![]() ![]() Bantock’s ‘Comedy Overture’ in its original version for orchestra was composed in 1935 and first performed at a Promenade Concert the following year. The subject is an imaginary contest in Hades between Euripides and Aeschylus, to decide which of them should return to earth to restore the dying art of Tragedy. ‘The Frogs’ is one of the eleven surviving comedies of Aristophanes, the Greek dramatist, and was first produced in 405 B.C. There are still many players who will remember with affection playing under his baton. He had a particular fondness for the Brass Band whose repertoire he enriched with several characteristic and major works. He it was who introduced the works of Sibelius to this country and the Finnish master marked their life-long association by dedicating his 3rd Symphony to him.īantock’s compositions include operas, symphonies, tone poems, suites, ballets, chamber music, pieces for chorus and orchestra and many hundreds of songs and part-songs. He was Principal of Birmingham School of Music for over thirty years, helped publish two music journals, worked unstintingly with the festival movement and examined for Trinity College for more than half a century As a conductor he took over a dance band in New Brighton and turned it into a symphony orchestra of professional standard, he was music director of a theatre company which he took on a world tour and also fulfilled many appointments with major symphony orchestras both here and abroad. Together with his great friend Elgar, Bantock did more than anyone to bring about the revival in the fortunes of British music Apart from being one of the most prolific of all British composers, he used his tireless energy to promote unselfishly the works of his contemporaries like Delius, Holbrooke, Boughton, Parry and others. Set as one of two Third Section test pieces for the 2019 Butlins Mineworkers Contest.Ĭlick on MORE DETAILS to view the Solo Cornet part.Ĭurrently set as the Second Section Test Piece for Butlins Mineworkers Contest 2012. This work was specially composed as the test-piece for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britaln, held at the Royal Albert Hall, London. £55.00 Composers: Granville Bantock, Frank Wright Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)
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