On Saturday we went to a Christmas Concert at the "Harrogate International", which featured the famous Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. The Band had recently won nearly every prize in the National Band competition, which must make them the most accomplished brass band in the world.
By gum it were right grand.
As declared in blog 1, on our trip to Blighty our aim was to re-aquaint ourselves with England’s green and pleasant land and traditions: and this was certainly one of them.
We stood with the large audience of “noo theners” and sang with gusto Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory followed by a Yorkshire version of “Ark the Erald Hangels” which I recognised instantly.
Among a wide range of music, the band played a piece from Wagner’s Lohengren which was simply amazing.
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