)i
Yaull NeverWalkAlone(Bogers/Snel);
SomewhareOut There\Hatne Batry)l
There'sNo BusinessLtke Show Business(Berlin/Richards).
Nov.10,2001,IndlanaUniversity
Soulheast. New Albany,lN as pan ol a proq r a m h o n o r i n gv e l e r a n s ;J o a n n a
Goldslein,guesl conduclot.Atmed
Forces Saluta \Bulla\ Anerican Civil
Wat Fant asy (BilivH'imes).
Nov. 11, 2001,OldhamCounly{KY)
High School,Amendand Jonesconducting. Ih€ Slar Spangled Bannel
(Keys/Tom Tucker); Navigalion lnn
\Spatke): Pantanime (Sparke),David
Cenlers,euphoniumsaloisl,Amencan
Civil War Fantasy (Bilik); Tbe lh,.ee
Muskeleers (Hespe)i Ltltle Suite lol
Erass(Arnold),wilh lhe OldhamCounty
Band.
HighSchoolSymphonic
lot Band lgrlla), Jeaturingcornetists
B o b W e b b . S h a w n F I o a r k ,C a r l
FeckelhofJ,
Dee Pratt,Sleve Palmqust
and Alex Blanlord,NikolaiHargreaves.
lenor hom,AdamCannelo,bariloneand
in the second
JamesSlraub,llugelhorn
movement and lrombonists Albrecht.
Kempand Spainin lhe lhjrd movement:
Black and While Rag \Botslord/Snell).
PamFleitz,xylophonesoloisl TheThrce
MusketeerstDisneyFanlasy(Bichards)
Dec. 9, 2000, EdwardsvilleUniled
Melhodis
Church,Georgelown,
lN,wilh
the FesllvalChok,AmendandHaymond
Horton conducting.Ametica \Samue
Smth)i Christmas T plych (Cu'now)l
ChrislmasSorg(Himes): Have Yourself
a Merry Liltle Ch,slmas (lrartin and
Elane^tormald)i/n lhe EleakMid Winter (HolsUBroadbent),
Bob Webb,cor
net soloisli/meaban CivilWat Fantasy
(BiliUHimes);Ple Jes! (LloydWebbe/
Sleadrnan-AIlen);
O ComeAllYe Fahhlul (Wade/Broadbenl)r
Srephed's P ipe
Calo/ (Rulter/G.aham): Child of
Eelhlehom(Watson/HortonllJesus Child
(RutlerMilson);s/erl N/gh!,HolyNight
(Gruberand
Mohr/Langlord).
SpiresBrass Band (John Slezak). Oclober 20, 2001;KussmaulComm!nily
Theatre,
Frederick
CommunityCollege.
Frederick,MD. Starspangled Eannel
lafi. Himes' Dies lrae and Tuba Mhum
from Requiem(VetdilAshmote); On wtth
Luke
lhe Moliey (Leoncavallo/Farr),
soloislMarchIo the
Spiros.euphonium
Scaffold (Berlio/wilkinson), Funeral
March ol lhe Maionelte lco.Jnodl
Nov.18,2001,lUS,AmendandJones Huckridge);S/aughleror, fenth Avenue
(Bodgers/Smllh);Hyhn to the Fallen
conducting.FestivalFanlare and The
foy SymphonylL.
Slar SpangleclBannet (Keys/Leidzen); (Williams,.r'r'oude)i
Mozart/Larch);Ooel lor Two Cats
Ameican Civil War Fanlasy, Bunch o
(Bosslni/Snell),
TerrySpafksand Ann
Eones(Fole),featuringtrombonistsJohn
Albrecht,MildredKempand Joe Spain; Lynn Gross, soptano soloistsi Yar"
Cantebury ChoE Ie (afi. Van derBoost); tions on a Kitchen slnk (Gillis/Larch);
Saluteto SpikeJoneslarr. Larch);God
Pantomime lgpatke): Navigation lnn
Scoti
B/esst e USA(Greenwood/Taylo4,
(Spatke)tAtmod ForcesSa/ute(Bu la)i
Johnson,vocalsoloist,
The Champions lW ilcocks)| Concenanb
TheBrass
Eand
8rid0e December
2001
Jazz 'n Brassi Weston Silver Band
with Alaslair Kay
Hunt, tormef Directorol [,4usicfor lhe
CanadianArmedForcesand a member
oltheAmericanBandmasters'AssociaOn Saturday,October2T,2001Weston
lionloldmehelhoughllhe
bandsounded
Silver Band in Torontowas pleasedto
betlerlhanthe lasl lime he heardus and
hosi AlKay as guestsoloislin aconcerl
was especiallypleasedwith our young
labelledJazz 'n Brass.
lront row cornets,our homs and baritones/euphoniums.
OliveBebbinglon,
the
Theconcertwas well receivedbya good
wifeolthelaleBillBebbinglon,
oneollhe
audjenc€which alwaysmakesthoseof
linesilromboneplayersI have ever sat
us in the band feel good. It is ditficultto
beside,lovedAl Kay, was amazedlhat
wrileacriliqueor.eviewolaprogramthal
our lhree person bone seclion could
youplayedin bultromwherelsat in the
balanceup with the band and said the
lrombones,il was obvious lhat Al Kay
lrombones
at limeswerebr liant.
livedup lo his repuialionas one otNorth
Americas top lromboneplayers.
WeslonSilverBandalsogiv€sa Christmas concert on saturday, December
Al Kay,l€adiromboneollhe BossBrass, 8lh withvocalsoloistJoyceSullivanand
trombone in lhe True North Brass, a
areheldin lh€CenlralUniled
Churchon
memberol the pit for almosteveryshow
WeslonBoadSoulhoflhe401inToronto.
lhat ev6r playedToronto,a teacheral
We'dliketo seeyou therel
HumberCollege
anda soloistwilhmany
orcheslraswas absolutelysuperb. He
March Madness:Hannaford Street
playedhis own arrangementsof laura,
Sllver Band (Harry Pinchin,Guest
In a Mellow Mood, and Memories ol You
Conduclo4.
aswellasColinDewhurst'sarrangement
ol B@siliaand Gareth Wood's original I mustadmil ldid not expectmuchlrom
composilion,Danc€Sequonce,As might a programmade up mosllyof rnarches,
b€ expecled.the balladswere superbas
includingihe4
tinalistslrom
HannaJord
s
was DanceSequence.lhispiecewhich
marchconlesl glvenon Sunday,OctoI havenotheardbefore,isextraordinarily bet 21,2A01. HoweverI was pleasanlly
demandingon bolh band and soloisl. surprisedby whal turned oul lo be an
Not only were lhe challengBsmet, but
enjoyableaflernoon,Thefourconl6sling
my spiesin lhe audience
16llm6thalthe marchesproved to be inlercslingand
band never coveredup the soloi6i,decrealivewiththewinnerbeinga r€albarn
spiteaveryheavyaccompanimeni.
This
burner. Ttled MischievousSpirit ard
maybeasmuchat butetoAlsslrength wntten by a young Oltawa composer,
as a playeras itwas to Weslon'saccom- lhis shouldtinda placein the repedoire
panimenlbul il was good to hear. Too
ol allbandswilhlhelechnique
to playil.
heavyaccompaniments
are a common It haslols ol notesbul is remarkablefree
lailinglromalmoslallthebrassbandsI
olclicheswhile
slillbeing
a march.Lels
hear.
hopeitgetspubljshedsoonand usedon
bolh sides of lhe pond. The 2nd prize
Weslonplayed(el'sFace lhe Musicand
winner, Cast/e/rark by Keith
Dance, Moses Gel Down, The Music of
Ketteringhamis also an inlereslingand
George Gerchwin, Daniel and Sweet
useluladdilionto lhe repertoirealthough
Georgiagrcwni^ keepingwiththetheme not as technicallychallengingas ihe
and Prclude for an Occasion jusl bewinner.Members
oflhe YoungAmbascause il's a good piece,Since lwas
sadorswill rememberit as one ol the
playing, I have lo rely on those in the
massed items on their program wilh
audiencewhoseears
I trust,ColonelClitf WestonSilver Band in the summer.
Keilh is a memberof Weslon,presently
playingluba but equallyadepl on trombone,euphoniurhandbarilone-| was not
as impressedwith lhe 3rd placewinner
as lwas with Ty Walson's march,
Strcngthand Honoutwhichwas 4th but
il was suggesledlhatTy's piecewasnot
quiteasmartial.asil mighlhavebeen.Ty
will be consoledby lh6 fact lhat the CD
by DougYeo and NickHudsontobe oul
soonwillcontain
2 of hiscompositions.
A tribuleto JohnnyCowell,retiringal 75
lrom Hannatord'sflugelchair len years
alterhisfirstretirementas principaltrumpel with The TorontoSymphony,was a
movingcel€bration
of a T0yearcareeras
a soloisl,orchastralmusicianand composerextraordinair€.
Alt€rtheplayingof
hiscomposilionlhe Ormpiars, Johnny
proved he can still keep up by joining
SluarlLaughlonand FlayTizzardforlhe
lrio, Rollefcoasterand ihe solo encore,
[,4anwilh a Ho.n.
Thebands playingwasas
usuallechnicallyadeptbutihey once againshowed
lheir unwillingnessto atlempt a real
pianoor pianissimo.Too bad.That and
the dry acouslicsol lhe Jane lralletl
Thealrekeep lhis band lrom achieving
real greatness.Having said that, lhey
havedevelopedan audienceby unique
and creativeprogrammingthal ext€nds
beyondlhe typicalbrassband alicionados. The band was under lhe assured
direclionot Hary Pinchinof Edmonlon
Wind Bandlame,subbingat the 11lh
hour lor Jim Curnow. I parlicularlyenjoyed Curnow'sWhen Tine Wi be No
Moreandthetranscription
lromlhe ori9inal stings of Don Coakley'sC6leblalior.Thecommissioned
A NonhemSuile
by AndrewAgar seemed lo run out ot
musicalideas long belore it ran out of
noles. That'sthe risk ol commissionsI
suppose, but Hannalord are lo commendedlor theirejlorts.
Dave Buckley is a ttombonist wilh
Weston Silver Band-
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Thecompetition
willbeheldinSharonville,
OHwhichis20minutes
northofdowntown
minutes
Cincinnati,4S
(located
northofGreater
Cincinnati
Airpon
inKentucky!)
and40 minutes
southof DaytonOHairport.
AllFridayevents(solo/ensemble,
Youth/Exhibition/Explorer
bandcompetitions)
band
andtheChallenge
(onSaturday)will
competition
andreception
beheldattheRadisson,
Chester
Rd,Sharonville.
TheHonors
andChampionship
bandcompetition
willbeheldatPrinceton
HighSchool,
lessthan
a half-mile
tromtheRadisson.
Accommodations
MainHotel:Radisson
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OH45246
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plus
FreeParking, a freeshuttle
(Radisson
guestsonly).
to Princeton
HSandtheGalaConcert
GalaConcert
rearurins
theBrass Band of Battle Creek
April13,2002,
8:00p.m.
Tri-County
Assemblyof
God
7350DixieHwy(Bt4\,1/2mi.norrhot | 275.Fairfield,
OH.
lVembers
oftheBBBCwillbein attendance
attheoost-Gala
receDtion
atlheRadisson
concerl.
following
the
ContactExecutive
Adminlstrator
EertWiley
if yourbandhasnotyel received
a copyol theContestRulesand Regulations
December2001
TheBrass
Band
Bridge
tc
The composerol lhe tesl piecelor lhis
year was Jan van der Roost who was
bornin Duffel,Belgiumin 1956. As a
veryyoungmanwas intfoduced1owind,
Janfare,and brassbandsand nowcomposes for lhose groups and orchestra
The day ot lhe National Brass Band
Mr.vanderFooslwasanadj!dicatorfor
posling
Competition
begins
with
the
ol
lhe
Championshipand in lhis appear
ll was an uncommonlywarm October
lhe
The
draw.
lrade
show
was
also
he missed lhe premiere ol his
ance
day for lhe NationalElass BandChamplenly
opened
at
8
orclock
which
lelt
of
TrLlmpel
Concertowhichwas pedorrned
pionshipFinalsthis year and il was
lime
to
look
over
the
music,
instrumenls
20 in Sweden. Jan van der
on
Oclober
ralherwarm
insidelhe ha lby theendol
and
music
ilems,
olher
Roostsludied
al lhe LemmensInslilute.
the aflernoon. The FloyalAlberl Hall ls
Floyal
Conservalories
ot Ghent and
undergoing
a majorreconslruclion
which
grerein atlendancein an
Twenty
Bands
willincludeinslalling
airconditioned
and
pt
shouldbe compleledby the Nalionals atlem to caplufelhe coveledChampionship.Eachol lhe eightregions:
Lon- The lesl piece Albion is lhe last malor
don & SoUlhernCounlies,[iidlands, brass band piece in a lrilogy ol brass
Norlhol England,
NorthWesl,Scolland. band pieces thal van der Roost has
Some may lind il an formidabletask lo
Wales,
Westot
Eng
and,andYorkshife composed resulUngtrom his interesl
listen lo twenty bands play the same
permitled
ar€
Ages.The
two
enlries
each. An adandinspiralion
bylhel\riddle
test piece,but il is qliie inleresting
to
qua
peces
ditionallour
bands
ily
as
a
resu
I
ol
are
Excaliber,
Slonehenge,
and
listen10 lhe many dilferenl inlerprelaprevious
year.
a
lour
lrom
laun
top
linish
lhe
The
Albon.
Thename
Albion
is
the
tionsol lhe samemLrsicAnd,rnlacl,it
parlicpalinglhisyearwere:Aveley word Albiusand is thoughtto be lhe
is ditlicull
lo hearallbands
srncea break bands
&
Newham,
BlackDyke,Brighouse
&
oldest name tor lhe Eritish lsles
is usuallyneededsomewherealonglhe
Rastrick.
You
View
Buy
as
Cory,
and inspiredby theWhiteClitlsol Dover
wayandlheexperienced
audiencecareC
a
m
b
o
r
n
e
T
o
w
n
,
Albion
is a moslunusualand
interesling
C
W
S
G
l
a
s
g
o
w
,
lullyplans
lhesebreaksprjortolhestarl.
piece
E.Y.M.S
Fishburn,
in
many
is
writlen
as a
Flowers,
Fodens,
ways
and
,
The hallis usualy fullonly duringthe
poem
Kidlington
(JJ
C
oncert,
Leyland
B
Spo
rts,
symphonic
ione
in
four
seclions
perlormancesof lhe lop six or eight
BNFL),PoinlofAyr,RansomeThoresby The lirsl secl on slarts wilh lhe cornel
bands,Lunchis alsohardto comeby,
R.J.B.,Travelsphere
Holiday,
Tfedegar,
and perc!ssionsectionspll inlo lhree
many bring sandwichesand snackslor
groupsal diflerentpositionsbehindlhe
Whilburn,
Wiliams
Fairey,
and
Yorklortillcalionduringlhe isleningday.
shireBuildingSociety.The toplavoriles bandandrepresentthreedillerenlarmies
going in lo lhe conteslhad lo be York'
approachingthe batllelield.Atler a peThe NationalBrassBandChampionsh
ip
shire
Euilding
Socrely
atlef
lheir
win
in
riodanda relocationofthe lhreegroups
is really several days of concerlsand
in
a conllictevolvesand the baltlebegins
greatb€ssbandmusic,Thereareevenls lhe OpenErassEandChampionship
place
September,
(second
The inieresting part is thal ail ihree
B
ack
Dyke
onThursdayevening,
alldayFriday,
and
nlhe
Open)
and
BuyasYouViewCory
cornetgroupsare playinglanlareseach
plus
on Saturday the Championship
(lhird
in
lhe
Open,
winner
of
lhe
Open
al their own tempo and tonality. Th s
Gala concert. The events al Regent
producedan inlerestingeuect - bands
and
the
Nationalin
2000).
