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The NYBBGB & NYO appear in The Guardian’s Top 10 Best Concerts and Operas of 2024

Written by The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain on December 23, 2024

We are delighted that The Guardian’s Fiona Maddocks has selected our performance of Gavin Higgins’ Concerto Grosso with our friends at The National Youth Orchestra to be one of her top 10 best concerts and operas of 2024!

Back in April, the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain was in concert with the National Youth Orchestra under the direction of Jessica Cottis. As part of a Festival of Youth, jointly promoted by the two organisations, we joined on stage to perform Higgin’s Concerto Grosso for brass band and orchestra under the direction of Guest Conductor Tess Jackson.

Higgins’ Concerto Gross is a large-scale piece in five movements that explores brass band history and style, mixing social history with music and politics. Listen to an excerpt here.

Read Fiona Maddocks’ full article in The Guardian here.