Moving concert in commemoration of end of WW I

[hubert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxslO_bi-Q0

This concert was performed more than a year ago in commemoration of the end of WW I, but it still touches me in these rather difficult and threatening days.

Royal wind band of the Gidsen/Guides in the palace at Brussels (Belgium), november 2018.

Hubert

[ppalan]

Thank you for this link. This a superb ensemble and the program was indeed extremely moving. An ensemble that I direct had an opportunity to perform Sousa's composition of "In Flanders Field" in 2018 as well. Again, Hartelijk dank!
Pete

[hubert]

Glad that you liked it, Pete.
For those who do not have the opportunity to listen the whole concert:

At 2.01 Fr. Glorieux - London Proms Ouverture
7.21 Cl. Debussy - Berceuse Heroïque
14.35 J. van der Roost - I shall love but thee (with soprano Emilie de Voght)
24.52 J. Ph. Sousa - In Flanders Fields (with Emilie de Voght)
28.23 Giacomo Puccini - O mio babbino caro (with Emilie de Vogt)
32.13 J.S. Bach - Toccata & Fuga in D minor
42.35 J.V. Bender - Mars van het 1e Regiment Gidsen (brilliant!!)

De Koninklijke Muziekkapel van de Gidsen or Musique Royale des Guides was founded in 1832. The ensemble has been very important for the development of the wind band in Western Europe, as well as for the repertoire for this kind of ensemble. Through the years it has been able to steadily perform on a remarkably high level.
Hubert