Olherbands
Hall (SalvationArmy) have become a
locations
expecledlo have a slrong chance ot
useddiffereniapproachesand
slandardtradition associaledwilh lhe
place
produceihe
slipping
inlolirsl
were:
Brighouse,
lo
desired
effecl
ofthelhr€e
NationaiFinals.We heardlhe excellent
WllliamsFairey,and Fodens.
approachinqarmies.Themostinventive
brassquinlel Sardslormwhich is comapproachwas by the Bansome Eano
posedoi playerslrom some oJ lhe lop
pan
[,4any
and
most
of
the
best
brass
band
underBussellGray
who positioned
brass bands and uses cornets and a
in
in Englandare conducting ot lhe cornetseclionat eilherside lhe
tenorhofn aspartolthe instrum6ntation. conduclors
on
this
day.
A breaklhrough
evenlocback ol the hall. This section ol lhe
A talk about ihe 2001 Naiionals test
piecepaintsa pictureot lhe conqueslot
curred
with
lhe
KidLington
concert
Band
pieceA/bionwas given by Jan van der
who were conducled by Calherlne the Britsh lsles. The llsleneris laken
Roost, lhe composer, and was quile
intormative
aboutthemeaningandstruc- Underwood,lhelirsl womanto conduct
conlinuedon page 17
ture of lhe music. The Fridayevening a band in a NalionalFinals.
GeorgeFosldr allended the 2001 NaIional B.assBand Championshipaf Grcat
Britain, Royal Albeft Hall, London England held on October 20 and genetouslyolleted to sharc his obse.ations.
16
concertby Brighouseand Flaslrickfeatured lhe music ot Kenneth Downie.
Brighouse,
Championsin
1997and1998,
playedup lo lheir usualhigh levelol
penormance.
The
Brass
Band
BridgeDecember200l
continued from page 16
backtolhe periodot KingArthurandthe
Knightsofthe
BoundTable.Thebeginningsectionreflectsthe turbulenitimes
ot lhe l\,,liddle
Ages representedby lhe
use of contrastingtonaiitiesand lempi.
Thedrumsevolveintounitedrhyihmand
the band soundsthe Albiontheme. As
lhe pace quickens and much energy
created,it is followedby warlikelhemes.
Oflen lhese ihemes are prominentiy
stated by the trombones. In the calm
middle seclion there are opportunities
for brief solo seclions by the cornel,
flugel,e!phonium,and Eb luba,lhough
the composerc'goal was lo producea
piecefor band and notlorsoloists. Ihe
calm sectionrepresontslhe peaceand
stabilitythatresuhedlromth€KingArihur
period.Thebandisscoredtosound
like
anorganas amorcpeaceJul
limeevolves.
The Albion theme appears regula y
pieceand againnearlhe
throughorJtlhe
6ndasthepiecebuildsiobigconcl!sion
and 6nds wilh lhe elernal hope containodin a final majorchord.
By RonaldW, Holz
The lop six linisherswere;
1. BlackDyke
2. Fodens
3. YorkshireBuildingSociely
4. WilliamsFairey
5. Buy as You View Cory
6. Leyland.
Malhie. Gordon, Brass Dtudga es.
Crane lnslitute For Music Business:
Polsdam,NY, 2001. 48 pagesot musi
calexercisesprecededbya shortinlroduclion.Paperback,spiralbinding.Producedin five versions:TrebleClef C, B
Flat, E Flal, and Fi Bass Clel.
Gala Concert:
The Gala concertwas given by Black
Dyke,The IniefnationalSiatf Bandand
The SymphonicBlass of London-The
highlightswere the magniliceniperlormanceby Black Dykeol Betlioz'sCar
saland PeterGraham'sBtilllanb that
was brilliantlyperiomed by the euphoniumsoloistoi lhe yearDavidThornton.
Also oulstandingwas lhe Inlernaiional
Slaif Band's perlormanceof Kennelh
oownie's ,g€lblcel The Lord is King.
Du ng the fiassed band segmentan
outsiandingand unlorgeltablep6rtormance ot Willred Heatons Wondeiul
l,yordswaspaesented
by RogerWebsler
and DavidDaws. The encorebylh6 two
soloistsfoundRogerWebslerandDavid
Daws in an audiencecaptivatinglighler
On lhisdaythreebandsseem€dlo bring
out the best in lhis magnificentpieceol
music. ll was clear to most lisleners
The exhibitsby vado!s music related
thal BlackDykeand Fodenspresented
businessesalsogivesallan opportuniiy
the mosl musical performancesol the
lo parlicipatein lhe Bitish economy.
day. Yorkshire Building Society also
For anyonewho enjoysbrassbandmuplayed clinicallyvery well bul did not
sc, a lrip to ihe BritishOpen,Maslers
reach the musicallevel of Black Dyke
Brass Band Championship,or the Naand Fodens. Black Dyke has been
is a
iionalgrass Band Championship
building
forthiswinso il wasno surprise
most musicallyrewardlngexperience!
ihat conductorNicholasChildshad the
and an experiencenot soonforgotten,
bandin greatshapeon thisday. Fodens
(BramwellTovey) was a little of a surGeory@Foster is founder and bailane
p se sincetheyslippedto seventhinihe
play?rwith the lllinoisBass Band
OpenlastSeptember.Anothersulprise
performancewasby LeylandunderGary
Culi with a very line musical performanceand indicatinga band lhat is on
thewaybacktolhelopin lhebrassband
world. Albionis a conductolspiecethal
requires
skilllobringoul the bestin the
music.
Gordon Mathie, now a memberof lhe
BrassBandofColumbus,hashadavery
distinguishedcareer as a professional
brass
collegestudio
lrumpeterplayerand
teacher. In lhis short, compact,and
handy paperback,convenientlyspkal
bound for easy use on a music stand,
Ivlathiepovides a logicalseriesol6xer_
cises oJ lhe kind that are gssenlialtor
any devolopingor establishedplayer.
He calls it 'a kind of Czerny lor wind
playels, and he is rightl The order ol
presenlalionis as follows:
(major/mino/modal);
1) stepwisescales
2) scalesby interual(thirds,lo urlhs,etc)l
3) arpeggiosin various torms (major,
minor,augmentedtiads)i
4) chord progressionsvia apeggios in
va ous(vaous4,5and6chordprogressions,majorand mino4The pint is large and bold, and lhe
bookleteasyto use.You willlindlhese
kinds of exercises spread around all
kinds ol brass method books. The
havingitalllogetherlora
convenienceol
daily technicaland mentaltune up ls a
greataovanrage.
The book sellsfor a reasonable$'12.95
and maybeorderedtromCraneInslilule
Ior Music Business,Ctane School ot
I\,4usic,
PoisdamCollege,Potsdam,NY
13676. Be sure 10 specilylhe desired
Band
Bridge 17
December2001
The
Bras6
This specialsectionwhich can be copied as necessaryis intendedas general
informalionto en ighlen lhose who are
completey unawareol the brass band
movernentin North Amerca, for those
whoknowa littleandwishtoknowalitlle
more,andalsofor lhosewho wouldlke
a good basicoverviewoi what we are,
whatwedoand
howwehaveevolved.
Ol
course,ityouwishmoreinlormation,
feel
lree to conlaclany ol the NABBAboard
meanberslisted on pages 9 or via
www nabba.arg. Anyone wlsh ngan
eleclronic
copyof lhls artclefor use in
programs
conceri
or JorNABBAmember
band publicty shouldconlaclthe Ed tor
direclly.
WHATIS A BRASSBAND?
the SopranoCornetn unisonor at the
oclave,lhe Repianois a so usedto add
weightto the otherCornetparls.
In octavesorflths,the sectioncangive
the brassband an incredibe chnessoi
lone.
One B llat Flugelhornservesas a
bridgetolhehorns.lt salrequenlsolo
voice,andis oftenusedasthetopvoce
n lhe hornlamily.
Three E llat Tenor Horns (Solo Firsl
and Second)olten performas a choir
withflugelhorns
andbarilones.
Thesolo
horn is a lrequenlsoo voice. Also
commonlyreterredlo as the allo hornin
the U.S., il is an uprighithree valve
instrumenlwilha
lightersoundthanlhe
ThreePercussionists
willcoveriheen
t re spectrum ol percussioninslrumenls
Timpan batteryand mallelsare slan.
dardfor almostall composilions.
Two B llat Baritones are ollen doubled
witheuphoniums
butworkbeslas lower
exlensionsot lhe horn section. As
separatevoices,
theirabililyloblendand
add a mrddleow voicewithoulheavi
ness rs a un que lealLrreol th€ brass
For many mus cians in Norlh America
lhe brassbandls an unknownphenomenon.Thelollowing
isasynopsisprovided
by Tom Palmaiierol ihe lraditonalin'
slrurnenlalion.
Two B llat Euphoniumsare lhe pre
domnant solo lenor voicesand also
One E llat Soprano Cornet seruesas
iunclon as tutti enlorcerswith lhe
the piccolovoice. lt requiresa de icate
basses.
touchand is usedfrequenllyas a sololst
or to add brightnesslo lhe cornet iutli
Two B flal Tenor Trombones provde
punchanddrivebecauseof
theircyindiFourB flat Solo Cornetsare the lead
voicesin lhe ensemble.The useot tour
cornelspermts playersto swich olt on
parts ihai are freqLrenlLy
conlinuous
lhroughoulthe enlirepiece. Divisiparls
arealsoliequent.Theloursooplayers
shoud dealymaicheachoiherin
sound.
Two B tlat Second Cornets and two B
llat Third Cornets fill oui the cornet
One B flat Fepiano Cornet is the
'rovlng
middlelinebacker'
of lhesecton.
Oftenused as a solo voice,or doub ing
18
One Bass Trombone is bolh a low
supporl lof ihe irombone seci on and
addsaddUonaweightlolhe lubas.As
lhe on y brass nslrumentto be reading
n concertp ich, I am nol sufewhatthe
early deslgnersof brass bands were
lrying to sayi
Two E flat TubasandtwoB llatTubas
g ve composersan exlraordnaryf exibiliiy in dictatinglhe soundoflhe basspad.
The ighterqlalltyoflhe E i atscanhave
a lthe lyricismofthe euphonumswhile
ihe iatlef B ilatTubasoundaddsweighi.
The
Brass
Band
BridgeDecember200l
It rnightbe worlh stressinghere thai
allhough brass band lteralure works
mosl eifeclivelywith the approprialein.
s t r u m e n t a l o na, n u m b e ro l b a n d s
iunctionqurtesuccessfullywith lhe use
oltrumpelsinsteadofcornelsandlrencl'
hornsinsleadof tenorhorns. TheNABBA
annualcompelilion
also has a seclo.
whichp€lmltsmoreflexibeinstrumenbands
lat on. Andindeedseveralbrass
n NorthAmericaperfolmpopularreper
eleclrc
loirethatincludes
keyboardsand
A BRIEFHISTORYOF BFASS
BANDS
The brassband dales back lo lhe ear !
s Indus
nineleenlhcenturyand
England
ir al Bevo[]i on as an outgrowlhol th€
medievalwaits.
Wilh increasng urban
izalionemployersbegantofinancewori
bands10 decreasethe poliiicalaclivll
w ih whichlhe workng classesseemec
preoccr]pied
duringihe r e sure lime
Thus, the brass band traditionwas
lounded.Ferventdiscusslon
hasalways
ensuedas lo whichbandwas toundec
lirst. Cerlalnlythe lwo bandswilh th€
ongestiradit
onsaretheBessies
O'Th€
Barn Brass Band and lhe B ack Dyk€
BrassBand.
Takingadvanlageoiimprovedmechanr'
cal skils andthe rlseol conseryatoires
and musicdeparlmentsat unrversites
continuedan page 1t
continued lrom page l8
moremellow,richersound,yetonethat
haswidedynamicandcolorislic
vadely.
lh€ iradilion.
lhe slandardsot inslrumentaltechnology and perlormancequicklyimproved.
By '1860 there were over 750 brass
bandsin Englandalone.Allhoughthese
bandswerenotlullycompsedofbrass
instrumenlsuntil the secondhall ot the
nineleenthcentury,lhe lraditiondeveloped lo the presentday cufient inslru'
menlalionol cornels, flugelhorn,lenor
horns, badtones,lrombones,euphoniums,B tlatandE llat bassesandpercussion,
Contestsare the lijebloodof the brass
bandworldand rivalryhas alwaysbeen
slrong,cash prizesprovidingaddjlional
politicians
incenlive.Nineleenlh-century
hired bands to enlivencampaignsand
challengesoJtenfollowed.Bylhe 1840s,
alhrivinglocalcontestcircuithadgrownToday two major championshipevents
are held each year in Englandithe NalionalChampionship
andlheBrilishOpen
Championship.
The NationalChampionshipis onlyopento bandslromEngland,
Scollandand Wales. This competition
ran spofadicallyin the nineleenlhcen'
tury trom 1856, bll was litmly eslab'
lishedby SirArlh! r Sullivanin 1900. The
OpenChampionshipinvitesbandslroln
the UK and Commonweallhcounlries
and hasbeenin €xislencesince1853,
lhelkstwinnersbeingthe I\rossleyTemPeiance Saxhorn 8and. Bolh major
championshipsare held in the fall each
year. are lierclycompelitive,and il is a
greathonorto wan6ilherol lhesecompelilions. The lime commilmenl is very
extensivewithlhe top bandsrehearsing
al leastlhree nightsa week priorio the
championships,and olten every nighl
ihe w€ek belore the competilionitself.
Youihbrassbandcompetjlionsare simila y well establjshed,providingquality
playersJorlheadull bandsas the young
members mature, thereby continuing
Brass bands in Greal Brilainpresently
numberin lhe lhousandswith many ol
lhe bands havingoigins priorto 1900.
Oiginallythebandswerelunded
bycoal
mines, mills, and many loday retain
coeoraie sponsorship.To thisday,lhe
bandsuse only non-protessional
musicianswho in formeryearswere usually
employedatthe sponsoringcompany.lt
is a testamentlo lh€ qualityot performance in lhe brass band tradilionthal
manyplayersare ablelo secureprolessionalposilionsas a resultoltheir brass
band experience.Indeed,severalprotessionalbrassmusiciansin lhis counlry began lheir educalionin the b.ass
band world, New York humpeler Phil
Smilh and ChicagolrombonistMichael
IVulcahybeinglwo good examples.
The term "brassband"is not entirely
andinclusive,
accurale
sincebrassbands
includeuptothreepercusalsonormally
sionplayerswhoarecalleduponlo play
as manyastwentyditferent
instrumenl6
depending
onthedemandsoJth€music.
Slandardacceptance
of morelhanone
percussionist
in thebrassbandis really
a phenomenon
otthelastlortyyears,
but
oneihathasaddedimmense
challenge,
intereslandvari€lyto the sound.
Although
brassbandswerean
imporlanl
partoflifeinninel€enth-centuryAme
ca,
lheyweresuperseded
by largerconcerl
and marchingbands. Howev€r,
many
linehistoric
brassbandsarestillaclively
p€rfomingtoday. Du nglhecourseol
lhis centurythe SalvationAmy were
predoftinanllyresponsibleiormainlain
Englishbrassbandsare also popularin
Japan,Auslraliaand N€wZealand;and
ingthe brassbandlradilionin America
in aecentyearsa largenumberol brass lhroughtheirmusic
minislry.
