Black Dyke Band
The Black Dyke Band , formerly Black Dyke Mills Band , is one of the oldest and most famous English brass bands .
history
In 1816 Peter Wharton formed in Queenshead ( Yorkshire ), a brass band that existed with changeable success and strongly fluctuating membership numbers. This resulted in the more successful Queenshead Band with former musicians in 1833. They can be seen as the forerunners of the Black Dyke Mills Band, founded in 1855 by French horn player and textile manufacturer John Foster. The group performed in uniforms made at the Black Dyke Mills textile mill. Most of the founding team members worked in the Mill and lived in Queensbury ( West Yorkshire ), formerly Queenshead. The band has been active since its inception and is still studying the musical works in the original rehearsal rooms.
Recordings
The band has released over 300 recordings in its long playing time, the first of which as early as 1904. In addition to typical brass band literature, many transcriptions of classical works were also recorded, including in the CD series "Spectacular Classics" by the OBRASSO Records label . There were also joint productions with Tori Amos , Peter Gabriel and the band The Beautiful South, and a 2009 concert tour in Australia with James Morrison . A well-known recording is the B-side of a single, released in 1968 under the name John Foster & Sons Ltd Black Dyke Mills Band on the Beatles record label Apple Records . The A-side contains the instrumental piece Thingumybob by Lennon / McCartney , the B-side an instrumental version of the Beatles song Yellow Submarine .
Awards
The Black Dyke Band has won numerous national and international awards, most recently in 2009 the 22nd national English Brass Band Championships. It appeared in October 1993 as the first British brass band in New York's Carnegie Hall , and in October 1994 as the first brass band ever at the Royal College of Music .
The conductor and musical director is the Welsh euphonist Nicholas Childs.