Wednesday, October 30, 2013

THE SALVATION ARMY N E FELLOWSHIP BAND

THE SALVATION ARMY N E FELLOWSHIP BAND
Chelmsford Cathedral
25.10.13

Back for a fourth visit to Chelmsford Cathedral, this remarkable ensemble [average age 71] brings years of experience and dedicated service to their music-making. The packed aisles bore witness to their well-deserved popularity.
This time out, they began with a Salvationist favourite, The Liberator, and ended with a clap-along Radetzky March.
Solo showcases included Leroy Anderson's Buglers' Holiday, Purcell's Fairest Isle for cornet and Chopin's Tristesse for Euphonium. And there were nationalistic arrangements of Holst's Thaxted and Sibelius's Finlandia.
One of the most enjoyable works was the less familiar Songs of the Seasons, a depiction of the passing year through hymns and Gospel songs.
The Fellowship band was conducted by Bandmaster Ken Hillson.

There are free concerts every Friday lunchtime in the Cathedral. Highlights before the Christmas special on December 6 include the ever-popular Forest School Big Band [November 8] and, on the day of Benjamin Britten's centenary [November 22], Friday Afternoons, with the Cathedral Choir and local children.

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