Thames Music Group hosts Auckland City Brass in a rousing Sunday concert to blow way the winter blues with their versatile programme.

AUCKLAND CITY BRASS   (ACB)   (Thames Music Group Sunday Concert)

Program July 3rd, 2022

Aotearoa -Land of the Long White Cloud    Philip Sparke 2003

“Cantalena”     Philip Sparke 2011

“Don’t stop me now”    Freddie Mercury arr. Paul Murtha

Largo al Factotum      George Bizet arr. Gordon Langford

Paganini Variations    Philip Wilby

“Nobody does it Better”   Marvin Hamlisch  from “The Spy who loved me”

Bugler’s Holiday   Leroy Anderson

“Caravan”   Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington arr. Steven Sykes

“Aces High”   Ron Goodwin from the 1969 film “The Battle of Britain”

Founded in 1938, Auckland City Brass (ACB) is a high-calibre community brass band based in Three Kings, Auckland. ACB performs regularly in concerts, regional and national contests, and at a range of community events.

The band’s members are aged 15-75 and include professional musicians, university music students, and passionate amateur musicians from a wide variety of professions.

ACB is conducted by Mark Close, former Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra trombonist.