City of Sounds: Reflections in Brass and Boult - featuring Tredegar Town Band and Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Ensembles
City of Sounds Festival
£12 (£10) (£3, BCU students)
Conductor Ian Porthouse and Christopher Houlding
Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band and Symphonic Brass with Tredegar Town Band
Matthew White euphonium
Programme to include:
Shostakovich Festival Overture
Philip Wilby Euphonium Concerto
Eric Ball Resurgam
Gustav Holst arr. S.Roberts The Planets (Excerpts)
Marking mid-week in the final week of performances in the Adrian Boult Hall the Conservatoire Brass Band and Symphonic Brass Ensemble are joined by elite of the brass banding world and Ensemble in Residence, Tredegar Town Band. In a spectacular retrospective featuring works from previous projects and a musical tribute to works for brass championed by Sir Adrian Boult, this will be a commanding send-off for the hall with over 70 musicians on stage!
City of Sounds Festival
In a city recognised for its architectural transformations, the City of Sounds festival is an invitation to remember, to celebrate and to look to the future of Birmingham’s rich music scene.
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