A work which has quickly found a place in the repertoire of many brass bands – it is so full of invention, glorious melodies, energy, and exciting sounds. Players will enjoy both rehearsal and performance, and while there are technical demands, they always serve the music.

The famous Coventry Carol is used as a basis – and it appears triumphantly at the work’s conclusion, like the new city of Coventry rising, Phoenix-like, from the ashes of the old.