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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK RICHARD MARSHALL BLAZE 1. Virtuosity* ©Studio Music Kenny Baker arr. Peberdy 4.27 2. The Watermill ©Inter-Art Co Ltd. Ronald Binge 3.46 3. Song and Dance ©R. Smith & Co. Philip Sparke 5.01 4. Portrait of a Trumpet* ©Elms Publishing Sammy Nestico arr. Lawrence 6.22 5. Canto ©Kirklees Music Elgar Howarth 7.57 6. Ave Maria M/s Bach / Gounod arr. Farr 5.54 7. Titania’s Aria ©Rosehill Music Thomas arr. Gay 4.44 8. Love on the Rocks* M/s Neil Diamond arr. Sparke 3.38 9. Princess Alice M/s Herman Bellstedt arr. Paulin 7.15 10. Flight of the Bumblebee* ©Paramount Music Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Johnson 2.50 11. Mattheson’s Air ©Polyphonic Reproductions Mattheson arr. Vinter 4.16 12. Cascades* ©The Brass Press Allen Vizzutti 2.56 13. Blaze ©Elms Publishing Philip Lawrence 11.57 Total CD Playing Time 72.05 All solos are performed on cornet except for * performed on trumpet DOY CD192 & Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd. 1 Tiverton Street London SE1 6NT All rights of the owner and of the producer of the works reproduced reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited. (MCPS) Code No. Booklet-Pg 12 & 1 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Compared to its obvious Richard Marshall is pre- Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band ancestor the trumpet, the eminent amongst a group of cornet is a newcomer to the young cornet soloists brass family. Since its associated currently (2005) invention and development with British brass bands. An in the mid-nineteenth older generation has Winter century, it has however and Webster as its guardians attracted a host of admirers, of a tradition reading back to both performers and Alexander Owen and his composers. Brass bands contemporaries but in his however, have been its most generation Marshall is I believe positive breeding ground and without peer. understandably so. Like many of the British traditions he is a The list of virtuosi is long and international northerner, a born and bred Yorkshire - Arban, Levy, Clarke, Owen, Swift, man. His development as a player has Macintosh, Mortimer, Ken Smith and been exceptional and his talents are Conductor Third Cornet Second Baritone Eb Bass Murphy have all ground its solo repertoire, taking the standard of cornet playing to Richard Evans Colin Brook Cliff Hopes Shaun Crowther Michael Green Richard Wilton some of them adding to it in their role as new levels both technically and musically. Soprano Cornet Solo Euphonium performer or composer. My European and This disc finds him performing a variety of Kevin Crockford Flugel Horn Michael Dodd Bb Bass Ian Shires Dean Morley American readers will forgive me, I know pieces, traditional and new, requiring an Solo Cornet Second Euphonium Gary Proctor John Hudson Solo Horn Shaun Hudson for my bias towards British names in this extension to the usual technical resources Gregory Timmins Alexander Smith Percussion list since it is a British soloist who is the of the band player, which is the true mark David Barraclough Solo Trombone Mark Arnold Jamie Cooper First Horn Richard Brown Peter Matthews undoubted star of this CD. of a great player. Jim Fletcher David Hartland Repiano Cornet Second Trombone Gavin Pritchard Lee Rigg Second Horn Mark Ayres Elgar Howarth Stephen Peacock Band Secretary Second Cornet Bass Trombone Terry Webster Martin Grimes Solo Baritone Gerraint Griffiths Robert Archer Code No. Booklet-Pg 2 & 11 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Brass Band Championships at the Royal Richard Marshall He currently works as a self- Band Albert Hall. In an extraordinary BA (Hons) LRSM employed musician passing on performance the band won the title with his vast experience and The Grimethorpe Colliery Band was a near perfect score of 99 out of a possible One of the finest cornet players knowledge to many brass formed in 1917 by members of the 100. The now unemployed players of the of his generation, Richard began enthusiasts. Richard appears in previously disbanded Cudworth Colliery band vowed to carry on and keep alive the playing the cornet at the age of many concerts as a soloist both Band. From the bands first competition banding name of Grimethorpe. nine with his local band, Hatfield in the United Kingdom and at Belle Vue, Manchester in 1918 the Colliery. He then moved into the overseas and his debut solo CD bands history is littered with success. In 1996 the band featured in the championship section to play The Debutante was released in soundtrack of the film Brassed Off. The principal cornet with the September 1999. The 1950s saw George Thompson take up film, although fictional, reflected the Wallace Arnold (Rothwell) Band the baton as Musical Director and in bands struggle through the pit closure and later UES Stocksbridge, as In 2001, Richard was awarded 1972 Elgar Howarth was appointed as and its extraordinary journey to win the they were then known. the best principal cornetist and the bands Professional Conductor and National Championship title. Since the best soloist at the Brass in Concert Musical Director. This was a defining release of the film the band has travelled It was in 1996, whilst still at the age of 19, Championships. 