Suffolk Concert Band

Sunday 6th April 2025 at 2.30pm

Doors & bar open at 2.00pm

Tickets: £15 (students and under 16s free)

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

The Suffolk Concert Band is looking forward to playing at the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall with great anticipation.  They bring a programme entitled Commemorate and Celebrate.  The former is marking the end of hostilities in 1945 and will include a rare performance of William Alwyn’s Desert Victory.  The work is from music written for the film of the same name about the success of the Allies over Rommel and the Afrika Korps in North Africa in 1943.  The celebratory element of the programme will bring the very best scores from musical theatre to the concert platform and includes music from the recently released film of Wicked. 

Military themes are familiar to the Suffolk Concert Band which can trace its roots back via the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Territorial Regimental Band to the Suffolk Regiment.  It is said that soldiers of the Suffolk Regiment (XII Foot) picked red and yellow roses to wear in their hats as they marched to the battle of Minden in 1759. The battle resulted in victory for the British and became a regimental battle honour.  Those red and yellow hues feature in the recently refreshed jackets worn by the band. 

The band is delighted to welcome Duke Dobing back to direct at this concert.  Duke brings incredible experience and insight to the repertoire from his long career as Principal Flute of the City of London Sinfonia and as a soloist throughout the UK and internationally.  He last directed the band in 2017 and at the time was instrumental in guiding its musical course during that fiftieth anniversary year helping launch their celebratory CD recording SCB at 50. 

This springtime concert will be the Suffolk Concert Band’s first public performance in 2025 and the first outing since their recording with BBC Radio Suffolk’s Christmas Show broadcast on Christmas Day. 

This concert has been made possible with the generous support of The William Alwyn Foundation.  

www.suffolkconcertband.org.uk
www.williamalwyn.co.uk 

The performance ends at approximately 4.30pm 

Presented by Suffolk Concert Band