Afterwords: Elgar Howarth

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One of the five musicians who constituted the 'Manchester School' in the 1950s (with composers Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr and Peter Maxwell Davies, and pianist John Ogdon), Elgar - or, widely, Gary - Howarth was a distinguished trumpet player with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and, notably, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble before becoming a hugely respected conductor, composer and arranger. Musical colleagues together with his son Patrick reflect on Gary's humble origins and international achievements, interwoven with extracts from the BBC Sound Archive. With Gillian Moore, formerly of the London Sinfonietta, trumpet player Paul Archibald, trombonist David Purser, oboe player Melinda Maxwell, former Musical Director of Grimethorpe Colliery Band Garry Cutt and the broadcaster and also former conductor of Grimethorpe Frank Renton. Producer by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3