Music for Sunday 6 June 2010
June 1, 2010 by Rob Westwood-Payne
Filed under News, Random Jottings, Worship Meetings
Salvation Army composers often write music for special occasions and for particular Salvation Army centres.
The music Cradley Heath Salvation Army Band will feature as part of this week’s evening worship meeting is no exception.
The march Exeter Temple was written for the 100th church anniversary of The Salvation Army centre at Exeter, known as Exeter Temple. Leslie Condon was a Salvation Army Officer (Minister) and a prolific composer of Salvation Army brass and choral music. For seventeen years he was a member of The Salvation Army’s International Staff Band, serving as Deputy Bandmaster for seven of those years. Sadly, he was Promoted to Glory (died) whilst carol playing with Croydon Citadel Salvation Army Band on Christmas Eve 1983. This march includes the hymn, Who is on the Lord’s Side? and Leslie’s own chorus, Good News.
Who is on the Lord’s side? contains this promise, one which the bandsmen continue to aspire to today:
Master, Thou wilt keep us, by Thy grace divine,
Always on the Lord’s side—Saviour, always Thine!
Why not join us for our worship meetings, this Sunday at 10:30am and 6:00pm?
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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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