History

History

by Geoffrey Harris

Alex Lithgow composed world-acclaimed brass band music in Tasmania more than a century ago, one piece becoming particularly famous, but to those who know and revere his work it is too rarely played and heard. In 2026, the 100th anniversary of Lithgow conducting five bands simultaneously in Launceston’s Albert Hall...

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