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Black Dyke Band

Sat 13 Jan 2024, 7:30pm

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Main Info

This concert is part of Leeds Best of Brass 2023/24.

Professor Nicholas Childs – conductor

Programme to include:
Arthur Bliss Kenilworth Listen
Antonín Dvořák Finale from New World Symphony Listen
Paul Lovatt-Cooper Above and Beyond
Dorothy Gates Servant of Peace Listen

Formed in Queensbury, West Yorkshire in 1855, Black Dyke Band is the most successful contesting band in the world. With Musical Director Nicholas Childs at the helm and renowned musicians in its ranks including Principal Cornet player Richard Marshall, Black Dyke is the current Yorkshire Regional Champion. The band remains at the forefront of brass band activity with over 350 recordings to its name. In October 2020, Black Dyke’s recording of music by John Rutter became the first by a brass band to reach Number 1 in the classical music chart.

Full programme to be confirmed. View all concerts in the Leeds Best of Brass series.

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The Series

This concert is the third of eight in the Leeds Best of Brass 2023/24 series.  View all eight concerts. View the brochure online.

 

About the Leeds Best of Brass 2023/24 series

The series features some of the UK’s best Championship brass bands including perhaps the most famous brass band in the world, Black Dyke Band, with Musical Director Nicholas Childs at the helm and renowned musicians in its ranks. The line-up also features Brighouse & Rastrick Band who have attracted a formidable reputation for notable triumphs in the highly competitive contesting field and its famous 1977 hit The Floral Dance which won silver and gold discs for massive record sales. Not to mention the world-famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band who received two gold discs as well as a BAFTA nomination for its contributions to the global hit movie Brassed Off. The versatile Fairey Band, Hammonds Band, Flowers Band, GUS Band, and Leeds’ very own Rothwell Temperance Band complete the series.

Leeds Best of Brass takes place at Morley Town Hall, a beautiful Grade I listed building with a traditional Victorian concert hall. Seating in this venue is unreserved. Found out all about Morley Town Hall.

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PRICES:

Standard: £16
Concession: £14 (over 60s, full-time students, unwaged, and LeedsCard Extra holders)
Under 26s: £10
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Unreserved seating.

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