Last night, in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, the Light Programme awarded prizes to two composers of new music for brass band. The occasion was a concert to commemorate the 'grand old man' of the brass band world
Fred Mortimer (1880-1953)
Rooney Pelletier presents a report on the occasion and recordings of the winning compositions played by the AU-Star Concert Brass Band of Great Britain and Foden's Motor Works Band Conducted by Harry Mortimer, O.B.E.