{"id":11506,"date":"2025-02-01T08:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T07:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=11506"},"modified":"2025-02-01T08:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T07:12:07","slug":"imperial-concert-band-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/imperial-concert-band-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Concert Band: 1986"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2024\/08\/Wind-Band.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11628\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2024\/08\/Wind-Band-1024x566.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>A regular feature on the Imperial calendar was the appearance of the Imperial Wind Band, but as in this video, it had just been renamed as the Imperial Concert Band. Strangely though, back some 10 years (Felix advert above) in 1976 they were called the Imperial College Wind Ensemble. Maybe changing some instruments required a name change?<\/p>\r\n<p>Andy Mitchell spoke with Don Monro about all of this just after a performance had been given in the original Mech Eng main entrance. Right at the end we get to see the 1985 performance of the 1812 overture on the steps of the Queens Tower recorded in colour.<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/61VuFVrOmFg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw February 2025<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A performance today by the Imperial Wind Band, recently renamed as the Imperial Concert Band. 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