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Download Booklet CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK ACTAEON 1. Actaeon ©Prima Vista Musikk Gareth Wood 17.27 2. Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes ©SP&S Ralph Vaughan Williams 6.43 3. Visions of Gerontius ©SP&S Kenneth Downie 17.29 4-7. Symphony No. 10 ‘November Journeys’ ©Band Press VOF George Lloyd arr. Vertommen 28.34 I. Allegro Moderato 8.20 II. Calma 6.19 III. Andante Grazioso 7.18 IV. Energico 6.37 Total CD Playing Time 70.33 DOY CD241 Code No. Booklet-Pgs16&1 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Introduction This latest recording by the current British Open and European Brass Band Champions showcase the Cory Band in an eclectic mix of music based on journeys, myths and legends. Designed as a follow up to the successful release of The Promised Land, Actaeon consists of world première recordings by significant British composers. The music is varied in style, from the dramatic and violent depiction of Actaeon’s death to the beautiful inner movements of George Lloyd’s November Journeys inspired by English Cathedrals. The inclusion of Kenneth Downie’s Visions of Gerontius has been eagerly awaited since the Cory Band under the direction of Dr. Robert Childs gave the winning performance of the work at the ‘British Open’ held in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall in September 2007. Executive Producer: Trevor Caffull Producer: John Maines Engineer: Richard Scott Digital Editing & Mastering: R.E. Editing Production Manager: Julian Bright Project Manager: Kevin J Coates MBE Cover Design & Artwork: GK Graphic Design Photography: John Stirzaker Recorded during April 2008 at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun, Aberdare. Code No. Booklet-Pgs2&15 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Band Personnel Actaeon Soprano Cornet Flugel Horn 2nd Trombone Actaeon is based on the gruesome Greek Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1972. Michelle Ibbotson Joanne Childs Johanna Hirst myth of Actaeon, who while hunting Since then Gareth has toured extensively with his hounds, is turned into a stag by with the orchestra, appearing at all the Principal Cornet Solo Horn Bass Trombone Artemis, who he spies bathing in a stream. world’s major music festivals. Ian Williams Owen Farr Andrew Williams When she sees Actaeon watching, she turns him into a stag, which is then torn to As a composer, he first came to the Solo Cornet 1st Horn Eb Bass pieces by the hounds. attention of the public in 1975 when Christopher Turner Michael Franey Steve Sykes his overture Tombstone, Arizona was Darren Thomas Oliver Browne The music begins with Actaeon taunting performed at the Royal Albert Hall during Shamus Gallagher 2nd Horn Austin Davies his hounds. A slower section represents the National Brass Band Festival. Many John Southcombe Lucy Rogers Bb Bass the young hunter (solo horn), leading to works for band followed and included an up-tempo section as he rides through test-pieces for the 1977 Butlins Youth Repiano Cornet 1st Baritone Fraser Bish Richard Davies Susan Thomas John Prosser the forest. The central scherzo portrays a Band Contest, the 1980 New Zealand hunt. A gentle section (euphonium solo) Brass Band Championships and the 1992 2nd Cornet 2nd Baritone Percussion portrays Artemis bathing under a waterfall. European Championships. Lisa Childs Christopher Straker Alun Horgan The music then shows the transformation Phillip Harris Dave Danford of Actaeon into the stag, with the final Gareth has been the Composer in Euphonium Simon Brittlebank terrifying sounds of him being torn apart. Residence with the Cory Band since 2005 3rd Cornet David Childs David Mitchell and has written several major works for Neil Blockley Matthew Jenkins Alun Hathaway Gareth Wood was born in 1950. He the band including; A Tear in The Fabric of Travis Griffiths Robert Fox studied composition and the double bass at Time, Concerto for Horn and Salome. The Royal Academy of Music, joining the Solo Trombone Christopher Thomas Code No. Booklet-Pgs14&3 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes In 1954 the 82-year- old Vaughan Williams the Royal College of Music after which was taken to hear The International Staff he studied with Max Bruch in Berlin and Band of The Salvation Army. He was Maurice Ravel in Paris. suitably impressed and agreed to write something which The Salvation Army At the turn of the century he was among could publish. The result was Prelude on the very first to travel into the countryside Three Welsh Hymn Tunes, for which he to collect folk-songs and carols from singers, re-worked and expanded material that had notating them for future generations to originally been published as two organ enjoy. As musical editor of The English preludes – Calfaria and Hyfrydol. The Hymnal he composed several hymns that setting of Ebenezer at the start was new and are now world-wide favourites. Later he sets the tone for a