St Magnus - Yorkshire Building Society Band

[@steverongevr-boother4825]

I was lucky enough to hear this live at the premiere. A banding ‘moment’ which for me will NEVER be matched.

[@colinwright9290]

A few years back I went to a pre-National's concert at Regent Hall and a proud David King called them "the best band in the world". It was no idle boast. He meant it.

[@John-if8sx]

Peter Roberts, What a player!!!

[@chrisk28]

The best soprano cornet player I have ever heard (and I've been following brass banding for 30 years)

[@jajoh6473]

Chris K Right , following it for nearly 50 years !!! He is the one and only es cornet player

[@malcia444]

Wonderful music - played brilliantly. Thanks for the thrilling experience of being able to listen to this recording! Thanks Kenneth Downie!

[@craigratcliffe2412]

I'm still not sure how a band can be that good. Such a team, incredible precision and energy.

[@GéVeeHaa]

yes 97 and 98 points for Music of the Spheres EBBC 2004!

[@abigailroseflynn]

Proud to say I've been taught, in some form or another, by three people in this band, and they made me a better player and person. If I can become one iota of the players they are that would be a win in my book!

[@cyclops1448]

Fantastic playing, what a band😁😎👍

[@guidovanhaalen4432]

♫♪ great ♫♪♫♪♫♪☺ BRAVISSIMO @bisbis 🎶🎵🎼 great music! a well tuned ensemble that sounds like an organ ! Fabulous banding

[@Threepi80]

The chord at 5:08 alone... perfection!

[@jayjaycollins]

Best band ever I reckon, Cory wouldn’t beat them if that band was around today

[@elliotharrington5632]

I can disagree with that considering the fact that cory beat them often when they where really good, nevertheless they where and still are a cracking band just not as good as they used to be. They go by the name Hammond Saltaire band now, I find a bit of an odd thing that basically all of the good players left after the lost the sponsor.

[@ElMaestroRyan]

Elliot Harrington not all that often, I’m quite sure I’ve seen a clip of Bob Childs himself saying “when YBS showed up we knew we were after 2nd place, it was up to them if they won or not” or words to that very similar effect. Don’t get me wrong Cory were very good (and still are) but this band was another level to anything when they were in the mood (and they almost always were).

[@colinwright9290]

Like football teams, impossible to compare bands. Contest results don't tell the whole story. We're at the mercy of adjudicators and "slips" on the day. But yes, YBS certainly right up there.

[@TheSproutarian]

Agreed. None of the bands these days could beat YBS, Britannia under Snell, Dyke under King or Parkes, and Fairies under Parkes.

[@colinwright9290]

@@TheSproutarian Or Cammell Laird conducted by James Scott....

[@johannesstoll5896]

13:02 I will never not like to listen to this - OMG

[@andrewbates6096]

Awesome, wow what a performance

[@dalemaria11]

Superb!

[@Klexium]

That ending 😍

[@lrcrabbenz]

Most brass band test pieces suffer from being a bit samey, but you're right, this is the most glorious of endings.

[@calgarywino]

Wow wow wow!

[@GéVeeHaa]

Robert Schumann Quote : Composing something real unique is writing down a melody/set of notes that no one else ever had done before.... ♫♪

[@nahrings]

Endgeil

[@chrisclaydon1474]

Blood y adverts !

[@anthonynash9369]

What a band! They would still whoop our top bands of today. Such s shame they folded.

[@EnglishTMTB]

Technically still around (went back to being Hammond's as they were before the YBS sponsorship) but not at this incredible level

[@Mark64W]

@@EnglishTMTB They seem to be on their way back up with a host of new players such as Mike Kilroy , Kirsty Abbotts and Simon Greswell .

[@EnglishTMTB]

@@Mark64W Indeed, but there's a crazily long way to go before they're close to what they were as YBS.

[@Mark64W]

I don't think it's crazy at all . They have now just signed Alan Morrison on soprano cornet . Hard work yes , but not crazy .

[@bassfunkypenguin]

​@@Mark64W As fantastic as Alan is, he's one player. With YBS the strength in depth around the entire band is amazing to say nothing of the cast of principal players, combined with Dave King's vision and musicality...I would be surprised if we see a band like this again. I listen to this, Concerto Grosso, Spheres, and feel that this combination of players and MD was a real Concorde moment.

[@juvenilemonument217]

11:30

[@MADEcurious777]

Amazing! Wish the percussionist would have played the suspended cymbals with quality and the end. It was a great let down of an otherwise other-wordly performance.

[@piesplays]

Who is principal cornet?

[@chrishall95211]

Stuart Lingard

[@leonardbowden4813]

You're having a laugh, great band, but standards evolve!

[@jultam1949]

. ?

[@andrewpotter9836]

Av yer eva played tha journey o' lorn wolf

[@davidrobertson9798]

No such piece of music

[@williamjakobsen9822]

@@davidrobertson9798 journey of the lone wolf.