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Philip Harper Sparke! This is, in fact, by Rodney Newton, and Marriage (which go together like a
a great friend of the Cory Band, and was horse and carriage of course!) is from
Philip Harper was appointed Britain, the fifth time his composed especially for Joanne to play 1955. The Cory horn section is featured in
Musical Director of the work has been selected. with the National Youth Brass Band of Three Coins in the Fountain from the 1954
world-famous Cory Band Wales. film of the same name set in Rome, before
in May 2012. With previous En route to this point in his the selection ends with two of Sinatra’s
bands, Tongwynlais life, Philip graduated from The Witch of the Westmerlands was signature tunes - My Way and New York,
Temperance Band and the University of Bristol originally an up-tempo folk song by New York.
Flowers Band, he achieved in 1994 before going on to Scottish singer / songwriter Archie Fisher,
unprecedented contest take a Masters Degree in performed by Barbara Dickson. My Chris Thomas is the Cory Band’s brilliant
success, as well as winning Composition and a Post- version is more reflective in the way it solo trombone player and he has chosen
acclaim for his entertaining Graduate Certificate in tells the story of a wounded knight who is to present another piece by Philip Sparke,
concert performances. Education. healed by the eponymous woman on the his Song for Ina. This was originally
field of battle. conceived as a euphonium solo, written
A resident of Gloucester, Philip is also the He had a successful performing career for New Zealand euphonium ace Riki
Editor of Brass Band World magazine, and was the principal tenor horn of the Cory Band’s solo horn player, Owen Farr, McDonnell, although it works equally as
the Music Editor of the historic Wright National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain has recorded a brand new solo for this disc well for trombone in Chris’s more than
and Round publishing company and in and the Sun Life Band in Bristol, as well as with his own arrangement of Saint-Saëns’s capable hands.
demand as a freelance conductor, educator winning through to the Brass Final of the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso,
and adjudicator with brass bands of all BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1991. originally a virtuosic showpiece for The year 2012 was notable for a number
levels. Philip is also a prolific composer and violin, now a similar vehicle for Owen’s of high-profile celebrations in the UK,
his original works and arrangements are Between 1996 and 1998 he lived in Japan breathtaking talents on the tenor horn. not least Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond
played all over the world. and was a guest soloist with most of the Jubilee. After his success in composing
‘British-style’ brass bands with whom Next up is the music of one of 20th Crown Imperial for King George VI’s
In 2012, Olympus was used in the National he still keeps a close connection, visiting Century popular music’s greatest icons, coronation in 1937, William Walton was
Brass Band Championships of Great annually. Frank Sinatra, and my own arrangement also commissioned to compose a march
- Salute to Sinatra. All the Way is from for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in June
For more details visit www.philipharper.co.uk. the 1957 film The Joker is Wild, then Love 1953. The result was Orb and Sceptre, a
fantastically resplendent march, which is Best Soloist prize at the Brass in Concert The Soloists
presented here in the band arrangement Championship. The music is inspired by
by Eric Ball. a tragic episode from the Welsh folklore
collection, the Mabinogion, and it ends
Matthew White was appointed to the in despair.
principal euphonium hot-seat in May
2012, having just graduated from the By contrast, the arrangement of the second
Royal Northern College of Music. He section of the Finale from Symphony No.
was the BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of 2 (The Resurrection) by Gustav Mahler
the Year in 2010 and makes a wonderful begins softly with a hymn whose words
addition to the Cory Band ‘end chairs’. ‘Rise again, yea, thou shalt rise again’ grow
He has chosen to make his recording more and more confident throughout the
debut with Peter Graham’s celebration of piece. This was the Cory Band’s winning Tom Hutchinson Matthew White
Joanne Childs
English folksongs, Bravura. finale in Gateshead, and by the time the
hymn tune has undergone its final, earth-
In November 2012, the Cory Band won shattering transformation, it has brought
the Brass in Concert Championship at the this recording to a triumphant close.
Sage Gateshead by an unprecedented 27
points. Chick Corea’s La Fiesta was on
the programme that day and is one of our
most popular concert items with its heady
mix of Latin rhythm and jazz waltz.
since performed in many of the world’s in podium finishes at both the British You can find out more detail and listen to audio excerpts at www.philipharper.co.uk.
finest concert venues including the Grieg Open Championships and the National You can find out more detail and listen to audio excerpts at www.philipharper.co.uk.
Hall, Stravinsky Hall, the Royal Albert Championships of Great Britain. In You can find out more detail and listen to audio excerpts at www.philipharper.co.uk.
Hall, Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, November 2012, Cory was crowned
the Parc & Dare Hall and Amsterdam’s champion at Brass in Concert, which
Concertgebouw. In 2003 it performed meant that the band once again ended the
with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra year as the number one ranked brass band
at the Last Night of the Welsh Proms and in the World for the sixth consecutive
was more recently featured during the year.
opening celebrations of the new Welsh
Millennium Centre. This year, the band In 2013, Cory is looking forward to
enjoyed its own Welsh Prom in St David’s defending its World Music Contest title
Hall, Cardiff. in Kerkrade and also making its first trip
to Australia for an 11-date concert tour.
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