work which despite its also helped to edit The Oxford Book of brevity, is characteristically expansive and Carols, with similar success. festive. In his lifetime, Vaughan Williams eschewed all honours with the exception of the Vaughan Williams was born in 1872 in Order of Merit which was conferred upon the Cotswold village of Down Ampney. him in 1938. He died in August 1958, his He was educated at Charterhouse School, ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey, then Trinity College, Cambridge. Later near Purcell. he was a pupil of Stanford and Parry at Code No. Booklet-Pgs4&13 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK The Cory Band has also developed band’s current ‘Composer in Residence’ Visions of Gerontius musically outside of the contest field. In is Welshman Gareth Wood. Since his 2001 together with the BBC National appointment he has written A Tear In The Orchestra of Wales they were appointed Fabric of Time, A Tenor Horn Concerto and The tune Gerontius written by the Victorian Dr. Kenneth Downie has been writing as resident ensemble to the Royal Welsh Actaeon. clergyman and hymn writer, John Bacchus music of quality for over 40 years. His first College of Music and Drama, and in the Dykes, is the subject of this set of variations. composition was published by The Salvation same year appointed Dr. John Pickard In 2002 the band were selected to play for The music is dedicated to the composer’s friend Army in 1966, and for the next 30 years he as their ‘Composer in Residence’. John the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations and have Leighton Rich, a fellow resident of Winchester, wrote exclusively for them. He now works as Pickard’s tenure with the band ended in since performed in many of the world’s who inspired so many young musicians Creative Consultant to the Music Ministries July 2005 when the band made history finest concert venues including the Grieg through his energy and enthusiasm working Unit of The Salvation Army in a part-time giving the première performance of Hall, Stravinsky Hall, the Royal Albert with the Hampshire County Youth Band. capacity and his compositional output his Gaia Symphony at the prestigious Hall and Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. continues unabated. Cheltenham International Festival. The In 2003 they performed with the Royal By the time Kenneth had finished writing this Symphony was broadcast live on Radio 3, Philharmonic Orchestra at the Last Night music, Leighton had died from cancer which, His consequent international reputation as a and lasting over an hour in duration, it is of the Welsh Proms and were more recently though threatening for five years, seemed to composer has led to a great demand for new currently the largest scale original work in featured during the opening celebrations have gone into remission. Fortunately, the last music from bands outside The Salvation the repertory. of the new Welsh Millennium Centre. six months of his life, was a journey from doubt Army as well, and in the last few years he to faith, from fear to calm, from hopelessness has been commissioned to write major The band is dedicated to new music, The Cory Band are recognised as one the to quiet assurance that his future was indeed works for some of the most prestigious band raising the profile of the brass band genre Principality’s finest and most innovative in good hands. Almost inevitably, under the contests in the world, including the European and keeping music alive in Wales. They music ensembles. Their numerous CD circumstances, some of the doubt, fear, struggle, Championships, British Open Championships have an active commissioning policy recordings and live concert performances calm and certainty is reflected in the music. and the Swiss, Norwegian and Dutch National and have performed works by many have received worldwide acclaim. Kenneth did not set out to create a piece of Championships. of Britain’s leading composers; John programme music, but the fact that Leighton’s McCabe, Judith Bingham, Elgar Howarth, For further information on the Cory Band last journey coincided with the writing of the Kenneth Downie has an association with the Edward Gregson, Alun Hoddinott, Karl visit www.coryband.com music, means that these elements coloured its Cory Band, having written The Promised Land Jenkins, Gareth Wood, David Bedford creation. for them in 2006. and John Pickard to name but a few. The Code No. Booklet-Pgs12&5 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Symphony No. 10 ‘November Journeys’ George Lloyd’s 12 symphonies form the George Lloyd was born in 1913 to a spine of his creative life. He composed family with great enthusiasm for music. his first when he was 19 and the 12th He was mainly home-schooled because when he was 76. Symphony No.10 was of rheumatic fever. He later studied violin completed in March 1981 for the brass of with Albert Sammons and composition the BBC Philharmonic.
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