Oniyin lhe
bandshaveslarledin severalEuropean lasi lwenly years has a brass band
countri6s.lf you plana lrip to England, resurg€nce
begunin North America.
be sure to find a brassband concerllo
Th6 tormalionof the NorlhAmerican
(NABBA)has
atiend.
BrassBandAssociation
beencrucialandinfluenlial
iniherenaisWhalmakesthe brassbandunique?All
sance.
the brass music (wilh the exceptionof
the bass trombone)is scoredin lreble
clel, a characle slic lhat overth6 yearc
has allowed lor remarkablelreedorn
amongcerlainbands,makingthetransilionlromoneinslrumenl
lo anoihersom€whal easier. The numberof members
(inslrumentalion)as
rigid,usuallylimiled
lolwenty{ive brassplayerspluspercussion,bulihercparloire
is un!suallyllexible,withconcerlprogramsconsistingoJ
anythinglrom oiginal works,orchesllal
lranscriptionsand leatured soloiststo
noveltyitems, marches,medleys,and
hymn lune arrangemenls. With the
exceptionol tho lrombones,all insirunents areconicalin design,producinga
OiginalworksfromHolstand Elgarto
modern-day
suchas Philip
composers
Spa*e, EdwardGregsonand Joseph
Horovilzhaveresulledin a growin9and
dynamicrgp€rtoire.
Ameicancomposers suchas JamesCurnow,Williams
Himes, StephenBulla and Bruce
Broughlonall gol theirstarlwfitingfor
brassbandsol the Salvalion
Afmyand
arecurrenilywriling
brassbandmusicjn
for
additionto theirothercompositions
band,orchestaandlilmscores.
Thereareprcsentlyseveralhundrcdbrass
continued on page 20
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bandsin NorlhAmerica,manyaifiliated To advancethe public'sappreciationol
lhe British-stylebrass band
wathNABBA,
and it is not onlyexciting
to seethetradilionmakinga return,bul
alsosucha valuableanduniqueconli- To serueas a resourcetor lnusicaland
organizationalassistanceto amaleur
bulionlolherichmusicalheritage
ofthis
Briiish-styl€brass bands lrom across
counlry.
NorthAmerica
WHATIS NABBA?
TheNorthAmericanBrassBandAssocialionwas established
in 1983by J.
Pery Walson,basedon ihe overone
hundredand fifly yearo d brassband
movementin England,one that has
established
itsell in Auslralia,New
Zealand,
No ay,Sweden,
Finland,
Holland, Denmark,Belgium,Switzerland
andJapan.ln thalsameyear,watson
alsoorganized
andhosledthelirstNorlh
Americanbrassbandcompetilion
held
atNorlhCarolina
StateUniversily.
Since
lhatlime,the brassbandmovemenlin
NorlhAmeicahasgonefromslfengthto
slrenglh,andcomp sesbolhSalvation
Army,ahateurcommlnilyand protessionalbrassbands.Th€rearepresently
nearlyone hundredalfilialedmember
bandsandindividual
membership
num.
b€rcnearly2000lromCanadaandthe
UniledStates,bringinga whole n6w
perlormance,
personworldol lileratur€,
alilies, lore and hislorylo enfichlhe
musicallile in NorthAmerica.
To sponsorcompeiilionsand regional
m usiclestivalsforthepurposeol improving perlormingslandardsand abililiesot
memberbands
BENEFITSOF NABBA
MEMBERSHIP
Access to annual NABBA Competition
lor bands, small ensemblesand soloisls. Theseare h€ldeach Aprilin major
Norlh American cilies. Recent hosl
citi€s have includedWashinglonDC,
RaleighNC,TorontoON,ColumbusOH
and Red Wing MN, ChicagolL, and
LexinglonKY.
Access to regional lestivals sponsorac!
by NABBA.Fecentlestivalshave be€n
hosted in Cedar Rapids lA, Lexington
KY, and Las Vegas NV.
Access lo lhe Grcat Aharican Brcss
Band Fgslival campetition. Each yeal
NABBAsponsorsanaudiolapecompetilioni winnersare chos€nlo reptesent
NABBAat lhe prestigiousand popular
GA88Fheldannuallyin
Danville
KYwith
NASBAGOALS
a signilicantcash prize awad and nationalexposure.Winningbandsafe not
To loster,promoteand encourage
lhe permitted
to rcenterfor lhree years lo
growlhanddevelopment
eslablishment,
ensure
lair
and evenrepresenlalion,
ol amateu
r andprolessional
British-style
brass bandslhroughoutthe North
To supportand helpfurtherthe music
educaiion
ol its members
20
The sha ng ol ideas and rcsouces
wilhin NABBA, ils archives anc! othet
membet bands. Some ot the most
significanlaccomplishments
in NABBA
haveoccl.iredwilhthebuildingol friend-
TheBrass
Band
Bridgeoecember200l
ships acrosslhe conlinent,the sharing
of inlormalion,and cominglogetherol
members who range lrom grade
schoolerslo oclogena ans.
The sharing in guest clinicians, touing
bancls, and soloiats sponsored by
NA88A. ln the past lew years NABBA
bands and altiliateshave lreatedband
membersand localaudienceslo pertof'
mances by internalionallyacclaimed
soloislsand conductorssuch as Philip
McCann,PhilipSmilh,the Childsbrolhers, Stephen Mead, Geolkey Brand
Stev€ Sykes,FlussellGray, and bands
such as Desford Colliery, BNFL, lhe
Nalional Brass Band ot N€w Zealand.
and the NalionalYouth Brass Band ol
G.eat Britain.
Suppon and advice from lhe Board ol
Dheclots in your devalopmentas a brass
band. NABBA can assist you wilh
workshopsand clinicians. Dr. Paul
Droste, clinician lor Yamaha, lravels
throughoul Norlh Amedca presenting
lop qualitybrass band workshops.
Four issues ol The B.ass Band Bridge
and lour issues of the NABBA Bullelin
each year. fhese prcvide lr€e adverlising lor mernber bands on a rotating
basis,manyinlorrnative
arlicles,reviews
ol musicand recordingsol interest,and
news on brass banding lhroughoul
NABBAand world-wide.ll's a platform
fortellingthe sloryandachievem€nts
ol
yourband,a platlormlor requeslinghelp
in your eflorts,lor linding instrumenls
and music,and enablesyou to keeputr
lo-datein the brassband movement.
Listedin AlphabeticalOder by Title
Reviewsby BonaldW. Holz excepl as
alll We lisl alllhe contents,Ior inslance,
so you are nol guessing at what is
includedin a release. That aiso allows
us lo avoid lh€ 'running-commentary'
Sinceour lasl iSsuelhave received32
reviewwhereeveMhinghasto be menlhat'sright-THIRTYTWOrecordingsior
tionedin a shallowmannerand nothing
review; and a new pile for our March
if subslancegels said, In ouacurrenl
issueis akeady building. Whetherlhat
system,lhe reviewercan tocus on the
is a ma* ol heallh or nol in the brass . essenceof the programwhil€highljghtbandcommunrty,ii cerlainlyrepresenls ing severalrepresenlalive
aspecis,But
perhapsthatis notwhatyouwi6h.Thank
an active subculture. Some ol these
CDs are promolionalproducls hailing youlor lakingthe time lo refleclon what
you 'rould like to see in the Eridge.
lhe publicalionsof a given lirm. As a
res!lt I havenol gjventheseverydelailed
coverage,though thal does not mean
Pleas€conlacime al859-858-3511
En
theyare not very excellentresources;in
2246',ot ronald.holz @asbury.edu
tacl,that isth€irgreatstrength.You will
note.also,lhatl
havebeguntoseparate RonaldHolz
lhe reviewsby category.as thal would
seemlo b6 the bastwaylobothbreakup
Live B€ss EandConcedBecodings
thebulkolthematealandalsoallowthe
readerto zero in on ar€as ot inleresl,
Highlighls frcn European Brass Band
Specialnolemusl be madeagainol the
Championships2001. VariousBands
line stridesour NABBAbandsare makincluding'Yorkshlre
BulldlngSoclety
ing in lhis lield,wilh lhree bandswell (King) and +Buy As You View Cory
represented:New England,Sall Rlver,
Aand(R.Childs).DoyenDOYCD 125.
and Triangle.
DoubleCD;TT2:5:41,
CO#1 59:02iCO
#2 63139. ProgramCD #11 'Montage
(Graham)i Feslive lmprcssions
Let me slate how pleasedlwas lo have
(Waespi)t Trombone Solot Concerlo
the eminent Paul Bierleylake on the
reviewlortheSaxlon'sCornetBandCD,
O/ympic (Newsome), soloist Hannes
Hoelzl Symphonic Music (Hube4i
as lwas involvedas a consullanlior its
production.This long-standingNABBA
+MonlreuxDanceslRul'li).ProgramCD
memberis now Dr. Paul Bierleythanks
#2. Canbridge yarialtons (Sparke);
'Gaudette(Norbury)i'Hymn fot Diana
to the honorarydocloralelhat is being
(Turrin);'Gaeltofce{Graham);'For the
confirmedon him lhis monlh by Ohio
Paul!
StaleUniversily.Congralulations,
Some FurtherObservationsAbout Reviewing
Memanda RequesttorNABBA
berg
Love of a Princess (Horner/Duncan);
'SopranoCornetSolo:'VesliLa Giubba'
ltom I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo/Fafi), soloist Peler Roberts; 'Fotce ot Dastiny
(Verdi,ryVrighl);
+Harrson'sDreamIG'aThe two PelerGrahamworkelhatserve
as lhe bookendstor lhese two CDs,
Montage and Hadson's Dream, receive
simply slunning live pedormancesby
YorkshireBuilding Society (European
lhese
Champions)
andCoryrespectively;
readings representour tradilional ils
tinest level, both musicallyand lechni
cally.YBSalsoprofil6sin somewonder'
IulGala Concertmateial, providingthe
bulkol the album.DavidKingand companyarein firslralelorm.However,lhere
are manyotherlinethingslo savorhere!
Fourteen-year-oldHannos Hoel2el
proveswhy he was chosen Europ€an
Soloists'Comp€titionwinner, via Roy
Newsome'sseldomly heatd Concetlo
Olympique.Whal a characteistic,ma'
jeslic soundat slch a youngage! The
band that accompanieshim. Berner
Obe.land,do6sd very creditablejob, in
the midst ol giants, on their solo item,
Feslive lmpressions. Furlh€r value
ol
comes in excellent inteapretations
severalrecenllest pieces,like Ruetti's
MontreauxDanceslchampionshipseccontinuedon Page21
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me ol their true underslandingol
BandNEBBCD102.TT53:33.Program:
Scandinavia's
lin€st
comHanou and Glory \Bath\ Jerusalen
brass band
lion test, played here by Cory) and
poser,Aagaard-Nilsen.Fromthe mosl
(ParrylHelbert); The Bitish GrcnadieE
Hlrbet's Symphonic Muslc, a decidedly
aggressivelyviolenl sounds of lhe
(Trad/Langford); Pralse to the Lord, Almoreconserualive
workthanlhe lormer.
composeismodemistpallellhroughto
rnrghry(BricauluHorne);
ln Tudot Days
The Swiss brass band communitythat
hismoreimpressionistic,
(Geehl);BassTrombone
haunling
sotter
Solo:
IhePass'
hosledthis eventhad much ol whichio
you alwaysteel you are in lhe
linale,
ing
YeaG
soloist
Doug
Yeo.
loookJ,
be proud,in bolhpedomanceandcomprcsence
ol
an
orginal,
(Fledhead)i
musicalimagi
Reflections
in
Nature
lhe
posilionsrecorded.For our own bands
nalion' grealslutl il you give illime and
White Piderlwtighll: Cotnel SolorSharp
lacklingSparke'sCambtidgeVaialions
thoughtl ConcedoGrossounloldsin a
My yoke(Webb/Bosanko),
soloislTerry
lhis Ap.il, Brass Band Trois Etoiles
more
(Vaughan
accessible
slyle,
but
one
lhal
Evercon,
Henry
the
Fifth
Wilprovidesanother musical view ol lhis
pushesplayerslo lhe limils. Nowond€r liams);Palrtolrc(Cope).OrdertromThe
excilingmusic.My,they p thrcughthat
ihis band can push some ot lhe top
NEBB. PO Box 046. Wilmington,MA
linal s€clionwilh blindingspeedl Doyen
Erilishbandstor th€ prizeon any giv€n 0 18 8 7 ;
hasdonoilagain,andprovldedawonder
dayl AnotheroutstandingNolwegian www.newengIandb .assband.ot9
flll auraldocumenl of a grealevent,and
Championshiplevel group,Stavanger
they have included only high quality
Band, this time conducted by Frafk
Homageto tho greal gitish brassband
male al. Highlyrecommended!
pulledoflthebeslperlormancetradilionvia severallesser known,selRenton,
olihe day in lhehown-choicecalegory, domheardworksis the hallmarkollhis
NoNegian B'ass Band Championships
Graham'sMonlago(incofiectlylabeled secondCD byNewEnglandBras6Band.
2007.VariousBandsincluding
winning
lwrc€
in lhe produclionas a work by
DougYeo andlriendshaveresuscitaled
performancesby Elkanger Band (NiWilby).All in all,thisis anolherexcel- pieces lrom the golden ag€ o{ brass
cholas Childs) Doyen DOY CD 123.
lenl live doubleCD with no lightweight bands between the First and Second
DoubleCD TT 2:05:08;CD#1 64:46i
materialfilling
in lhe liming;solid
alllhe
World Wars, works by Huberl Balh,
CDi2 60:22. Program CD #1: Se/d
HenryGeehl,
DenisWright,andVaughan
(Aagaard-Nilsen);
Masguetade\Wilbyl:
Williams.While we might know H€rly
Ouintessence lRedhead); Labour and
NABBAl\remberEand Becordings
lhe Fltlh,we cerlainlydid nol know the
LovalFlelchet)iMonlage(cf aham).ProBath
and Geehl wolks, both of which
gram CD #2: ConcertoGtosso \Bou(
H
anou
r
and
New
England
Glory.
