Band Delights at Rushden

22.02.2013

Citadel Band at Rushden

Birmingham Citadel Band made a return visit to Rushden and were greeted by a capacity crowd.  

After a welcome tea the band entered the packed hall to warm applause.  BCB presented a largely new programme with some of the repertoire having only been prepared in the last few weeks.  The opening fanfares of Bill Gordon’s “Laudes Domini” made both a musical impression and prepared the way for the mission of the band as the melody associated with the words “May Jesus Christ be Praised”reverberated around the hall.

The programme included a mix of old and new, energetic and reflective and also included a number of Salvation Army classics.  From the beautiful “Guardian of My Soul” to the classic march “The Liberator” there was something for all.

The soloists were in fine form once again.  Neil Blessett (Tenor Horn) played the beautiful traditional melody “My Love is like a Red Rose” to which we associate the words “There is a green hill far away”and Mark Sharman (Trombone) presented Peter van der Horden’s arrangement of the beautiful song “Somebody Prayed for Me”.  Following this solo Neil Blessett spoke on bible verses connected with this theme.  In the second half David Taylor (Euphonium) played “Harlequin”.  It was an exciting performance which was very well received by the audience which included euphonium legend Trevor Groom.

Other highlights included Kevin Larsson’s “They Shall Come from the East” (another first for the band) and Wilfred Heaton’s “The Golden Pen”.


 

 

 

 

 

 

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