Gouden Spiker Festival, Northern Holland (April 2012)

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This is the part of the Gala Concert from the Gouden Spiker Brass Festival, held near Drachten in Northern Holland during April 2012.

The band is the Spijkerpakkenband, conducted by Thijs Oud and the music is Richard Phillip's beautiful setting of 'In Christ Alone'.

 

 

 


 

B&R winning performance, RAH (Oct 2011)

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Brighouse and Rastrick Band (conductor - Professor David King), National Brass Band Championship 2011, winning performance of 'Breath of Souls' by Paul Lovatt-Cooper (15th October 2011)

 

Audio Only (BBC Recording - embedded from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00l7x2v)

 

 

 

 

 

Leicester Co-op Band 40th Anniversary Concert (Oct 2011)

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Leicester Co-op Band 40th Anniversary Concert, held in The Palace Theatre, Ibstock on 8th October 2011. The band is conducted by Graham Jacklin.

'The Great Race' is the third movement of Peter Graham's Euphonium Concerto titled 'In League With Extraordinary Gentlemen'.

The music follows Phileas Fogg on the last stage of his epic journey "Around the World in Eighty Days" (from the novel by Jules Verne). The moto perpetuo nature of the music gives full rein to the soloist's technical virtuosity. As the work draws to a conclusion, the frantic scramble by Fogg to meet his deadline at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London, is echoed by the soloist's increasingly demanding ascending figuration, set against the background of Big Ben clock chimes

'In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen' was first performed in the brass band version by David Thornton and the Black Dyke Band, conductor Nicholas Childs, at the RNCM Concert Hall Manchester on January 30, 2009.

 

David Thornton performing Peter Meechan's 'Floating Dreams' for Euphonium and CD accompaniment. This piece was originally written for tenor horn (and dedicated to Peter's wife, Julie) but has since been adapted for both tuba and euphonium. This was the world premiere performance of the euphonium version.

 

'In Christ Alone' is an arrangement by Richard Phillips, bandmaster at the Kettering Citadel Band of the popular modern hymn by Stuart Townend and Keith Getty. This is evidenced by the frequent use it enjoys during Sunday worship in many different denominational churches. The strength and solidity of the song is reflected in this triumphal arrangement, written at the request of Derick Kane and as a sequel to the earlier euphonium solo, 'There Will Be God'.

 

'Softly, As I Leave You' (Devita arr. Catherall) - David Thornton is joined by Steve Barham (principal euphonium of Leicester Co-op Band). 

 

 

Life Of Lynda Gala Concert - Regent Hall (July 2011)

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'Life Of Lynda' Gala Concert held at Regent Hall, London, on 3rd July 2011. David Thornton is accompanied by the Regent Hall SA Band, conducted by Paul Sharman.

Czardas (Vittorio Monti arr. Wilson)

 

Lament from 'Stabat Mater' (Karl Jenkins arr. Wainwright/Childs)

 

 

 

 

Wingates Band at Whit Friday (June 2011)

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Wingates Band (conducted by David Thornton) performing Ravenswood during the Whit Friday March Contest (June 2011)

 

 

David Thornton and Riki McDonnell (April 2011)

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David Thornton and Riki McDonnell perform 'The Pearlfishers Duet' by Bizet during a demo for Sterling Instruments at the Frankfurt International Music Fair (April 2011)

 

Variations on My Grandfathers Clock (Aug 2010)

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 'My Grandfather's Clock' performed during the Armagh Brass Band Summer School (Aug 2010)

 

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Euphonium Concerto by Joseph Horovitz (Dec 2009)

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Concerto by Joseph Horovitz (Mvt.1: Moderato) performed with the Manger Brass Band in Bergen, Norway (Dec 2009)

 

Concerto by Joseph Horovitz (Mvt.2: Lento) performed with the Manger Brass Band in Bergen, Norway (Dec 2009)

 

Concerto by Joseph Horovitz (Mvt.3: Con Moto) performed with the Manger Brass Band in Bergen, Norway (Dec 2009)

 

 

Philip Wilby Euphonium Concerto (June 2009)

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Euphonium Concerto by Philip Wilby, filmed during the Black Dyke Band Brass Festival (June 2009)