Brass
deserve
wider play, I am nol as enamgeois); Irlslan Encounterc (Elletby);
Eand (DougYeo).New EnglandBrass ored ol vwighl's lhe YyhileBider- jusl a
Joumey lnto Fraedom lBallr: Tiptych
bit protracledand uninspjred,lhe one
(Sparke).
work herein whichhistory'sverdaclmay
have beencorecl, allhoughI knowlhal
Nineleslpieceslromlhetourdivisionsor
is my a€slheticiudgem€nl only. Doug
seclionsofthe Nolwegian2001champiYeo dlg ev€n lurlher back lo an old
onshipsreceivesolidlivereadingsin this
march,Patriotic,bySa.rl'uelCope,one
line chronicle oi anolher outslanding
of
lhe heros ol the eafly lwentielhcenmrlestonein brass band history- Eolh
B rass Band Br idge cannol tury;
this is anolherchesnutto bear in
thisandlhe above-f€viewed
2001 Euro'
be forwardedbecauseit is
mindlThe band'ssolidreadings,marked
Pean doubleCD would sel up anyone
mailedlhirdclass.So,please with carefulregardfor score markings.
comingnew inlo the btass band scena
allow us to not only have recordingsol
be sureto mailto NABBA
wilha fineovetuiewoibothclassic
(Labouf
Executive
Secretary
BertWiley historicalsignificance,but also lel us
ancl Love and Journey lnlo Freedoml
reevaluateone ol lhe most dynamic
andmodernrepertoireas wellas modern
youroldandnewaddresses,
or periodsin brass band literatue. New
perlormancep.actice.lt is Eikangerlhal
yourcopyof the Eridgewillbe
Eng'andhas made great slides since
shines most braghtly,with double-windiscarded
Post
bythe
U.S
lheir
lirsl C0, a Christmasalbum. The
ning performancesof challengingrnodacquiring
ot Terry Eversonas principal
you
Office,
and
will
not
receive
6rn works, Sed and CancetToGrosso,
plays
comet
no smallpart if lhe artistic
anyfuture
Seids dark,broodingsoundsdo indeed
issuesl
Movingor Moved?
embodythe spiritof someancientNordic
or Viking rite. and Eikangerconvinced
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(Marcello/Ridenour);Amazing GGce
(steadman-Ailen);
(Himes);'Colonallon
growthotlhe band.HismusicalleaderFanfare of Praise lqedhead); Salvation
ship is evident throughoutthe items
/s Created (Tchesnokov/Hile); DunIap's
recoded atterhisarrivalin the band. He
Creek\Bemal); Laude (Cu'now)tBe Thou
and Doug Yeo provideoutslandingsoMy VisionlLa Reaul. Orderlrom TBB,
los, the tlvo highest musicalpoints on
Park,
PO Box 14344,ResearchTriangle
gorgeoussound
and
lhedisc,Everson's
NC
277091
artistryshinelorthduringShareMy Yoke
www-tianglebnss,org
or, in typicalsolopassages,suchas the
beginningol Jerusalem.Yeo is equally
Sacredbrassmusic,bothby SAarrangmasterful in KennethCook'swilty,whimers and non-sallies,is the lheme ol
sical The Passing Years.in the middle ol
lirsl commercialreleaseon
Triangle's
which the soloistlaunchesinlo a quoie
CD (lheirotherCDrcviewedintheBridge
ltom On WiththeMotleyfromthe opera
a Jewyearsbackwasdrawnltom various
Pagliaccl:Doesihisgestutemeanmorc
{ivepedormances),Threemodernclasthat just a bad day in the midst of
sics ol exlendedSA repertoirereceive
generallyhappylile rememberedby lhe
solid readings,Curnow'sdemanding.
soloisi? Whatever the meaning,it is
Psa/ft 100,his variationson "Lobeden
wonderfultohaveaCD r€cordingofihis
Herren,"Laode,and BillHimed vaianl
Jun"fillgd
basslrombonesolo. The band
SuitetAspeclaol Praise. In the latter,
is in excellentlom, by ihe way, in ihe
basecl
Himes'buildsa truesymphonielta
accompanimenl,some ol their linesl
on lhe hymn "O For a Thousand
playing! Only occasionallydoes band
Tongues,' using each phrase ot ihe
tlning cause som€ concern, for exhymn tung as th€ sourcetor his symample (untortunataly,consideringthe
phonicargumenlovet tout movements
superbsolo playing)in tho accompani- that last neady 20 minules. As many
Theband'spitch,
m6ntloEverson'ssolo.
NABBAbandshaveonlyiackledmoveens6mble,and musicalityhave taken a
m€nts 1, 2 and 4, it is good to have
quantum leap in lh6 lasl year or so,
Tiangl6 sversionolmovemenl3,Praise
somethingvery evidenlin a carefullis_ in Sadnessand Persecution,
a line moleningto this engagingalbum. New
ment in brassband music,HimesdemEnglandhas a hostot SA or lormerSA
onslratesa combinationof broadmusi_
playersin their midst,so it is litlingthal
cal rhetoric along the lines ol
afinesampleol
theyhavealsoincluded
Shostakovitch
with rigorousconlrapunmusic lrom lhat repertoireas well. I
rarelyheardin musicolthis
talintensity
commendlo you Doug Yeo and New
nature. T.iangleplayslhe wholesuite
inlhiswellEngland
ona varielyoflevels
wilh detemined energy,with the linal
produceddisc: program conienl, congoal ol celebrationand praisealwaysin
sistenl performance,careful musical fronioflhem. Theirtwo musicalleaders
shaping.Hatsofland honourlothisflne areguiding
and
therightpath
themalong
NABBAbandtor a mileslonerecording, so ithas beenverygrailtyingtoseelhem
one thai marks,I believe,theircoming_ returnlo NABBAlast year aller an exof-ageas a performingunlt,
lended absence. The band's Brass
Sextet, personnelot which is unlortulnstrumenlsol Pnise. lriangle Brass
natelynot listedin the jacket,provides
Band and'Brass Sextet(MichaelVotta
contrasttothe heavierprogramvia sevand BrianDoyle).TriangleBrassBand- eralitemstromthe SA'sNewYorkBrass
TT63:18.Prcgram:Psalm100(Curnow);
SextetJoumal.This is an excellentidea,
N,caea (Himes); Aspecls of Praise
ior sucha groupcan representlheband
(Himes)i 'fhe Heavens Declate
in many situationswherelhe full group
can nol go. ll doesn'thurt lhem if lhey
decidelo compeleaI NABBA'sSoloand
EnsembleContestif they have a year.
round grouplikethisconnecledwiththe
bandl Of the non-SApiecesrecorded,I
enjoyed especiallythe band's performanceot Bob Be.nat'sDunlap'sCrcek,
this containingsome ot their mostcon'inspired'
sislent. accurate, and truly
playing. I also commend to you Jlm
Hile'stranscriplionof the shorl Rlssian
Orthodox anthem Sa/vation ls Created.
This would be a challengein tone productionandphraseshapingforanyband.
Kudos1oanotherfine NABBAband tor
their successtulCD, Instrumentsol
Praise.
Pid e ol Atizona. sallRlv.r Brass (Ralph
Pierce).Sall River Brass (Bernel) TT
54:16.Prograni PrideotA zandlKingl
Pearce), Conceio fot TtumPetlJafiesl
Howarth),soloisl RogerWebsleri CoF
n6t Solo-/dyl/ On an liah Folk HYmn
( P e a r c e ) ,s o l o i s t B o g e r W e b s t e r i
Ballyhooley lo'LearylPearcel; Dueling
Iubas (Pearce),soloist Bryan Allheer
and Mike Fayi Finale hom Piano Con'
lm€s),soloist
ceno #2 \RachmaninovlH
the Night
A//
fhfough
David Dunsford;
(Langtord);TrcmboneS olo- F hapsody
on an Amelican Folk HYnn \Peatce),
soloistJasonMalloy;Av€ Verum(Moza
Jakeway\ Zacatecas \CodinalPearce)
AvailableIromBernel
Our third NABBAband lo send in a CD
ihis quarteris fortunateto havea multi
lalenled musicaldirector,Ralph E.
Pearce,whose considerablearranging
skillsare protiledin Sali River'sfirst,to
my knowledge.commercialCD,Prideol
Aizona,Overhalloltheprogramcomes
lrom his pen. What is nol immediately
apparentfrom a quick overviewof ihe
album is that lhis recordingalso containstwo shorl,excellentperformances
by Rogerwebsier as guestsoloistwith
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the band. Rogeris in lop iotml Several
olhe. bandsoloistsdeliverlhe goodsas
well,asdoesguestpianisl,
DavidDunlod.
His and the band'sperformanceof the
Finaletrom Hachmaninov's
SecondPiano Concerto(transc bed by William
Himes)mustbeconsideredthe highlight
and cenlerpieceof this good and vaied
program.The greatestchallengein this
adaplalionis pitchaccuracyoltheband
in relataonship
lo lhe piano; the band
does ihis quile well. with only a lew
intonaiionallapses. The pertormance
hastheappearanceolalive
recording,
oa
a cohposileofseverallivereadings(?),
suchislhed vetolhefinishlThepiano
isalwaysheardin excellentreliel,a real
joy lo hear all of lhe music. In conlrasl
tothe NowEnglandandTrianglerecordingsreviewed
above,thisalbumisma*€d
withquileabitolreve6,awashofsound
soto speak.The recordingtookplacein
two difterentlocalions,and so ihe masl€ring prccosshas com6 up wilh a fine
match that is flaneringto lhe full rich
soundol the band. ln summingup Salt
Five/s achievemenihere,perhapsthe
lilleot lheirscinlillating
openingmarch,
Pride o, Arizona,says it all. We in
NABBAcanalsohavejustifiablepridein
ihis Jinerepresenlaliveol our Western
region. The last lime I heardlhis band
wasduringthenow-defunctNABBAvideo
conlest.They have made, simply put,
excellentprogressunderthe able leadershipof RalphPierce.Anotherfeaiher
in lhe cap tor a fine NABBAbandl
Slng (PrjmaMoodfield);TellHim lFosler^doude),Welmoed Kemkertand
ReinierVeening,comet soloisls;Symphonic Soul lMancini/Fe'nie); Cimson
nde (Zimmerryoude); Abba Goes Bnss
(Andersson/Fernie); Still Tine
\Richads); My Heart Wi Go On(Hotne
Fetr,ie)t Viva La Bamba (WoodJield)i
OneMomentin n me lHammond/Fernie);
When the Saints(Bichards); tm€ to
Say Goodbya (Satloti/ Fe'nie\.
Locatedin the northernpartoflhe Netherlands,lhisDutchband has gainedan
internationalreputaiionin recentyears
forconsislenllyhighcontestresultsand
goodmusicalprasentations.
Smallwonder, then, lhal Obrassochoselh€m as
the band to feature a series of rccent
publicationsby lhis Swiss brass band
publisher.The discbeginswitha siately
versionof John Wlliams'Olynpic Fan"
farcand fheme (aft.PelorGraham)and
thenlaunchesinloDafiolBarry's9-mjnLl6
The Essenlial James Bond medlgy.
Som6 very lovely playingtak€s place
duing lhe band'sconducto/saffangementofthelhem6lrcm themovi6Saving
P vate Ryan, Hyftn to the Fallen,a
elegant,tasteful version indeed. Anolher van der Woude movie score arrangementlhat is nicelyput togetheris
Cimson TtdelHans Zim...er),whichends
quietlywithlheenloningollheL,.s.
Navy
Hymn('ElemalFaiher
To
Save').
Strong
'lille
piece, Countryside and Common
Peopletakesthe formoJan easy,original pop-rockstyle wolk of 7 minuies
lenglh,dividedinloan ABA - Fasuslow/
Fastlomal; verysuilablefordeveloping
BrassBandRecordings(Non-Salvaiion
bands,if slightlyrepetitivefor my tasle.
Two solidGofl Richards'minralures
are
included,his originalSti//Ilme, and his
Countryside and Common People.
energelic arrangement al When lhe
BrassbandDe Bazuin Oenkelk (Klaas
Salnts. The Scandinavianpop group
van der Woude).Obrasso.CD 874-TT
ABBAreceives
an 8:41-minute
medley,
72141. Olynpic Fanlarc and Theme
a bil too muchfor me, butjust the tickel
(williams/Graham);
1'heEssential
James
lor fans oflhis highlypopulafgroup. All
Bond lBarylBary); Hymn to the Fallen
in all, this is a wodhy representation
ol
(Williams/Woude); Countryside and
Obrasso'spopularafiangementscalaCommonPeople (Fernie);Smg, S/r9,
logue and a creditlo this relativelyrc-
24
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mote band lhat maintainssuch a fin€
standard.The shorlinsertnotesmakert
clearthatthetitletunefitsthe bandwell.
and with the most positiveof meanings.
this
ConlactObrassodirectlyconcerning
CD andpublicalions:
Phone:011-41'(0)
Email..
32-636-37-27;
[email protected]
EricBall: TheUndaunted.
Grimelhorpe
Colliery RJB Band (ElgarHowadh).
Doyen.DOYTT69:46.Ptognm'.Moming Rhapsodf, Toumamentlor Blass,
Cornel Overture--IheUndauntecl;
Conchlk,Flichard
lvlarshall,
cornetsoloistt Fout Prcludes:Frce Fantasia-,
Besutgam.
Thisisadiscio
treasurel
ElgarHowarlh,
pro_
gueslconduclor,
PaulHindmarsh,
ducerand authorof lhe €xcellentprogralnnotes,andGimethorpeBanddeservehighpraisetor lhls outslanding
provides
firstrateperfordocumentthat
mances ol both well-known,and
orgotlenworks
bylhedean
undes6Nedlyf
in lhe twenti
ol brassbandcomposers
eth century,Eric Ball (1903--1989).
Doyen'ssoundq!aliiy is excellent
engithroughoul,
so kudoslo recording
hear
as
well.
We
neer RichardScott,
o{
two
masteF
onlysecondrecordings
Unworkson CD,lheconcerlovorture,
lourdaontedand
thethreemovement
nanentsForBrass- delinilivereadings,
indeed.Takingtheselwo wo*s alone,
you are providedwilh the two sidesoi
is
EricBall'screativeskill. Undaunted
struggle,
markedbymusicalandspirilual
ot
brooding,leading
ultimatelyprojection
posilivehope,Tounaments
untoldsas
sheerdelighlin soundandin lhe lyrical/
technicalresoufcesof the brassband
mediumBallknewso well. Whilewe
haveusedlournamenlsin ourNABBA
hasnotbeenlea
contesls,Undaunied
to appearagain
tured,butit isbeginning
conlinueon page25
continuedfrcm page 24
rngvoicein EricBall,onethatwouJdlead
in jusl alewyearsto Fesurgam,Tournaments, FestivalMusic, and eventually
Journey lnto Freeclom ot High Peak.
Everyoneconnectedwilh thlsdisc must
be congratulated
foroutstanding
service
in reinvigoralingourunderstanding
oJour
herilageviathe
musicolErlcBail.ltruly
hope and urgelorluture volumes,First
classall the way!l
This album came as a completeand
overin the mothercounlryat a nurnberof
welcomesurpriselAllfourworksreceive
conlesls.Tomylimitedknowledge,lour
premiererecordings.Arthur Butterworth
premiere
worksreceivelheir
CD record(b.
1923)isbetterknowntorhisorchesings:MarningRhapsody,FrceFantasia,
lral
compositionsand in the UK lor his
Fou Prcludes. and the cornel solo,
caree
r as an orchestralconduclor,rather
given
Conchlta,
lhe latler
a gracefulinteF
thantor hisfew,bulfinecompositions
for
pretatronby RichardMarshall.The al
brass
bandBlack
Dyke's
excellenl
bum closes wilh a very creditable
recordingdevolestime1ojustthreeorigiResurgam,
whichnowhasreceivedlhree
nal works, only one of which is in the
outslanding
CD recordings
in jusl the
standardrepertoire,Threelmpressions,
pasl lew years- lSB, YorkshireBuilding Butterworth: fhe Music of Arthul
Bufterwofth.BlackDyke Band (Nicho- andone masleriuland dilficulttranscripSociety,and now Grimethorpe.While I
lasJ. Childs).
DoyenDOYCO 130/ TT
lion. Subtited 'Scenesirom 1glh'Cenhavemy personallavorite(YBS).thereis
61:13.
