The 2024 National Champions of Great Britain, Flowers Band returns to Newbury Spring Festival with a programme that really does have something for everyone, including Orbital by Ivor Novello award-winning composer, Richard Blackford. This exciting work is Richard’s first work for Brass Band and Flowers Band are delighted to be part of the consortium that have commissioned this major piece, with support from BBC Radio 3 and The Radcliffe Trust.
Other programme highlights include a world premiere of a new major work for euphonium from the pen of Lucy Pankhurst. The piece will be performed by Dan Thomas, the band’s Solo Euphonium player, one of the world’s most in demand euphonium soloists.
The band will also perform a world premiere of a new concert opener by Kelly-Marie Murphy, a renowned Canada-based composer who has written for ensembles such as the Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Toronto Symphony Orchestras.
The rest of the programme will feature the band’s stellar soloists, and will include music from well-known film, and more original music for brass band.
Performers
Paul Holland conductor
Dan Thomas euphonium
Flowers Band
Programme to include:
Thomas Doss Fanfare for the Best
John Golland Meiso (Tenor Horn Soloist Emily Evans and Baritone Soloist Elliot Harrington)
R. Alexander arr. Roy Newsome Belford’s Carnival March
Daniel Hall Beneath the Mask (Cornet Soloist Luke Barker)
Stijn Aertgeerts Cuba Libre
Richard Blackford Orbital
Kelly-Marie Murphy Heliosphere (World Premiere)
John Barry arr. Darrol Barry Out of Africa
Lucy Pankhurst Electric (Euphonium Soloist Dan Thomas)
Jonathan Bates Pall Mall
Gavin Higgins Ar Lan y Mor
Own Choice Testpiece from 2026 European Brass Band Championships
Sponsored by Greenham Trust
This concert will be dedicated to the memory of Chris Boulton.
