National Brass Band Festivals

1PD2 Crystal Palace Champions

London's Crystal Palace was from 1900, until it burnt down in 1936, home to the National Brass Band Festivals. This album combines performances by winning bands of test pieces and massed band performances recorded at the festivals in the Crystal Place conducted by John Henry Iles.
1928-1936 recordings

• A Downland Suite (John Ireland) Fodens Motor Works Band [Listen]
• Severn Suite (Edward Elgar) Fodens Motor Works Band [Listen]
• Kenilworth (Arthur Bliss) Fodens Motor Works Band [Listen]
• Le Prophete: Coronation March (Giacomo Meyerbeer) National Brass Band Festival Band & John Henry Iles [Listen]
• A Moorside Suite (Gustav Holst) Black Dyke Mills Band & William Halliwell (Gustav Holst) [Listen]
• Honour and Glory (Hubert Bath) Wingates Temperance Band & Harlod Moss [Listen]
• Sing a Song (John Henry Iles) National Brass Band Festival Band & John Henry Iles [Listen]
• The "Champion" Medley (No. 3) (James Ord Hume) National Brass Band Festival Band & John Henry Iles [Listen]
• Messiah - Amen (Handel) National Brass Band Festival & John Henry Iles [Listen]
• Homeland Memories (John Henry Iles) National Brass Band Festival Band & John Henry Iles [Listen]