Program:
Three
Imptessions
far
luryNorlhumberland,
Threelmpressions
muchlocommendin Howafth'sinlerpreBrass; Passacaglia on Theme al
conveys,asthefineprogramnotesslale,
talion,whichjust goes to showthat one
Brahms, Op. 87; Sinfonia Conceftante,
of the marksot a true maslerpieceis its
lealuringAlto HornsoloislLesleyHowie
abililyto sustainmullipleintelpretations
conlinuedon page 26
and Barilone
SoloistRobedBlackb!mi
as slandslhe tesloflime.Iwouldlike
Vaialions and Fugue on a Theme af
to recommendlhe unlamiliarworks
toall
Handel, Op. 24 lBtahns/Butterworlh).
our NABBAbands. MorningRhapsody.
a companionworkto Ball'sequallylovely
Sunset Phapsady,runs almost 9 minutes and is quiniessenlial
Ball,wilh a
hint ol Slraussand Elgar,two composers, as poinled oul by Hindmarsh.to
whom Ball was stronglyallracted. lt is
ol moderatedilficulty,daiingirom 1949,
havingbeen set as an area test for lhe
Nationals, Even more accessiblefiom
lhe lechnical vewpoint are the Four
Preludes,lhe o rderol the sublitlesbeing
1)'Preludelor a SolemnOccasion';
2)
Preludeto a Comedy;3) 'Preludeto a
Tragedy';4)PreludeioPageanlry'.The
finalmovemeni
hasbeenexcerpted
on a
numberof earlier viny recordings;iniact,
eachshortmovemenicould
standalone,
thoughal 11:31thrsnon-championship
levelteslwouldbeanoulsiandingchoice
plusEnsembles
ord Chon6es
lorany NABBAbandin boih compeition
orJorconcertuse. FreeFantasiadales
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continuedfrompage25
fugue,in orderto makeil moremanage- HeraEutt€Monhrelaxes,at leaslon lhe
able,at iust over21 mintites,Ior both surlace,his academicrigor. The lout
bandandaudience.
Whala wonderful mov€menlsare symphonicin general
lorarranger,
achievemenl
conductor,
and outlineandlorm,butperhapsalsomeam
band-il reallyworksl
Inbelweenthetwo to b€ heard in picturesquemanner,lo
Brahmsrelatedworkscomesperhaps evokea gentlerside ol the Britishland'
lhe mostunexpected
work,a SinJonia scape lhan that encounteredin Thfee
for the two quintessenlial, lmpressions:1) Pastorale;2) Scherzoi
concertante
yel muchignored,brassbandinstru- 3) Nighl Music; 4) Rondo aila caccia
ments,ihe allo and ienor ranged The lasl movement'stitle,caccia,refefs
(EllathornandB llatbarilone). to the hunt,and so lhe bandchases,so
saxhorns
between
lhe spiritof interaction
lhe impaclol induslialization
of theruralnorth
andiheemerging
brassbandmovernent
withinihe sametimeperiodandregion.
Thedramaticprogrammusicis divided
l)WylamCollieryi
intothreemovements:
2) Oeseried
Fa.m;3)TheRoyalBorder
Theso!nds
Bridge,
Berwick-on-Tweedindeedgrim
areanylhingbut romanlic,
and dark at times,bul a measureot
'progress'in
spiteol change,victoryot
lhehumanspiritinlhemidstol upheaval,
com€slhroughin ihe granddesign.In
lhePassacaglia
onaThemeof Brahms.
Butl€ruorthdrewhis musicalmalerial
lrcmlhe openings€riesol chordslrom
ihe lourlhmovemenlol BrahmsSymphony#4,thisseies its€lflhe basisol
March1
thatpassacaglia.
Theconnection
is not
readilyapparenl,and only laterin this
16-minute
workisthalconnection
made Thisdateholdsforallmembers
clear. That Brahmshad a J.S. Each
andmemberbands.ALL
sourcolorhaschordseriesisnolmissed Flegislralions
at NABBAwillbe
byButterwonh,
andihebandislakenon
Administra
'classical'
on
Executive
quilea
lour,homageto both
tor BertWiley'sLisling.
greai witers, spokenwilh respocltul
skillby bothcompos€randband. Tho
vadationalprocessis not dissimilar
to
Besureyouandyourbandare
found
in
British
thal
olh€r works by
renewed,
Youmaybecharged
symphonisls,
such as Arthus Bliss's
a
registration
fe€ at NABBA
Meditations
on a Them€of JohnBlow,
ifyouarenotregistered
bythat
butwilhoutanydirectprogrammatic
or
autobiographicalreferencang.
Therhatchtime.
ingol thisworkwithButterworth's
transcription
ofBrahms'Vadalionsand
Fugue
Newmembersregistering
on a Themeol Hand€lis an inspired
during
theyearmaybeeligible
quilea'highbrow'eftort,
choice,
shaping
for backissuesof
but siill thai one that appoalsto the
The BrassBandBridge whete
averagelislener. I knowof no oiher
recentlargerbrassbandtlanscription
of
available
a majorworkoJarl music,unlessit be
Contact
BertWileyat:
EricBall'smastertul
handllngof Elgar's
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Evidently
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lirsl sel on this task on reviewingthe
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cutsweremade,espeseveral
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2001
to speak,the solo foxes who lorm the
concertantegrouping.Thisis an eleganl
additionlosymphonicbrassbandlilera.
ture and is givenexcelleniperlormance
by the two soloists. The entireproduc.
lion team is lo b€ highly commendecl.
not the leastconductorNick Childsand
BlackDykeBand,lora
thebreathtaking
greatseruicein honoringa gilted musi
cian and lor making rather technically
musicavailable
lo allof us
challenging
Diadem ol Gold. Buy A3You View Cory
Band (Rob€rtChilds).DoyenOOY CD
120' TT68:59.Program:FesIMusikder
Sladt yyier (Strauss/Banks)i Diadam of
Gold(Bailey)i
Com6tSolo.Chipaneacas
(Mendez/Kenny);
Sosbar?
Fach(Wood)l
lrom'
SlngSi?gSi?g(Prima/Twitchings)i
bone Conceio (Wood),soloistChrislo.
phet fhomas; Fugue Frcm Gnduation
Daylspatke\ Menof Hatech (Langlord):
Euphonium Solo: Little Red Bird
(Bichards),soloislNigelJohns;Ioccal,
in O \BachlFan ; Cercmony (Balll.
From the brilliantSlrauss fanfarelhat
open the disc to lhe live winningpedo.
Ball)from
ma ceol Ceremony\Michael
S€ptember2000 Open (Bimingham)
Cory Band will captureyour undivided
atlentionlThelille tesl piece,Diadomaf
Gold, was lirsl used at 1953 National
Champiohships,Frank Wrighl having
'arranged'a wo* by an obsc!ro'Fr€nch'
composer,the exact identityol which
seemslohaveneverbeenclearlyeslab-
continuedon page27
continued hom page 26
Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden.
Seindorf Beaumaris Band (Gwyn M.
ljshed. lls a romanlictone poem ol the
Evans).
DoyenDOYCD 116.TT68:07.
in linewilhFletcher,
oldschool,
Jenkins,
Ptog'am: Belford's Carnival March
andGeehl,oreven,shallwedarelo say,
(Alexander);Scon/ishFhapsody lF e'nie)l
early Eric Ball. Garelh Wood provides
Comel Solo- Londonda|ry/4,7(Richads),
lhe mealycenlerol the program,firstin
soloisl Paul Hrghest Thal's a Plenly
his wonderlulsetlingofthe We{sh'lrea(Poliack.Richards)iSweel Shephetdsure' lune, sosban Foch, and then via
ess (Bichards)iMake His Ptaise Glorihis dta.r'alic Trcmbone Corcerfo. Chrisous(Wolaver/Gordon)i
Allo HornSolotopherThomasand Cofy Eandplay the
Ovet lhe RainbawlA enlRichards),soconcertowilh great aplomb and llare;
loistNiaWyn;Flyerdarc€(Wh€lan/Fafi
)i
one shouldnever forgel how importanl
TrumpelBlues and Cantabile(Ja6esl
lhe band is in such a venturel The work
Geldard)i
Percusson Seclon Fealureunlolds in lhe lraditional3-movement
Iea Fof fwo (Youmans/Snell);
Soprano
design,though lhe slylisticdiversilyis
So o-On Wilhlhe Moley (Leoncavallo/
anythingbul traditional,the final moveFarr),soloistBari Gwilliam,Malagu9na
menl havinga decidedlyLatinAme can
(Freeh)iEuphonlumSolo-Jeanie With
InUeclion,
some cleverscoringfor Jull
percussionsection,and a ralherirrever- the Light Brcwn Hai lFosler/Howarlh),
soloist Aled Williams: Postcard from
enl, exhllaratinglinish! Gzduation Day
Mexico lsnell)t Five Blooms in a Welsh
by PhilipSparkewaswrillenforthe 1994
Garden(Wood).
Universityof Sallord Brass 8and, the
Fugue recordedhere lorming lhe linal
BeaumadsBandis localedin Anglesey,
movement.Slartingoul in digniliedneoWdes. Theyarerelativelyunknownoutbaroquefashion,ala Bach,Sparkevery
side the UK, a situalion thal should
quicklyshiltsgearsand a vatielyol iazz
change once this recordinggets some
slyies lry lo take over, much as il afler
widerplay. They are a very solidoutlit,
lhe lormal occasion ot gradualionthe
havingrepresentedWalesin lhe 1990s
real celebralionbegins.Cory is lechnial the U.K.Championships
on sevefal
ca ly exc€llenton the swrng sections,
occasions.Theif programs lairlyslanbut nol quit€ relaxed'enough to ruly
dardstutt,lhaoxceplion
beingtheclosswing;swing
is notwhaliheyarebestat
pi6ce,GarethWood'sunusual
ing
lest
playingl The lwo stylesbLendsuccesssuite Five Blooms in a Welsh Gaden,
tulLy(Sparkeenloyinghimsellto the
firstwittenforlheEuropean
Championmax) at lhe close ol this imaginalive
shipswhenheldin Carditt,1992. Ostenshorlconcertwork. Theotherlighterlare
sibly,lh6 lve movemenlsrepresent
is playedwith greal pizzazz- who can
musicalscenls or porlraitsol five llowplay Men ol Hal./echbetter than lhis
ers: 1) Fanlareol Daftodlls;2) Witch
superb group of Welshmen? fi,4ichael
Haze!;3)Pinks;4)Liyof theValley;and
Eall'scomplexnew worklhathonorsthe
5)
Bluebells.This is anylhingbut a
new milleniumvia lhe juxtapositionof
liptoe throughlhe tulips',however,and
suddenfanlaresand quiel atmospheric
whalemerges
ismorea portraitolWelsh
evocalionsotvarioushopesand expeccharactervia these syrnbolicrepresentatronsconcludesCory's fine program,
lalions- larc blooms,indeed.The work
The live pertormanceis no hindrance
and lhe perlormanceare markedby a
here,in lacta litlingcelebratory
capstone
breathof lresh air as lar as lest pieces
for the band at the peak oJ its musical
go, TheversionoJAiverdarceheardhere
powers. Anolher well'rounded btass
alsoinvolveslheWilliamMathiasSchools
bandrecodingbyan oulslanding
band.
CounlyYouthChoirand Harp Consort,
solo recorder,and solo vo ce - a nice
approach to what is now a standard
arrangement,Thebandlrontssomefine
soloists,too, and so lhere is much lo
enjoy here. I am glad lo have encounteredthis band,one lhat especiallyimpressedme on lhe wood score.
GranvileBantock. Salford Unlv€rsity
Brass Band (Roy Newsome). Doyen
DOY CD 109.TT66:40. Ptogtam.Kng
Lear;Kubla Khan;PrcmetheusUnbouncl;
The Land-Of-The-EveFYoung; The
Ftogs; Orian; Festival March.
Sir GranvilleBantockis besl known in
masterpiece
thebrassbandworldtorhis
SymphonrcPrelude, Pronetheus unbound,the lille referringlhe epic poem
by Shelley. In lh€ word chosen by
conduclor/scholar,
Dr. Roy Newsome,
'celebration'
is
of the main
this disc a
po.lion Banlocks contributionto brass
band literature,much ol it undeservedly
neglectedin recent years, The musrc
rangesin datelrornthe Edwardian-style
Feslival
Marchol1914,his,irslconlribulionthebrassband.throughloaworkol
the mid-'l940s, lhe light-classical
Heb deanSeaPoem,IheLand-Ol-TheEverYounq. Ol lhe seven wofis recorded here ihe overturefhe Frogs ol
Aristophanesisthe only one,according
to Newsome,not scoredtor brassband
by Bantockhims6ll.Frank Wrighl lranscribedtheorcheslralworkin 1952by tor
lhe ChampionshipsecUonof the NaSince
lionalBrassBandChampionships.
lhat dale it has seen numetousrevivals
lor major contests. and righlfully so.
whal hinders use of the brass band
worksfromthe early part ollhis cenlury
is, of course,the highly reslrictedpercussionparls. percussionnot being allowedin conlestsal lhatlime. However,
10 ignore such works lor lhal reason
would be a rather close-manded
decision. Not all ihese works are up the
slandardof Promeiheusor Frogsihowconlinued on page 28
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con nuedftompage27
pieces lo shorl sacred arrangemenls
written tor SA bands. The producers
ever, Banlock'swarm,romanlicspiri
one lrom
pelvades
lherichharmonies
andcolorful choseto use two conduclors,
each brass band tradilion - Siephen
scorang
lhatmarkso muchof hismlsic.
Eanlock'sinterestin the Orientaland Cobb lrom lhe SA, David Hirst lor the
exoticis very apparent,as w€ll. His contestingscene. This prcveda fortuilouschoice,as €ach directorbringshis
musicalstyle is late-romantic,
in lhe
own
approachto bearon lhis excellent
Liszt-Wagner
moldandprocess.
Thisis
band.
Brighouseis 6qual to the task in
heartlelt,
ted blooded'music
thalwould
responding
lo both,with Cobbgettinga
havospokendhectlyand
immediatelylo
lovely,lyricalmelodicslyle of play,and
th€bandsman
ol Bantock's
dayandstill
Hirstbringinglols ol dynarnic,energyto
canwhenwellperformed
andinterpreted.
the pieceshe leads. The fterit of this
Wlh Banlock'sma,ororchestral
wo*s
justlhelineplayingol good
linally receivingexcellenlmodernre- disc,beyond
musac,is havinga concentraledpackcordings,allowingus to reconsider
his
considerable
conlribulion
to Britishor- age ol'Downie' to examine. Many of
chestralmusic, we can rejoicewilh lhesewofts havebeenrecotded before,
N€wsome
in thisinitlalettonlo similarly sornemullipletimes,and so lwould like
jusl a tew piecesnot
sludy his brass band achi€vements. lo concentraleon
as
well
known.
Ihe
51./usle// Suil€was
Banlockwas a musicalpatronol the
writtenlorlheSl AustellBfass
Bandand
brassbandcommunity,
servingas tirsl
is ol moderatetechnicallevel,llowingin
Presidentotthe
Bahdsmans'Collegeol
lhree movements:l) A iaunt around
Mrisic,as well as Vice-Presidenl
ol
brassbandassociations
in Birmingham town; 2) Holy TrinilyChurchyard;3) Sl
Austell Band. This is uncomplicated
and Oxlord.He underslood
the brass
music ol wide appeal. In Downies
bandsubcullure.