2004 saw him win the moment in the bands history with extensively throughout the world, with that Richard became principal cornet of the soloist award again. At the beginning of Howarth’s own unique compositions trips to Northern Europe, Japan, Australia, world famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band, a 2002 he became a founder member of the being regularly performed by the band New Zealand, Hong Kong and the United position that he still holds to this date. brass quintet Sonar Brass. He is also a along with repertoire by other leading States of America. regular cornet tutor with the National composers such as Sir Harrison Richard has previously been British Open Youth Brass Bands of Wales and Great Birtwistle. 2003 saw the band travel to New York to Junior Solo Champion in successive years. Britain. perform in the world famous Carnegie He has also been awarded the Harry Richard is a Besson soloist and clinician and he plays exclusively on the 1984 saw much of Britain in the grip of Hall where the band received five Mortimer Brass Student of the Year Award As a performer Richard has travelled to Besson Prestige Cornet. He can be e-mailed for advice or concert / the coal miner’s strike which had a standing ovations. In the same year the and the Professor Charles Leggett Cornet Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, masterclass bookings on [email protected] or through crippling affect on colliery towns and band also performed at the Proms in the Prize. Canada, America and several European Besson Musical Instruments Ltd. villages. After the strike the mining Park Concert held yearly in Hyde Park, countries. He has performed solos in some industry continued to suffer from London. In 1997, Richard gained a BA (Hons) in Band of the worlds finest concert venues such as recession and closures. On Tuesday 13th Studies and an LRSM in Bandmastership. Sydney Opera House and Carnegie Hall. October 1992 came the sad announcement The band is in great demand at music that British Coal was to close Grimethorpe festivals both home and abroad, and they Richard is a Besson soloist and clinician and he plays exclusively on the Besson Prestige Colliery with immediate affect. Four days continue to thrill audiences worldwide. Cornet. He can be e-mailed for advice or concert / masterclass bookings on later the band competed in the National [email protected] or through Besson Musical Instruments Ltd. Code No. Booklet-Pg 3 & 10 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Programme notes 1976 saw him moving to the Fairey He has worked with Bands all over the Engineering Band, continuing to gain a world, Japan, USA, New Zealand, Norway, Virtuosity Song and Dance reputation for flair and innovative musical Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and direction to the highest standard. Denmark. He proudly holds the post of The great Kenny Baker, a trumpet player Philip Sparke’s writing is always so Musical Director of the National Youth with a wonderful, bright, energetic and melodic, yet exciting and fresh. From the At the beginning of 1978, Richard was Brass Band of Scotland, Although Richard exciting style, wrote this solo for himself. haunting opening section, and then the recruited to rebuild the Leyland Vehicles Evans has reached the pinnacle of his Sadly, Kenny passed away recently, but I sparkling exhilarating vivo, the soloist Band with the specific remit of achieving success, he is not content to rest with past know he would be the first to applaud takes you on a musical journey. Championship status within three years. achievements. and congratulate Richard on this The band made history with their meteoric showing. The slow ‘bluesy’ section in the Portrait of a Trumpet rise through the brass band super league His personal quest is to provide the middle of the piece proves how versatile and their name changes, Leyland DAF, foundations for the continual growth of our super soloist is. Arranged especially for this recording by BNFL, JJB Sports Leyland Band, and finally the British brass band culture through his Phil Lawrence, the original big band Leyland Band. Richard’s prowess as established BA (Hons) course in Band The Watermill - for my mum work was dedicated to Conrad Gozzo, conductor, teacher, adjudicator and Studies at Accrington & Rossendale the famous east coast session trumpet movement leader was rewarded in 1986 College and a Discussion Forum to Ronald Binge, composer of The player that had worked alongside Frank when he was the recipient of the J.