Concert of classical, jazz and remembrance music by the Easington Colliery Brass Band, with guest soloist John Thirkell, to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Easington Colliery Band are playing The Fire Station on Sunday 8 November, a concert they've titled Last Post, First Light. It's staged to mark Remembrance Sunday, and they've built the whole evening around that theme.
They're not on their own for this one. The award-winning brass band is joined by guest trumpet and flugelhorn soloist John Thirkell, as well as The Lake Poets and Trimdon Training Band. With a brass band, a soloist, and two other groups on the bill, it's a fair bit more than a single band taking the stage.
As for what they'll be playing, the programme pulls from classical, jazz and remembrance music. The band describes the evening as a powerful hour of music and reflection, so it's less of a standard concert and more of a curated set tied to the date. The mix of brass and big band sounds should give it a fair bit of range over the course of the night.
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It starts at 7:00pm at The Fire Station on High Street West, SR1 3HA. Tickets are £13.00, and under-14s need to be accompanied by an adult.
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