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Landscapes in Brass |
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in the extreme south-east of England we don’t often get a chance to hear the great internationally-acclaimed Brass Bands. And it is very unusual for a chamber music society, normally presenting soloists and small ensembles, to invite one of them to perform for them. So we are especially pleased and proud that the remarkable Cory Band, under the outstanding direction of Dr. Robert Childs, has agreed to play for the Sittingbourne Music Society, in a programme of major Brass Band classics, including Elgar’s Severn Suite, Ireland’s A Downland Suite, the Spitfire Prelude and Fugue of Walton, and Cloudcatcher Fells by John McCabe.
The programme reflects the inspiration of the British landscape, from the Lake District (Cloudcatcher Fells) and the Severn, to the Kent Downs and the wartime skies above Kent.
For those of you who don’t know, Sittingbourne is on the A2 in Kent, half-way between London and Dover. The concert takes place in the Millennium Hall of Fulston Manor School, Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne ME10 4EG, on Saturday 24th November 2007, beginning at 7.45 pm. Refreshments will be available, but not food. Tickets are £12 (£1 for under 18s) and can be purchased from Swade Music, Roman Square, Sittingbourne, on the door, or by post from Mrs Jeane Holmes, 106 College Road, Sittingbourne ME10 1LQ, Kent. Please write stating tickets required, and enclosing a cheque made out to Sittingbourne Music Society, plus SAE.
By coincidence, on the previous day, 23rd November 2007, the popular locally-based BAE Systems Band will also be performing, at the Wyvern Hall, Central Avenue, Sittingbourne (also at 7.45 pm), in a concert of traditional and popular brass band music, thus making it a remarkable weekend for brass bands in the North Kent area. |