Brassed Off - Concerto d’Orange Juice!

 We may have had this before but this clip from Brassed Off is a favourite and fits well with a Sunday afternoon here in Blighty . . . this is what passed for music in the North of England and why my dad ( and subsequently me) adored Brass Band Music . . . .I recall vividly going for a stroll along the promenade  of Fleetwood (North of Blackpool!) and hearing a brass band ringing across the dunes

Concierto d'Aranjuez ~ From the film 'Brassed Off’

The clip features many a British classic actor from Pete Postlethwaite to Ewan McGregor and why we all fell in love with Tara Fitzgerald

The Concerto D’Orange Juice (Concierto d’Aranjuez) ~ from the film 'Brassed Off’ | TWILIGHTZONE

From TWILIGHTZONE . . . . a favourite clip from a favourite film and despite the talents of Ewan MacGregor  and the lovely endearing Tara Fitzgerald it features a man Steven Spielberg called one of the ‘greatest actors’ of all time, the wonderful Pete Postlethwaite 

Rodrigo’s  Concerto D’Orange Juice (Concierto d’Aranjuez) ~ from the film 'Brassed Off’

“poor lad . . .still got your mind on that pit?!"

BRASSED OFF! Sunday Musics!

 Thanks (again!) to TWILIGHTZONE for posting the wonderful clip from the film Brassed Off starring the late great Pete Postlethwaite, Ewan MacGregor and the lovely Tara Fitzgerald (no jokes about pursing lips or blowing horns thank you!) and the concerto excerpt from Rodrigo's "Concerto d’Orangejuice" (Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez) See who else you can spot it is a veritable smorgasbord of British actors. (Stephen’s Tomkinson and Moore, Jim Carter, Sue Johnstone, Melanie Hill etc)

Growing up and being born in the North of England, the brass band was a working class tradition and many a happy hour was spent with my Mum & Dad and big brother and Grandad listening to the Brass Bands play on the Promenade at Fleetwood down by the bowling green . . . . . it's in the blood and this piece is so stirring. It is of course played by the Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band  Lovely stuff