TheUniversity
ofSallord
PrincelhoryeVatialionsheretumslo a
BrassBand,Ior a studenlensemble,
is
hymntun€,Princethorpe,
thatwasused
a'c.ack€rjack'
oulfit;manyol thes€
piece
tor
the
lirsl
large-scal€
symphonic
playerssit in iop sectionbands.Their
of
SA
music,
Klaus
Ostbys
meditation
playingand Roy Newsome's
compr€h€nsivenotesotthemanandhismlsic on lhe same lune, which in its original
elevatethis line recoding to one of versiontrom beloreWorldWar I was of
propottions,Downieis content
lasting,
as wellas hislorical
importance. massive
lo shapeanolherone ol his successful
Purcell Vaiations: Th6 Music ol Ken- seies ol va alions marked by great
of rnood,ich harmonicinterest,
nelhOownie.B,ighougeand Raslrick variety
and 'fun stulf'lor lhe band lo play. H€
BandlDavidHirstandStephenCobb).
plumbthe deplhs in lhis one,
Egon SFZ l01. TT 66:39.Program: does not
like he did in hjs superb Maiesly. No
Bridgewaterlntrcda; St. Austell Suite;
associatedtext seemsto havea strong
Lard ol All Hopelulness;Pdncethorpe
bearingon lhe music'sshape- an exeF
Vaialions; MakeJesusKing; MyFalhefs
Wald:ChooseFreedom;DeepHamony; cise in almosl absolutemusic, except
that Downiewouldslressthal allhis art
is intendedlirst and foremostas an act
praise.Oneoi myfavoite
KennethDownie'sslar is in the ascen- ofworshipand
readingscomes on Downie'sunusual
dancyaslar as hisbrassbandwiling is
leslivalmarch,Ctoos€Freedom,a work
concerned!Thiswell-played
djscconin which Cobb gels lhe very besl out of
tainsanexcellent
overuiew
of hisrecent
theband'sexciling
styleofplaying.More
workspublished
by a varietyol publishexlended lhan most marches of this
ers. They rangelrom extendedtest
type, Choose F/€edom reaches sym-
28
TheBrass
Band
Bridge December2001
phonicproportionsandcontainssomeo{
Downie'smostimaginativesounds,harmonies,andtonalschemes.Withinilh€
uses his own choralwo*, The Mighty
River, as lhe basis of the trio. Yer
Downi6'scrafl is best understood,as
poinled oul by Peter Wilson in his fine
liner noles, by a close sludy ol his
shortef pfeludes, such as the small
mastepieceson the hymntunes S/ane
('Lordof All Hopefulness'),TerraBeala
('[/y FathersWorld'),or DeepHatmony
ll isnosurpise Downiehas emergedas
a highlypopularbrassband composef/
arranger, He has a gteal ear for harmonic color, greal control ol rhylhmic
conslrucls,and is a dell handlerol the
brass band score, He speaks wilh a
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due to lhe fine literalurerecordedby
Softly as I Leave You lgalhetall): Jeanie
some ol Britain'sbest units. The iille
With the Light Brown Hait lFosle
RockAroundlhe Warld.Oberaargauer
tellsthe lunclionoJthe disc,a resource Hawatlh); TrumpetBlueg and Cantabile
BrassBand(ManfredObrecht).
Obrasso
of modeI perlormancesatvaious levels {James/Geldard);Czaldas (Waites);
RecordsCD 879. TT Program:New
lor lhe 2002UK regionalconleslslor lhe
Flight Time(Buke); Cha estoniwailes);
York,New Yok (Kande Richards)iE/y/s
National
Brass
Band
Norwegian Song lRimmel Howadh)iC/og
Championships.
Rocksl(Fichards);FlugelSolotWhatA
SomeoJlhesereadingscomelrcrnprcDance (l\,larcangelo/Charleson);
L?7
WanclerfulWorld(Darglas/Fernie),soviousdiscs,such as Brighouseshan- Dariin'(Hef
ti/Sparke);
E/sa's
P
rccession
loist German Meyett See You Laler,
dling ol St Austel/Sulle (see Oownie (Wagner/Hinres).
Alligatot (Gridty/Fetnie)t Vivo per lei
reviewshownabove)
orFodens'perfor(Mangali/Fernie);
EockAroundlhe Clock
mance
ol
Whilsun
Wakesf.om
lcommend lhis CD lor any NABBA
theirCD
(Freedman/Fernie)iChanson d'amoul
ofthesametitle.Thepiecesareplaced bandsor musicdireclorsthat afe develrds);Cornet Solo:Si/gal
iShanklin/Bicha
in order ol diflicully, trom Seclion 4
opinga youlhbandprogram,lolkwhoare
8/res (Williams/Moftison),
soloist[,4ar
lhro!gh Chanrpionship.The pleasant laking lhe time lo s€t up a feeder pro'
lin Rasscht Everybody Needs Sonegrarn lhal works towards lhe ongoing
surprise,al leaslforthisrev€wer,arethe
body (Burke/Oud); Na Maller Whal
Jacoband
Ewald
works.
Havingalways healtholtheirorganizaiion.
Hereyouwill
(Webber/Farr); Hallelujah IOft/
beena lan ol GofdonJacobsmusicwitnessan exemplary,tieredyouthband
Broadbent); Iak€ a Chance On Me
righllromthe{irsttimeI playedhisML/6lc program, with lhree levels ol grol]ps
(Andresson/Fernie);
Swee!,SweetSmiIe
fora F9stival- | lounddelightoncemore
leatured.Obviouslythe top groupdeliv(Newlon/Morlimer);
/Just Ca|ed Ta Say
with
hisSuile
in
How
very
Bllat.
difiicult
ersa morepolishedsound,butthewhole
/ Lov€ you (Sterland/Braod
benl);Moot
il is lo composegood musicat an easy
experiencers upliflingand conlainsa
Flvel (l\rancini/Fernie);Hey Jude
jusl lhink ol how i6w
good sampler ot brass band music al
technical
level;
(Lennon&l\rcoartney/Femie).
reallygreat piecesihere are in lhis
variouseducationallevels, Sl. Helens
piece dates irom 1956
category.
This
Youlh Brass Band is a large unil - 3
ldo not havea lol to say aboutthisgood
and
musl
be
one
we
resurrectover
here
sopranoslor instance- but a groupthai
progran ol lightermusicotherthan this
lor NABBA. Whichoi us brass players plays wiih disciplineand enthusiasm.
isjustsolid,
competenl,
Junplayingbya
have not hackedlhroughthe lirst of the
Theywereoiginallyan educaiionaiprogood Swissband. The longesipieceot
gram,but due to variouslinancialand
lhree Ewald brass quintets? Hefe we
ihe lT recordedhere lasts iust over 4
havea f! | brassbandversionby l,4ichael politicaiexigenciesin the lJK,lheyturned
minutes. Lots of programideasin variHopkinson,
who has addedjudicious private (we would say non-prolil)and
ous popular slyles for lhose NABBA
percussionparts, never overdoneor a
have gone lrom slrength to strength,
bands needingsome deas and some
grnal.Youmayrecall onceagaincaptuingthe covetedtitleof
hindranceiotheo
models to folow. The produclionis
that in lhe well-knownRobedKing ediNalionalYouthBrassBandChampions.
bare-bones(no notes)butdoesinclude
played Thejackelconlainsalislingol personnel
t
on
lhallhis
Symphonycould
be
a personnellist and a biel bio on lhe
by an expandedbrass choir,with mul'
lor allthreegroupsanda goodwite upon
band.
tiple playersper pad. Thls is the prin'
lhis success story.
ciplehere,bulnota slavish
doubling,
but
f esl Pieces lor Regionals 2002. V atious
a reworkingtor Britishslylebrassband.
Saluteto the Cory. Buy As You View
BrilishBands(see below).Doyen DOY
This compositeCD has much to comCofy Band (FlobertB.Childs).Obrasso
CD 128.TT 67:35. Prog'am.Suile in B
mendit,including
RoyNewsomesgood TT65:02. Program:Salutelo theCount
flat for Btass Aard (Jacob), CMS
liner noteson each of lhe pieces,
(Basie/Fernie);
Euphonium
Solo-EuphoGlasgow; Sl Austel/ Sutle (Downie),
Brighouse and Rasltick; Symphony
conlinuedon page 31
Ihe Sa/his/ St, Helens Youth Brass
lor Erass (Ewald/Hopkinson), Cory
plusTraining
Band (LindaNlcholson),
Decembef200l
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Bfass
Band
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(GreenMoodfield), xylophone soloisi
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soloistAndrewWilliams; Focky-Ganna Fly Now (Conlil
Fernie);Alio Ho'n Solo-l' Sti Be ln
Love WithYou(HazzadlFernie),soloist
David Comelius; Old English Dances
(Fernie);xyiophoneSolo-Kilten On the
Keys (Conliey/Woude),soloisi David
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Skyliner! Williafis Falrcy Band (Brian
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60:24. Program: Thundefiids (Gtayl
Green); Crarso, de Matin lElga
Wright)tHofa Slaccalo(DinicuHeitet/
Richards);CornetSolo: The Watermill
This is an Obrassopublicalionsshow(Blnge),soloistBrianTaylo\ Shephetd's
case,thoughthe disc jackelonly relays
Itey (Grainger/Wrlghl)t Rohance
inlormalionaboutihe bandanditsskll ed
(Shoslakovilch/Broadbenl)t
Alto Hofn
leader,RobertChilds,as wellasconlact
Solo. Cappicio Brillant9 (Bellstedll
inlormationfor how to accessObrasso
Smilh),soloislOwenFarr;An lishBlessproducls, Obrasso'sslable ol wriiers
ing (Bacak/Bradnu
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inclLrdes
some o, the besl or mosi pro(Copand/Snell);
SopranoConel Solol
lific,includingGofiRichards,AlanFenie,
The Nuns'Chotus ls'iauss lllKelw n).
and Bay Woodfield.Amongthe more
soloisl Kevin Crocklotd:OlympicFansubstantialiunes is Richads' moderate
fare and Theme lW illiams/G'ah am)I Prolevel,10-minuleBelA,i in NABBAcomcessionto lha Minsler lwagne/Sneli);
ing ln well at Youlh or Explorerlevel.
EuphoniumSolorPeace(Golland),
soloFerniesshorlerG/asgolvOvert/eshows
ist Steven Miles; Ttumpet Blues and
th s writerdoes bestwhenwritingaboui
Cantabile (Jameslcelda,dJ; Light Walk
his homeland,as in his equa ly inleresi(Gott);
Plnes
Skylinel.(BarnetVGeldard);
ing Scolrsh Rhapsady. fhe ,ange is
of the Appian Way \Respighl/Snelll.
wide here, and having il your band's
resourcelile wouldbe prove!se{ul, especiallywith these solrd, journeyman WilliamsFaireyis one oi the mostlechnicallyassured
and,in termsof players,
readingsby an excelleni band. Fredeeplytalenledbands- in all chairs.
quenlly such endeavors come off as
Theirwonderfusoundleapsout al you
rushedproductswilhoulahighdegreeof
playinglinesse and somelirnesslightly righttromlheopeningmoviescoremarch
by BarryGray. In thisbrcadLyentedainshoddy masledng, yet lhere is some
in9 programdatingfrom January2001
excellentlu ll bandandsolo playinghere
(personnellisied!) Faireyprove lhemtor you lo admirewhilethinkingabout
seves once again masters oJ many
choosingsome new literature.This is
styles.Manyoflhesepieceshavebeen
not high brow sluli ' iust lols of useful
recordedoften, bui there is much to
maieriallo consider,
commendhere,frcmiheif gracefulhandlingot Elgars salonpieceChansonde
Malio to lhree great programcloserslhe Copland,Wagnerand Respighilranscriplionsby Howard Snell lhal have
provedso popular.Nothingcomesotfas
a 'toss-otfi the lightestbon-bon,or old
chesnut-likeBinge'snoslalgicWatermill
- getscarefLrl,
properlrealmenl(ltwould
havebeennicelohaveconlirrnation
who
the excellenlcornel soloist was - one
presumesBrianTaylor?).f he Capriccio
8/i//anleby Bellsledtis not tor the expected cornel soloisl, bul is Sandy
Smith'sadaptationlor E ilat alto horn,
playedwellby OwenFarr. Thereare no
weak links in this band and so we tind
ourselves
takingallthemusicseriously.
Like Ellingtonsaid, lhere are only two
kinds ol music ' good music and bad
music! What a sound Granl gets oul
lhese guys - and what an excellenl
recordingby 6ngine6r I\,4ichael
lvloorl
Theproduclion
istop-nolch,
inwhichwe
findl\radinEllerbyrntheroleolprcducer,
and perhaps writer of lhe line noles.
Qualilyproductmarkedby greatvervein
the band'splaying.
Spectaculat Classics, Volume2. Black
DykeBand(NicholasJ.Childs).obrasso
Records CD 876. TT 67:15. Program:
Ovenure lo La gazza ladra lqossini/
Lofiiman);CornetSolo: Cavatinefrcm
Pea Fishers (Bizet/Fernie), soloisl
FIogerWebster;Flnalef/omFaustBallel
wachetAuf
Music(Gounod/Newsome)t
( B a c h / N e w s o m e ) ;C o r n e t S o l o :
slavische Fantasie (Hoehne/Kerwin),
soloisiRogerWebsler;
SuilelrcmPoryy
Euphonium
ardBess(Gershwin/Femie)i
Belum
ta
Soffenlo
Solot
lDe Cudisl
Newsome),soJoislJohn Ftench;Deep
HamanylPake Fe'nie)| Old SwissTune
lFefiie\ The Millerc' Dance (de FallaJ
Fe'nie); Sabrc Dance (Khachaluriad
Woodlield); L6 pe t nagrc lDebussy/
Fe:nie); TheJolly Bobbers Overlue(vo
All Obrassoitems
Suppe/Lorriman).
continuedon page32
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Bfass
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frcn page31
plEying drewMonteith;TheLightol the wadd
oflhe mostmemorable,
reliable
i haveheardona brassbandCD. Frank (Goflin)iSoprano/Flugel
Solo-8/essed
LikeSalutetoCory,
reviewed
above,this
Renlontoldmelhesoloistwas
Sl€phen
Assurance(Bulla),
soloistAndyWeekesl
s€condSpeclacula.ClassicsCD by
St€wart,who was not creditedon lhe MidAIIthe Traflic(Ballantine);JustAs /
BlackDykeBandis an Obrassoprod
disc
lor lhat solo,but deservesto be, 4m (Heaton);Keep Me Ptaising
playedbrilliantly,
uclsshowcas€
asmighl
though
heiscredited
rIinesolo (Mackereth);The SuppliantHeed
foranothe
beexpecled.
lam gladObrasso
divided
in Bon on the Fourth ol July. the
(Bowen)i
Aubade(Norbury);
CometSololheiralbumsthisway,as I wouldthink
addition
Hynnto I'd RathetHaveJesuslHimes),
ofchorus
on
itemslike
soloisl
lhat way mys€lfwhenchoosingrepeF
lhe Fallenlrcm SavingPrivateRyan BramwellTaylor;Prccessionto Covtoire.Someol thearlangemenls
belong
addssignificantly
to theprogram's
suc- enant (Himes);Anlhem of the Frce
on the Corydisc,but howcan you not
cess. I wascaptivat€d
throughout
lhe
lcollin): A Gaelic B/ess/rg (Buller/
considerFetud lo Solento a classic program
such
was
th€irserious,
de€ply
Steadman-Allen).
(Well-played
byJohnFrench)?
Theredre
feltapproach
to thesetamousexceets.
som€ oulslandingnew lranscriplions
pieces.
Th6yarenolallrazzmalazz
and StainesBand hails from just outside
here,lrcmNewsome's
shortFinaletrom
lhat alsomadeth€ overallelfeclaven London.It is a very largebandol 48
lh€ FauslBalletMusicof Gounodto
more impr€ssive.
while most ol the players!In lhe olddays,it an SA band
Loriman'sversions
ottheovertur€sl'h6
scoresareeasilyrecognized
fromtheir exceed50,lhe corpshadto seekspeJollyRobbersby von Suppeand lhs
iilles,
several
may
nol
.
