Foden’s to Preview Nationals at Regent Hall
Foden's, the recently crowned Open Champion and defending National Champion has announced the programme that it will perform at its preview appearance at the Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival on Friday 20th October. The band will be led by Russell Gray, with a special guest conducting role appearance from Matt Ryan, the 2023 winner of the Brass Band Conductors Association Conducting Competition.
In addition to a preview of National Final set-work, Edward Gregson's 'Of Men and Mountains', the band will also perform works by Willcocks, Glinka, Hazo and Carmichael amongst others. Edward Gregson's 'A Song for Bram', originally written for the RNCM Brass Festival earlier this year, but rescored especially for this concert will also be heard
Tickets for the 7.45pm concert (Supported by Yamaha Musical Instruments) can be obtained via: https://www.priorbooking.com/u/fodens
Programme:
The Champions (Willcocks)
Ruslan and Ludmilla (Glinka arr Hargreaves)
Stardust (Carmichael arr Geldard)
Soloist: John Barber
Of Men and Mountains (Gregson)
Interval
Rush (Hazo arr Bates)
A Song for Bram (Gregson)
Adventures of Robin Hood
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kamen arr McKnight)
The Merry Men (Streitenfeld arr Barber) (Everything I Do) I Do it for You (Adams, Lange & Kamen arr Barber/McKnight)
Duet: Mark Wilkinson & Melanie Whyle
Cruel Summer (Fahey, Woodward, Jolley, Dallin & Swain arr McKnight)
Soloist: Gary Curtin
Escapade (Bates)
Duet: Richard Poole & Jonathan Bates
Return of the Lionheart (Barber)
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