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British Wind Music

Name: British Wind Music
Start: 2024-10-18T13:00:00
Location: Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy of Music

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The Academy Wind Ensemble presents a programme of music ranging from the 17th to 21st century. The music Henry Purcell wrote for the funeral of Mary II in 1695 is some of his most moving. Judith Bingham’s Bright Spirit, from 2001, is similarly inspired, written in memorial to pioneering doctor William Reynish. A 2012 work from the Academy’s own Head of Composition, Philip Cashian, leads into Tippett’s Triumph. This work for concert band takes as ...

Program

Henry Purcell - Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

Judith Bingham - Bright Spirit

Philip Cashian - Settala’s Machine

Michael Tippett - Triumph

Participants

Fraser Gordon

Conductor

Royal Academy of Music

Producer

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1 dates (18 Oct - 18 Oct)