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Conducted by Douglas Yeo

with featured solos by Douglas Yeo (bass trombone) and Terry Everson (cornet)
Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston : 2003-2004.

Produced by The New England Brass Band, Inc.

Light of the World is the third compact disc recorded by The New England Brass Band at Boston's acoustically acclaimed Symphony Hall (the home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra). Though this collection of moving sacred music was nearly three years in the making, it was well worth the wait. This CD will be  available for shipment in November 2004.

• Old Hundreth (Geneva Psalter, 1511- Psalm 100)
• The Light of the World (Sir John Dean Goffin)
• Fortress (William Gordon)
• March: Crusaders (Sir John Dean Goffin)
• Be Thou My Vision - Terry Everson, cornet solo (James Curnow)
• Images for Brass (Stephen Bulla)
• Holy, Holy, Holy (John Dykes, arr. James Curnow) 
• Swing Low - Douglas Yeo, bass trombone, Terry Everson, conductor (arr. Andrew R. Mackereth)
• Sweet Hour of Prayer (William Bradbury, arr. Eric Leidzen)
• The Heralds - Terry Everson, Dennis Caron, John Appleby, cornet trio (Phillip B. Catlinet)
• March:The Salvation Army (John Philip Sousa, arr. Ray Steadman-Allen)
• In Dulci Jubilo (arr. Terry Everson)
• A Psalm of Praise (James Curnow)
• God Be With You (Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. William Gordon)

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NEBB's most recent CD is decidedly sacred in focus, most of the repertoire drawn from the SA library. This carefully conceived disc draws you in first of all with the Holman Hunt painting, "The Light of the World," on the front cover, a painting that few who know the Dean Goffin classic meditation have ever actually seen!  Yeo and company give us a passionate, committed performance of the title tune.  Recorded once again in Boston's Symphony Hall, the disc provides a warm blend for this find band which seems to get better every year.  I make special note of their performance on Leidzen's "Sweet Hour of Prayer," a work that gets "hacked" too much by faulty tempos.  Yeo gets it right here.  The cornet trio, "The Heralds" and the symphonic Goffin march "Crusaders" are also special treats. Needless to say the solos by Doug Yeo and Terry Everson are outstanding.  Two major works anchor the disc, "Images in Brass," with which they secured their 2004 Challenge Section award, and Jim Curnow's "Psalm 100."  Congratulations, New England! - Ron Holz review from the NABBA Brass Band Bridge