Nottingham Concert Band Woos Windswept Crowd

27 May 2008

Despite far from ideal weather conditions, Nottingham Concert Band (Robert Parker) wooed the crowds on Bank Holiday Monday in its first appearance on the bandstand in Buxton’s Pavilion Gardens.

The band braved the wind and drew on a diverse repertoire for the occasion, ranging from the seasonally apt Don’t Rain on My Parade, Summertime and Over the Rainbow to spirited marches such as Rimmer’s Slaidburn, Latham’s Brighton Beach and Strauss’ Radetzky Marsch. Contrasting interludes were provided by Elgar’s Nimrod and Barry Manilow’s Copacabana, and the performance closed in a rousing style with Philip Sparke’s arrangement of Land of Hope & Glory and the National Anthem.