Sound the trumpet – and the horns, trombones and tuba! An evening of melodies you love, from Bach to Broadway, presented with a fanfare by the fabulous brass players of the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Who doesn’t feel a thrill at the sound of brass instruments? From the grandest pageantry to the most jubilant celebration; whether they’re raising the roof or making the heart glow with quiet emotion, there’s no music that can’t be played by a great brass section, and the BBC Concert Orchestra has one of the best in the business – players who know how to swing as well as shine.
Tonight they take the spotlight in a concert packed with melody: majestic classics by Elgar and Bach, showstoppers by Gershwin and Sondheim and tuneful British favourites old and new, as well as a very special tribute to our much-loved, much-missed former chief conductor Bramwell Tovey. With music spanning two continents and four centuries, expect stirring fanfares, toe-tapping melodies and sounds to make your heart leap, as a brass ensemble from BBC Concert Orchestra comes to Great Yarmouth in a blaze of glory.
Richard Ward Conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra Brass Ensemble
Bramwell Tovey Deo Gloria
Francis Poulenc O Magnum Mysterium
J.S. Bach arr. Christopher Mowat Suite for Brass
Sally Beamish In the Stillness
Edward Elgar arr. Dudley Bright Severn Suite
Gordon Langford London Miniatures
Stephen Sondheim arr. Roger Harvey Send in the Clowns
Sammy Fain arr. Matthew Lewis Alice in Wonderland
George Gershwin arr. Mark Nightingale Suite from Porgy and Bess