The
Ludlows, cialclearancelTwobandsin one.so lo
be
ThievingMagpighy Rossjni. S€veral
inSteveSykestine
arrangement,
comes speak.Yetwhenlistening
ldid nolthink
soloistsstepconlidently
tont andcenliom Horne/sscorelo Legendsol lhe il wasa ponderous,
heavyunit,though
RogerWebster.Onlhis
l€r,especially
FaI, while TheGaelhasbeenextracted youcouldcertainly
l€ll il wasbaggroup
albumyousoontorgelil isa promolional
kom lhe l\rcolean/Jones
Lastof Ihe lhathadloworkhard
algellingatocused
productandbeginrojoicing
in th€ band
pitch
Mohic€ns
soundtrack.Thiswasa raal blendand
center.The members
andlhe music.Whatmorecan I say?
darkhorseolanalbumbecause,
whileI
rangekom youngrisingteenagerslo
knewKirkintilloch
includingMaisie
Bandwasa solidoudit retiredprotessional,
SummontheHerces.KLklntlllochBand
principal
I
was
unprcpared
lof
how
well
Wiggins,
lorm€r
homboneol
exiremely
(FrankRenton)withGlasgo\4Phoenix
play.
goes
This
wan
Halle
is
lhey
to
allol us ol the
Orch€slra;
she one ol lour
Choir.EgonTT 56:10,Program:S!m- judgemenl
prejudiced
based
on
some
or
Second
Trombonesl
Thelillepiec€is a
mon the Herces(Williams/Ramsey);
preconditioning
a
bias
orexpectalion.
This
lovely,
shortprelude
by
KevinNolbllry,
Hymn lo the Fal6, (Williarns/Smith);
is oneoi lhoselarebrassbandalbums norning songol praisein lh€ British
LocalHero(Knoplle Moficel Inperial
that I will comebackto lime andlime symphonictradition (ala George
March(Williams/Smith);
Bom on lhe
Morning
Has
come.Inlightof9/11/ Bulterworth)
thatcombines
Fourlhol July lwilliams/Smith);Focky againloryearcio
part-song
lrorn01
so
many
of
our
bands
will
be
ask€d
to
Broken
with
Eric
Ball's
(Con'ti/Felnie)i BraveheadSlile (Horner/
playthiskindol musiciI can1lhinkol a
ingSong.Whilelhereis a goodrangeol
Duncan)i Sou/ Bosa Nova lJones/
better
recent
source
for
inspiralion
and
expressiveslyle in the program,the
Morrice);Schrrd/er'sL,sf (Williams/
mumodeling
ol
sone
fine
music
ol
heroic,
bandhasstressed
moremeditative
Smith);Ihd Ludlows(Horne/Sykes);
lashion.
epic
sweep.
Highly
recommend€dl
Postwhich
lhey
handle
in
line
sic,
Ihe 6ael(l\rcCl€an/Jones/Duncan).
script:SomehowAllan Flamseylinds Bolh old classics- H€alon'smaslea
lhe
timeto be bolhmusicaldirectorof pieceJust As / Am, or Goffin'sgfeat
playingbylhis
Whalwond6dul,
uplilting
lhisbandand
bebandmaslerlhefamousmarchAnlhen ol the Frce - and more
tineScottish
band!FrankRenion,guest
SA Band,somelhingol an his- conlemporary
items- Blylh'sGreatCel.
Govan
musicaladvisorand condlrclor,has
qbntion ot MackorclhsKeepMe P6isfeatin brassbandhisiory.
loric
teamedup wilh nusicaldireclorAllan
package
ing- roundoula well-balanced
Ramsaylo slruclurea solidpackageof
Selvalion
ArmvBrassBands
ot goodqualilySA music.A handsome
heroicmusicfrom recentfilm scores.
production,
withgoodinformalion
supplayingis so solidly
TheslraighttoMard
Aubade.SlalneaBand (Tim Parker). pliedon the musicandlhe musicians.
symphonic
al timesI was not sureat
SP&S Ltd. SPS 149 CD. TT 65:25.
timesthatlwas hearinga Britjshbrass
PrcglamtTheGtandCelebrarbn(Blylh); Glory!Glory!fhe Intenalional Slaff
bandl The openingtrumpelsolo in
ln Peiect Peace \Downie);Ptayet of
Ramsay'sarrangoment
olWilliams
SumIharksglyllrg(Himes);
Euphonium
Soloonpage33
conlinued
non theHeroesI consider
amongsome -Spiril
ol L/fe(CalheMood),
soloistAn-
TheBrass
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a00l
conlinued frcm page 32
ch bandsoundihey neverallowvibrato BandFestivallastJune, lt provedafine
lo
be a distraction,though their outsouvenirtorthosealtheevenllhatwanted
Band (StephenCobb). SP&S. Ltd.
slanding
phon
cornet
and
eu
ium
soloists
to
take a little of this band home with
SP&S 147. TT: 69130.Program: Ihe
are
beginninglo
pronounced
be
more
in
them.
Continuingin the long line of
Proclaimers(Norbury);Baritone Hom
paramelerlhanin the past. That is
this
superb
recordings
by one ot the finest
Solot My Stary and Song (Fosier/
problemin AndrewJustice'sabso- corpsbandsin NorlhAmetica,HisGloty
not
a
Sleadman-Allen),
soloistSimonEirkett;
lutely driven performanceot Bruce P/oclaimmaintainsa good standardot
Exultate! (Dawnie); EuphontumSoio:
demandingMyRefuge.the
bolh reperloireand perfomance. The
TheGreatAdventure(Bearcrolt),sotoist Broughton's
extremely
fast
tempos
in
the
allegro
opening
festivalarrangemenl The Call
DerekKane;Exodus(Ball);CornetSolo:
jusl on the edge ol the
sections
are
of
Righteous,
unfoldswith great clarity
Just Like Him lcamsey), soloist David
manageable
by
all
yet
concerned,
thal
and
confidence
and lhat approachconOaws; Pralse's Pawer \Ayma); Truth
seems
a
calculated
choice
y
by
soloisl
nuessimila
t
from
thereon- Onerarity
Atame (Norbury);TromboneSolo: My
and
conduclor,
the
lislener
being
taken
is
an
unpublished
work,
Ovenurc b a
,gefoge(Broughlon)soloistAndrewJus,
fora
kind
of
spiril
ual
white-kn
uckle
ride.
Joyous
Ove
rlu
re,
by
Motley
Calved,wntlicet Standing Somewhere in the ShadRivetingl
The
ISB
always
impresses
me
len
lor
the
band
in
1983
as lhe SA
ows \Dowrie)tGloty!GIoryl(Heaton).
as abandin whicheveryoneis
listening, celebraied100yearsin Canada.There
Eic Ball'stone poemffom the 1930s, then thinking aboLrtthe end muslcal is muchol inleresthere,lhoughas an
result,nol jusl lhe momenlaryeffecl. lt
occasional'work
it is not up someolthat
E)(odus,provideslhe meaty cenler oJ
is
lhis
aspecl
ol
lheif
music
making
that
comPosers
besi
composilions,I am
lhis excellentCD by lhe SA's premiere
makeslhem
pleased
such
a
specialband.
While
to
see
a
SA band still playing
band. One dramaticpo(ion ol the work
abov€
lmenlioned
(only
a
slightconcern
greatm atch.Atmyol
EmilSoderskom
s
later seNed at a pivotai spot in his
th6
finestgroups
gel
held
to
the
highest
God,
winner
lhe
of
the SA's 1930 NamaslerpieceFesurgam,anolhet work
standa
rd),
lhis
is
slill
a
most
oLrtstand
ing
lional
Composers
Competition
in the
symbolic
ofpassingfromdealhlolife.lf
played
gr6at
disc
panache
wilh
yearlalerin
and
skill,
Published
USA.
a
lhe
short'
you haveneverheardlhis dramaticm!producedwith greal care and artand
lived
lirstversion
ol
lhe
American
Festisic may lsay Exodusaloneis worlhlhe
isiry.
Theif
concl!ding
reading
of
val
Series,
it
was
?escored'forlhe
UK's
priceot th6 CD? The band is at its very
Heatois
Gloryl
Glorylshows
this
to
be
General
Series
decades
lat€f,
in
an
besl in lhis score,a truly magniticonl
job that did not enhance the
the
best
recording
(musical
so
far
inlea
ediling
and inspiringreading.Bul you will get
pretation,technicaihandling,etc)and is
originaiand6v6nellminatedth6lastnole
much more than thal, includingsome
represeniative
ol
why
lhey
are
siill
lhe
or'slinger'!ll youcanevergettheofiginal
linenew SA musicp ayedwithgreatskill
premiereSAband.Highlyrecommended. testivalsefiesscoring,doso, Londonis
andconviclion,Theirapproachto ]r/rlh
bestatthe dynamic,brilliantpiece,while
Aflame.a dynam:tc
new ovedurealready
His
G|ory
Prcclaim.
London
Citadel
slightly al ill ease in more sensitive
given a greal recordingby lhe NYSB,
Band (John Lam). LondonCitadeland
lyricalpassageswhere problemsoccabringslo.th olher aspects ot the work
Wor
d
Records
Group
SA-LCB-24.
Tf
sionallyoccur,bul never of an obvious
lhal may beginlo prove that Norbury's
55:20. Program:CaI ol the Righteous nature. John Lam is developinginlo a
piece will transcendits time and beflnebandlrainerand
He and
conduclor.
\Condon);DeepRiver(Btouhgton);Oyelcome a classicworthy and capabe of
lute
to
The
Magic
F
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(MozarVKenyon);
u
le
the
band
have
achieved
something
very
multipleinterpretations.
SlephenCobb
alwaysproducesa rnusicalpertormance, I Vaw To Thee\HolsllSleadman-AlJen)l worthwhilein this lhoughtlul,balanced,
Oveiurc toa JoyousOccasior(Calved)i and well-playedprogram ot prima ly
a gracelul, classical approach to lhe
Army af God lsodercltom); Hymn lor
sacred music. lf you have not heard
brass bandj but never lackingin ffie or
(TuninJ; Therc ls a Bedeemer
Diana
LondonCitadelinatewyears(say,since
vervewhenneeded.Forthelirsttimen
His
Glory
Proclain
NABBAjnToronto),may I commendlhis
\Ballantine)t
lqaynetl
seve€l ISBrecordings!nderCobb,howCornet
Solo-/n
lhe
Love
of
Jesus
recordingloyou? You willnol bedisapever,I detecledjust a lew limesof faulty
(Hammond/Steadman-Allen),
pointed.
soloisi
intonalion.Certainlynot all peruasive,
Darin Tiley; Prccessionta Covenant
bul enough10surpriseme lor a bandal
(H mes)'.Motwation (HlmesJ; Morecan be
Laudaie.Norwich Citadel Band (Ron
thls highest level. Al other limes they
(G€en)Young).
SP&SLtd.SP&SCD 148.TT
are consislentlysupeb. They are, in
many ways, my band ol first choice in
LondonCitadel Band broughtthis recantinued on page 34
the Britishscenebecausern iheirlull,
coding lo the Great Amencan Brass
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Where Duty Calls: Favourites of the
66:38. Program: Praise Hin! lgulla)l
78rpm Era, Volume ///. Varous SA
Spititof theLivingGod\Gullidge);/ Love
Bands
and Choirs,1948-1957,includyoa, Lord (Klein/Davies)
| The Liberatar ingISBandRosehillBand.SP&SLtd.
{[,larshall);Trumpet Solo: Holy, Holy, SPS 14f CD.TT69:51.PtogtamtMinHoly(Bulla),soloistRichardWoodrow;
neapolis lV (Soderstrom);Go Doryn
BandChorus:A HeadSleadfasl(Mack);
The King of
Moses (Sieadman-Allen)t
Vallfickansdans (Aliven/Hanson)i
K/rgs (Ball);Choral ltem-Ihe Nery
Melodyin A at(Btahms/Jakeway);
EuJerusalem lBaor); Wells of Gladness
phoniumSolo: Locomolionlgearcton),
(Sleadman-Allen);
TromboneSolo-Ihe
soloistDaniel Bealtie:MarcheMililaire
P celess Gift (Audoire),Sololst Cyfil
Do,
Fra,rcalse(Saint-Saens/Kenyon);
Etisley:ln Quiet Pastures(Steadman'
lordl {Mackerelh);Laudate Dominum
Allen)i EuphoniumSolo-Ransomed
(Gregson); Come Alive ln Christ
(l\,,larshall),
SoloistJoshWallord;Choral
(Bosanko).
llem- Melcy'sLight(ar. Leidzen)iScot'
tish Gems (Jakeway)i t4lhereDuIy Calls
Ihe apeningFanfatePrclLdebySlephen (Jakeway);
Crcwn of Conquest
Bulla by this Nortolk-basedband will
(SteadmanAllen).
capture your attention,convnce you
lhat lhis is a seriousgroup ol play€rsl
Thegreatworlhofthisthirdinihe hisloric
Actually,lhey afe a band with a great
recordingsof UK SA bandsis the pedorlradilion,one thal continuesunder Ron
manceof lwo keysoloistsol lhe IntemaYoung, who took over this venerable
tional Stall Band iunder the legendary
locaicorpsband in 1995. Amonglh6
Josh
BemardAdams):euphonlumist
highlightsisaverycrediablerendiiionoi
Wallord and pdncipaltrombone Cyril
alto solo, TheOld
Leidzen'sdemanding
Brisley. Brisleyplayed47 years in this
RusticBtidge,'t6eonlyCD vercionI can
iamedband,from1929lo 1976,a lacl
polni lo in my coll€ciion.Congratulagleanedfrom th6 6xcellenlnoles supiions to soloistDavid Winch,and band
plied by DeryckTurlon.Thal same ISB
ior binging thisworkbacklo lilel Oneof
under Adams recordedBalls King of
the most allractiveilems is Torgny
Kingsin 1953;wecaptureAdamsguid'
Hanson'siranscriptionof the Hugo
ingwhatbecameone oJlhe fineslbands
Alfvef s (Swedishsymphonist)evocaof anyera. whrlernoslolthe SA bands
tion of native lolk liddlets, Vallfickans
recorded by Regai Zonophonecame
dans. The band is disciplined,
well
lrom the generalLondonarea,this protraned.Thereare lapses n pilch,but
qram coniainsa rare recordingol the
rarelyin ensemble.Theirgood eitorlon
Edinburgh
GorgieBandunderlheirgreat
LaudaleDaminumwouldbe representaleader,AlexThain,a manwhobef ended
tive oi lhis observation,the end result
me duringhis reUremenl.He had been
cornpelent,convincing.The overallimln chargeotceriain
aspeclsol lhelamed
pressionisaveryfavorableone,
theband
EdinburghFestivaland Tatoo, this in
excellngmorein marchesand brilliant
ln leading
addilion
to hisvolunteerwork
arrangemenlslhan in lyrical,legato
this large,Jamousband. Jakeways
music. The program is laid out well,
Scottlsh Gems is
providinggoodcontraslsin the listening charming selection
jusl del ghllulin thisconiexil Thereare
llow. This is anolhergood SP&Sproiile
included,
buttheycan
a lewvocalltems
oJa represenlalive
corpsbandol considbe quicky sklppedover.You can heara
erablelalentand skill. CheckoulNor- yolng
Ray Steadman'Alenconduct
wich Citadel at their websitel
BegenlHall Bandin his selectionwel/s
www.norwichciladeIband.org.uk
al Gladnessor hear Ketteing Band
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BridgeDecember200l
(aboutas far northas they usuallywenl
for bandsto record)underanotherlegend, A.E. Munn, play thal same
compose/s llne march Crown of Conguesl In a nicetlvistoJhistory,Rayno\,v
residesin Kettering.The samevolume
has an older Caplain Steadman-Allen
leadjng Tolenham Band (later Enfied
Go
hisimaginalive
varialions,
Citadel)in
DownMoses.The titletune, WhereDuty
Cal/s,isalonepoembyAlvertJakeway,
a workthalwas alllhe ragewhenlwas
about 10'.11years old. I remember
travelingwilh my fatherone summeflo
about four diJlerentSA music camps,
playing t in the top band each session
Boy, did I know thal one by Augusl
especiallythe greal Janlaresetting oi
^Sland Up Stand Up lor Jesus" lhal
Thisis
wrapsit allupin grandiosestylel
unsophislicatedbut a1
straightJorward
the same time very approprialemarlia
of Chrs'
mlsiclhatstirreda generalion
lian rnusicians,Lislenio il conductedby
the composerand his own fine-tuned
FlosehillBand.
ln the Firing Line: Favou tes ol lhe
78rym eE, volumo /ll Vaious SA
BandsandChoir,1927- 1957,including
ISB andSP&SBand, SP&SLtd.SPS
151 CD. TT 54i20. PtoTamt Old Cam.
paignerc (Jakeway\ Hotbsly(l\,larshall):
Choral ltem--7hlsls lhe Day lctanl):
Co metDue|--Always Cheeiu |\J akeway),
soloislsDerekSmith and JamesWil_
liams:TheCenlralStates(Soderslrom)
The Triumph al Peace (Ball); The Gospel Slo,y(Golfin);Choralltems--ASong
of Grateful Ptaise lPipetl and lf ThouBe
Neal (Boon)i we wi Fight (Ball); To
Realms Above \Jake\\ay\ ln the Fiing
l/re (Coles).
