Flowers Band

Tickets will go on sale to Platinum Friends at 10am on Tue 27 Jan, with Gold Friends booking from 10am on Wed 28 Jan, Friends booking from 10am on Fri 30 Jan and on general sale at 10am on Tue 10 Feb.

The 2024 National Champions of Great Britain, Flowers Band returns to Newbury Spring Festival with a programme that really does have something for everyone, including Orbital by Ivor Novello award-winning composer, Richard Blackford. 

This exciting work is Richard’s first work for Brass Band and Flowers Band are delighted to be part of the consortium that have commissioned this major piece, with support from BBC Radio 3 and The Radcliffe Trust.

Other programme highlights include a world premiere of a new major work for Euphonium from the pen of Lucy Pankhurst. The piece will be performed by Dan Thomas, the band’s Solo Euphonium player, one of the world’s most in demand euphonium soloists.

The band will also perform a world premiere of a new concert opener by Kelly-Marie Murphy, a renowned Canada-based composer who has written for ensembles such as the Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Toronto Symphony Orchestras.

The rest of the programme will feature the band’s stellar soloists, and will include music from well-known film, and more original music for brass band.