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NYSB and ISB combined at Cadogan Hall…a
buzz of excited anticipation permeated the
atmosphere. And we weren’t disappointed
in the least.
Congratulations Bandmaster Derek Lance,
congratulations NYSB and thank you, Cory.
I was there! Can we do it again please…
soon?!!
IAIN PARKHOUSE
PRINCIPAL BARITONE,
INTERNATIONAL STAFF BAND
I don’t often do things on impulse - but the
chance to visit New York City again and take
T H E S A LVAT I O N A R M Y U S A E A S T
in the Cory / NYSB concert was too good to
pass up!! What a terrific evening! NYSB on
great form with a program of mainly new
music, while Cory were just incredible! Having
heard Titan’s Progress 20 times last month
at the RAH, their performance in New York
was even more remarkable- particularly with
Philip Harper’s totally engaging introduction!!
By the time we’d relived Romeo & Juliet and
Chris Thomas wowed us all with his sublime
playing of Bernstein’s Somewhere, the crowd
were on their feet cheering wildly!! Music
making of the highest calibre from the two
best bands either side of the pond!!
ANDREW WAINWRIGHT
COMPOSER
It is always a special occasion when two
bands of the profile of the New York Staff
Band and Cory come together, particularly
when it is the very first time in history that
the bands have joined forces. One thinks
back to times when The International Staff
Band shared the stage with Black Dyke, and
more latterly the NYSB with Black Dyke, also
at Centennial Memorial Temple, occasions
that still remain vivid in the memory. This
concert, featuring the world’s number
one ranked band and one of The Salvation
Army’s finest bands, was very much in
that category, and the fact that audience
members traveled from as far afield as The
Netherlands, the UK, Canada and from across
the United States bears testament to that.
Suffice to say this was an occasion that we
will still be talking about for many years to
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