These worthwhile'clean ups of o d 78
recodings provide us not only wilh a
grandwayotsludyingbrassbandperlor
mancepraclice- this volumestretchrng
continuedon page35
continuedhompage 34
slraight--ahead
he is withthe expressive
elemenls
in
one of histinest,mosl com50 years,from1927to 1957, butalso
pact scores, Here he leadsthe lamed
servesto dustotf severalpiecesthat
pre-WorldWar llSP&S Bandandwould
deservethe
lighlol day.Amongtheseis
soon
takeoverlhelSB. llyouareatthe
grandmeditation
GeorgeMarshall's
on
least interestedin the hislory of brass
lhehymniuneHorbuly,
wherein
heshows
himselfa hue harmonicinnovatorand bands,theselwo alblms willnot disappoinlyou. JrJstlisleningtolhe changes
manipulatorolthematiclransformation.
in aniculationover the decades is an
Yet llhink the mosl inleresting
cui
education
in itself. Don't miss these
included
isthecomelduelAlwaysCheercareful,
lhoughtful
revivals
of bygoneeras
ful(Jakeway)
by youngDerekSmith
and
in
our
herilage.
James
(laiergreat
Williams
SA bandmaslers).Recordedin 1950with the
Ros€hillBand,il is a Jascinating
docu,
mentof twoplayersat the beginning
oJ
lheir illustrious
musicalcareers.Anotherrevelation
was EricBall'smatteF
otfactconducting
of hisownT umphof
Peac€;yearslaterhe woulddo much
more wilh it, but it js amazinghow
SoloAlbums
Oratlor. Slephon Mead, Euphonium,
with Williams Falrey Band (Howard
Snell).PolyphonicQPBL209D.
TT72:38.
Prcgjamt Pequena Czatda lllvfialde/
Woude); / na (8ozzalwoude)i Euphonium Concedo (Wilby)t Walther's Pize
Song {Wagne/Bale); Fantasiadi conce.fo (Eoccalari/Meredith\The Larkin
the Cleat Air (Carherwood); Mr. Euphonium \Moten)t lntroduction, Theme,and
ya./ations (Rossini/Brennar);Oration
(Snell).
Stephen Mead never seems to slow
down. Herewe havehiminfullstride,at
the peakofhisabilities,andin a prcgram
that may his best yel in his wonderful
seriesotsoloeuphoniumprograms,especiallylhese es releasedon the Polyphoniclabel. There is no questionthat
the highlighlo, the djsc is lhe magnilicent pertormanceof the Philip Wilby
EuphoniumConceo. Bandandsoloisl
are her€ at lhe lop of their gafie. The
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lor celloand stringor'
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newslowmelodysolossloodoul for me,
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See You Later,AI igatarlarr.Woodlield)
lheBozzaAl,aand
thetiUelune,
Howard
Buedi'sown tfanscription,the allbrass
lr'lacAtlhur Pak (an. FenieJ.
Snell'sO/.allol,,composedas a memoversioncomplimenting
glnalalllhe
or
rial lo two triends. Van der Woudehas
stringvorsion. The other stringworks
I\,4any
ol our NABBA membershave a
revivedthefamiliarrecilalpieceAra in a
lhal havebeentranstormed
here
include
second
lfe as concerl band diteclors
lovelysetting.
Snell'selegiacsongbings
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lhosg
tor
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and
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is ample contrast provided by some
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fiendishlydifficultwork. Among my
wind band arrangemenlsof a popular
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E/egle. Thomas Ruedi, euphonium
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comparing
versions
can
soloist,wilh BrassbandBurgermusik
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and
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continued
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Gymnopedie
#1 (Satie/Smilh);
Sirulhl
Folk
(Horovilz);
Song
Fantasy
\Hazell);
-Jeuxd'enfanE
for.Iuba(M.Brand);Suite
Suilelor Brass#1 leoodwinJ:TwoSpiri(BizelJG.B'and); Camaby Stre€t (Hart);
tuals(Fetnie)',
Hademn a9March(i w pin)|
HornSolo..Sunrlse(Hart),soloistI\,4ariel
Songs
ofthe
Aneican Draam(Ellerby).
Minutella; Ihe Delenders (Newton);
Skynder (Hatl); Drcams and Fancies
(M. Brand).
The work of grealestinterestto NABBA
memberswillbe MichaelBland's(sonof
Geoflrcy) Four Tempercmentg a 14minute work ,or iuba and wind band,
which also exisls, I am lold, in a brass
bandve€ion. NABBAfavoriteStephen
Sykes shines forth as the soloist capable ol taking us througha series of
vadationsthatinv6siigalethe lraditional
'tempers'of mankind,a ftusical subject
that has been embracedby composers
like Hindemithand Nielsen. Michael
Brandmighi be labelleda modeh-day
KurtWeill,at homewithblendingBroadway and classicalmusic gestuteslhat
transcendsa tr6ndy,crossovereJiorts.
Th6olh€rtwocomposers,PaulHartand
Rodney N€wlon, share some ol lhat
approach,bolhwrilingmusicmarkedby
wit, humor,and much gracefulcharm,
Geoffrey Brand is representedin an
excellenl transcriptionsuite of lhr€e
movemenlstrom one of Bizet's{inest
wo(ks,Jeuxd'enlants.we tendtoforget
in NABBA that Geoureyhas quile the
career in the wind band field, as bolh
conduclorandaflanger,perhapswithan
evengreaterreputalionandrangethanin
our own subcullure,NigelBoddiceand
thisfinemililarybandinterprellhisafiay
ol recenl wind band music, odginalor
arranged,wilhcare,
aCCuracy,
andmuch
expressivezeal. Thisallowsuslo make
a carelulassessmenlol muchtine new
musicin highlyaccessiblemodernstyle,
much of which will also be availablein
brassband format.
F/ashlSandstormBrass Quinlel. Egon
SFZ1O4ITT62t42.Pftgram TheFlash
([.4oralsmith);Att Misbehavin'(Walle
Notis); FiveEIizabethanDances lF etnletI
lor brassensemblemusicfor lhis combinationthewelf producedpackagelists
the variouspublishers,
whichrangelrom
Sandstorm [,4usicitself, to Chesier,
Rosehill,Obrasso,andotherwell-known
firms, One unexpectedaspect ot the
ThefirstlhingtoclarifyisthatSandstorm programis theinclusionoJafi angemenls
BrassQuintetis a brass band type by MartinEllerbyand JospehHorovitz,
quintet,and a modellor suchgroups notedcomposeFof originalmusic.The
formedwithinNABBAbands.Theper
recordinglailhlullyreproducesthegroup
sonnelincludestoplevelplayerswith without emphasizinga 'closemike' efmarked
success
inihebrassbandarena:leci thatcanmar chamberbrassrecordComelsFlichard
lrarshall,
Alan[,4orrison; ings. We hear each individualquite
AlloHornSandy
SmithiTrombone
Nick cleady but also gain a fine blended
Hudson;
TubaShaunCrowther.
Therep- sound, as il you were seated about 4
erloirerangeslromfamiliarquintetfare rows back,dead center, A solidchafilirslshaped
Jorgroupslikethe
Canadian ber brass recordingI can heartilycomBrassand
PhilipJones
BrassEnsemble, mendonseve€llevelsl
io worksdesigned
forSandslorm,
espe'
ciallythoseby membsrSandySmith.
Theopeninglune,a SandySmithversionofMora's
1869galop,
convinces
!s
we are in lhe presence
ol live virtuosi,
Thocornets
arecapable
ofsounding
lik€
irumpetswhenoveritis
appropiaie,
and
lhe sameis true,in termsof orchestral
horn,ollheamazing
SmilhonAltoHom.
ldidn'tleellike
lwaslislening
toa brass
band'qlintel - but just an excellent
quint6twilh addedcolor dimensions,
especiallyin the upperthree voices,
somethingnot alwayspresentin the
symphonic
version,Forthoseiookrng
The Music of Buxlon Off. Royal Scot.
tlsh Academy of Muslc Wlnd Orchestra and Academy Brass (BryanAllen
and Nigel Boddice).Doyen TT 68158.
PtogAm. Tournamenl for Ten Piece
B.ass Ensemble: Trcmbone Concerto,
Soloisllan BoustioldiNaftalon fot Symphonic Wind Orchestrc; A Caledonian
Suile.BuxtonOff (1924-1998)
BuxtonOrr (1924-1997)contribuled
conlinued on page 38
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widely to brass band and wind band
lilerature,bul lhose were by no means
his main areas of composition. This
tecotdingwas compiledlrom a concert
jn homageto this Scottishtalentshodly
atterhis dealh in December1997. The
t\ivobrasschoiritemsare scoresfor PBJ
style group: 4 trumpels; t horn; 4
trombones;1 tuba. The wind ensemble
workstrulyreflectan approachto inslrumenlationthatfollowwhatthecomposer
chooses,ratherthana preselvoicingset
by a publisher. Ofi's style is bitingly
modern,bul primarilytonal.The heavyweighlworkhereislhe 20-minutelrombone Concefto,playedconvincinglyby
lan BousJeld.Bothensemblesfrornthe
RoyalScotlishAcademyoi Musicare a
credii bolh io lhat excoll€ntconserualory and a tributelo the tine wolk by the
lwo conduclorc,Allenand Boddico. f,4y
only slighl conplaint on the prodlction
isthalwhilewegeta shorlnotebyOft on
his inl€reslingNaffation,as well as lhe
openingToumamenl,no informationis
supplied on the Concerto nor on ihe
an?clive CaledonianS./i6. While lhis
lasl pieceis nol programmaticin nature,
Ofi cerlainlyreachesintolhe heritageol
Scoltishlolk music and dance tor his
inspiration.A line tr buteto Orr and his
mlsic, marked by soljd playing in the
brasschoir,line wind band sound,and
by an outstandingsoloistal lhe peak ol
hls cateer,
Jubilant Ovefture\Reed); Shotl Ride On
a Fast Machine (Adaffs) .
Anolher fine colleclionof live perfor
mancesol Wide-ranging
andmOsllyconiemporarywind band musicrepfesenting allfive divisonsor sections.Notable
recordingsby lhe elite division unts:
SarpsborgJanilsjalkolpsol Hindemith's
Konzertmusik(nol the Symphony of
Band) and LilleslromMusikorpsot ihe
windbandversionot Adams'ShortFide.
YouNaughty,NaughtyMen. Saxton's
Cohet Band. Producedby Saxton's
Comet Band. If 57'.01.P(ogtafi: 7th
Regiment Quickstep; Magnalia Polka;
Dearest Spotan Eafth;Tiger Auickstep;
Daughter af the Regiment Overturc;
ScenesThatAre Bighlest; Dixie'sLand
Medley Quickstep: Anvil Chotus; Our
Quickstep: Finale frcn Lucia di
Lanmenoot: You Naughty, Naughty
Men; Baher al Seville; Yankee Daodle
Vai alions; Silver Maon Quickstep/Farewe| My Lilly DearMedley;GeneralTaylor
Stoming Manlercy;Bdn d'Amou (Dance
of Love) Polka; Wood Up! Quickstep.
Here'sa dandy.Dander yei lf you like
Civil War era music. Saxton'sCornei
Band,ot Lexinglon,Kentucky,usuallya
feaiure group at lhe Great Arnercan
Brass Band Festival,hjls lhe bull's-eye
with th s interesiingand diversecollectionoi eighteen
mid-19th
cenlurypieces
lrom
variety
selected
a
of hislodcbooks.
Most are afiangementsactuallyplayed
Nowegian Wlnd Band Champianships
by bandsol the day, and allhoughlhey
2001. Live Recording/Double
CD. Vaiare a cenlury and a hall old, lhey are
ous Wind Bands. Doyen. TT CD #1
most refreshing.Addingto the aulhen60:50;CD #2 58:25iTotalTT 1r59:15.
ticity,lhe band plays on period inslruProgram CD #1. Konzettmusik fual
ments.And in lune, no less, which is
A/asorchesler(Hindemith);
Fanfare and
quitean accompllshmenlThe lisl in the
Chola/{Hovland);Dawn Flighl lwilby)l
bookJel
is enoughlo makea colleclors
Armenian Dances lReed); Affinity and
eyes pop out. The booklet is clever,
Fellawship lg'aks1ad\ Stabsaabesk
complete with some amuslng photos
(Thommesen).Ptogtafi CD *2: ln Meguys
thatmighllead
onetobelieveihese
moriam (fraslanka); Blue Shades
might reallybe naughty.See for youF
(ficheli); llly an Dances(Woolfenden);
self;thls CD is a winner,with supeb
Ovedurc lot a New Age (de Haan);A
playinganda verywellbalancedrecord-
38
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Band
Bridge December2001
jng. Fleviewedby Paul Eierley,noted
Band Historian. To order contacll
Saxlon's Brass Band/1430Union city
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Recordings
JazzEnsemble
Evidence. BgC Big Band (Jiggs
Whigham).DoyenDOY CD 111.TT
60:01. ProgramlDeed I Do lcla\4an):
Dindi lwiesler): Yes Sir, That'sMy Baby
(Batone);LesletWenlOul(Juulilainen);
The Touchof Your Lipslwilkins); Irou
Swel/(Wiesler);Clair ObscotlBola d)'
Eviclence ClaylonJ: Blues fot Clare
(Ferguson);You
d 8e So NiceTo Come
Home To (Albam); Shout Me Oul
(Clayton).
Tromboneso oisl and bandleaderJiggs
Whigham drives his crew through an
excitingprogramot excellontbig band
music.They play with great verve and
accuracy,withlotsolenergy,bulalways
underconlrol,
Thegrouprnainlainsaline
aftay o, soloists beyond the up-Jront
man. Thestylesof lhe arrangement6are
lo
up-lo-dat6wilhoutbeinginaccessible
the averagelislener, The standoutatrangementsareby
JohnClayton,includ
ing the iille compositionby Thelonious
[,4onk,Evidence,in which Clalon does
nol lakea condescendrng
approach,bul
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respectsthe
albumcloser, ShoutM€ Oul, takes the
iniel.
fomoiahigh-energy
shoulchorus
spersedwiih solid blues chorus solos.
No wonderthe Bitish BroadcasiCorporation Big Band band was voled lour
times"BesiBig Band'in the IJKduing
the 1990s.This was the first CD I have
receivedon Doyens Jazz series; lh s
portendswellior theirfutureefforis.Very
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to those NABBA memberswho enjoy
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