JOHN FOSTER & SON BLACK DYKE MILLS BAND - BBC Open University 1985

TREVOR HERBERT presents an Open University programme looking at the development and impact of the brass band, broadcast by the BBC in 1985.
Features part of a performance of DANCES AND ARIAS (Edward Gregson) by JOHN FOSTER & SON BLACK DYKE MILLS BAND conducted by MAJOR PETER PARKES.
Recorded on VHS from the TV broadcast and converted to digital without any attempt to adjust audio or video.
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(c) Copyright 1985 The Open University
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[@robertashley7751]

Excellent post.many thanks.incredible these buildings survived 🙏🏼

[@Geoff_Tuba_UK]

Interesting lecture. I remember fondly rehearsing and playing Gregson's D&A at the Albert Hall (1984) finals with my own band.

[@robertashley7751]

What bricks???! I see no bricks🤦🏼‍♂️unbelievable

[@robertmarsh3588]

I remember this from when it was first broadcast!
Here we are in 2023 and Black Dyke are National Champions again, playing a fine test piece written by Edward Gregson in the 1980s rather than the 1880s.
It is wonderful to see brass bands still popular and performing at such an excellent contest and venue (the RAH). I was very happy to be playing there again this year, although in a different band to Dyke.

[@ianbishop247]

Hi very much enjoyed this program. Was it part of a series on Brass Bands or a series on Music? And were you the narrator/reader? Sadly Black Dyke came 6th in the National Finals in 1984.....

[@stevearley]

As far as I know this was just one of a series of programmes as part of the Open University courses and probably the only one that looked at brass bands. I'm not the narrator! That is Trevor Herbert. I was still at school when this was on TV and avidly listening to and watching as much as I could about bands as I'd just started playing in a band myself.

[@Tox1415]

Trevor is still with the OU, he is Emeritus Professor of Music. @@stevearley

[@robertashley7751]

My fath'er alus said it was where folk had to go to 'live o'er brush' 😂