by flingelbunt » Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:06 pm
I was there at the Saturday concert at the British Library also along with Iain Purdon and George Geddes who I hooked up with before the gig and eventually sitting alongside with a view from above of this extraordinary group of superlative musicians. You had to be there to appreciate the level of musicianship; many well known and lesser known themes were played with, in most cases, the particular composer taking the conductors position frontstage. Alan Hawkshaw came on to play some of his works, mainly on a Hammond C3 and recounted the story of how he composed the 'Countdown' clock music; very funny (and lucrative!) how it came about. Brian B was in attendance sitting alongside Clem Cattini- all in all, a tremendous night of high class music and composers and their compositions. Some examples of the themes played were 'Coast', 'Grandstand' and many others whose working titles were totally unrelated to the item they were used for! Great night!
Maurice