Abide With Me (Monk) National Brass Band Festival 1932 Crystal Palace

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The Crystal Place stood a top Sydenham Hill in South London from 1853 until it was destroyed by fire on 30th November 1936. The concert hall held an audience of 60,000 and choral events often hosted some 3,000 singers.

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[overopensights]

@TheBitterWeed: Yes! Perhaps the best anthem the country could ever have

[tpcornet12]

Wow, very moving! The dynamics are spectacular. I wish I could have been a bandsman then.

[mrbrankin1]

i am a member of a small brass band in lancashire that was once the biggest in the area. we currently have 8 players. yet we can still make this sound good. its a brilliant hymn. as are most in the SA band books we use. it is my second favourite, 1st always has to be onward christian soldiers, both are relatively simple and yet sound the best.

[Dunollieman]

AWESOME! Scotty (Iowa USA)

[TheBitterWeed]

@overopensights

Now that would be wishing ! Ha ha.

Best wishes.

[TheBitterWeed]

Trying to proselytise this.

It is so beatiful.

[TheBitterWeed]

The best anthem the sport of football could ever have.

[overopensights]

Completly wonderful. It is hard to beat brass playing such music. It has a sorrowful air about it, as if only a few years earlier one can almost imagine that this is for the dead of WW1. Not intended as such but what a fitting tribute!

[heasmans]

Despite the unquestionable sensitivity that went into the Black Dyke Mills Band recording, this one almost makes me want to say, "Yes, Lord, you can take me now. I'm ready!"

I find the The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards interpretation commercial and unfortuanate.