RAH Gala Artists Revealed
Kapitol Promotions can announce that the pre-Results Ceremony Gala Concert at this year's Championship Section Final 2023 will see Scotland’s Whitburn Band appear with top trumpet soloist and Smith-Watkins Brass Instruments Artist, Mike Lovatt. Whitburn and Mike Lovatt have presented three concerts together so far: a virtual one in 2020, the band’s 150th anniversary one in February, and another in May 2023.
Said Kapitol’s MD, Philip Morris: “Welsh and English Champion Bands have featured at past Gala Concert concerts at the RAH, so this year we wanted to feature Scotland’s 2022/2023 Champion and 2023 Grand Shield Champion, Whitburn, to represent its nation with the in-demand trumpeter, Mike Lovatt.”
Enthusing about appearing at the RAH concert, Mike Lovatt, who helped Amersham Band by sitting in its ranks at the London & Southern Counties Area Qualifying Contest earlier this year, commented “I’m so excited about playing at the National pre-results concert this coming October. It’s great to be performing with the Scottish Champion, Whitburn, following our fabulous concert in May this year. The music performed will include the exciting, stratospheric MacArthur Park, plus Hollywood gems arranged by Colin Skinner. See you there!".
Charlie Farren, Whitburn’s Chairman commented: “Our thanks go to Kapitol Promotions for the opportunity to perform in concert at the Royal Albert Hall with such a world-renowned soloist as Mike Lovatt. It will be great for everyone at Whitburn to perform with Mike again after our successful concerts with him in recent years.”
Entry to the pre-Results Ceremony Gala Concert is included in the day's ticket price, as well as 20 performances of one of brass banding's most famous works: ‘Of Men and Mountains’ (Edward Gregson).
To purchase tickets for the pinnacle of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 2023 (in one of the most iconic live music venues in the world: London’s Royal Albert Hall), please contact the RAH Box Office directly: +44 (0) 20 7589 8212 (Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00) contact@royalalberthall.com Door 12 (09:00-21:00 except when there is no show in the auditorium, when they close at 17:00)
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