Help for Heroes Recording
May 19, 2010 by Rob Westwood-Payne
Filed under Events, News
Our soldiers undertaking duties in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in other places around the world, are extraordinary men and women. Anyone who places their lives at risk in time of war is nothing short of a hero. Help for Heroes is charity which helps wounded servicemen and women returning from war zones. It encourages us to “do our bit” to show they are cared for by us. This message was taken up by Don Howle, a local musician, who decided to produce a CD recording in aid of Help for Heroes. He has enlisted the help of Cradley Heath Salvation Army Band.
The recording takes place on Saturday 12 June 2010 at Kinver Methodist Church. As part of the CD, the band will accompany Don singing:
When I survey the wondrous cross – Words: Isaac Watts / Music: Edward Miller
Lord, for the years – Words & Music: Timothy Dudley-Smith
Thine is the glory – Words: Edmond Budry, translated by Richard Hoyle / Music: Georg Frideric Handel
O valiant hearts – Words: John S Arkwright / Music: Rev Charles Harris
The Band will also be contributing their own items to the CD:
Trumpet voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke, arranged
Fight the good fight – Music: John Hatton (Duke Street)
I vow to thee my country – Music: Gustav Holst arranged by Ray Steadman-Allen
Jerusalem – Music: Sir Hubert Parry arranged by Albert Jakeway
We understand the recording will be available shortly before Remembrance Sunday. More details of how you can support Help for Heroes by purchasing this CD will be available on this website as soon as they are known.
Rob Westwood-Payne grew up in The Salvation Army at Norwich Citadel. He left Norwich to study at the University of Warwick and became fully involved in the music centre there culminating in his conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to a full house in Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He also transferred to The Salvation Army at Coventry City, where he became Songster Leader at the age of 21. He was made Songster Leader at Cradley Heath in April 1998 shortly before marrying Gail in the following October. He was commissioned Bandmaster of the Cradley Heath Band of The Salvation Army in January 2006. He is a former leader of the West Midlands Divisional Youth Chorus and is currently Programme Director at the West Midlands Divisional Summer School for The Salvation Army. He is an Associate Solicitor in the Licensing Team of a national practice based in the south west.
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