Programme

Karl Jenkins Fragile Earth
Peter Graham Force of Nature, Concerto for Euphonium *
Philip Wilby Astralis (first performance of this version with accompanying film)
Andrea Price New work (world première)
Edward Gregson Concerto for Trombone ^
Edward Gregson Of Men and Mountains

Performers

Nicholas Childs conductor
David Childs euphonium *
Ian Bousfield trombone ^

About

Part of RNCM International Brass Band Festival.

David Childs’ appearance is kindly sponsored by Besson.

Black Dyke Band begins their programme with Sir Karl Jenkins’ Fragile Earth – his first major work for the brass band medium. Collaborating with young people from the National Youth Brass Band of Britain and The Wildlife Trusts, Jenkins composed this three-movement piece to explore the impact of human interaction with the environment, emphasizing climate change and the restorative power of the natural world.

Peter Graham’s Force of Nature, a musical retrospective of Ernest Hemingway’s extraordinary life, is realised by the soloist who the concerto was written for, David Childs before a new rendition of Philip Wilby’s Astralis is performed with an accompanying film.

A brand-new work by Andrea Price makes way for another of the festival’s soloists, trombonist Ian Bousfield, known as one of the most influential brass players of his generation. Together, Black Dyke Band and Ian will perform Edward Gregson’s virtuosic Concerto for Trombone before the programme concludes with another of Gregson’s beloved pieces, inspired by a trip the composer took through the Rocky Mountains in Canada.

Tickets:

Black Dyke Band – Royal Northern College of Music