Well respected conductor, adjudicator, examiner and former cornetist, Brian Buckley, reviews a 'breath-taking' concert given by the British Open Champions, Grimethorpe Colliery, conducted by Robert Childs at St David's Hall, Cardiff.
Le Corsair (Berlioz) remains a wholly independent concert overture where the Band's scoring is remarkable for its persistent verve and sea-like...read more
Former Principal of the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, educationalist and international trumpet soloist, John Wallace CBE, reviews Howard Snell’s book, The Trumpet, and discovers that it is still the go to ‘Book of Revelation’ some 20 years after its first edition.
When this book first appeared in 1997, it had no real direct...read more
Saturday 13 February 2016
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