Luke Carver Goss's 'Pure Gold: A 4x4 Relay Race'

Black Dyke Band have commissioned composer Luke Carver Goss and performance poet Ian McMillan to write 'Pure Gold: a 4x4 Relay Race' for full brass band (Black Dyke) with percussion, the Manchester Chorale and the Halifax Choral Society. The piece uses the theme and structure of a relay race and is divided into four three-minute 'legs': 'Power', 'Speed', 'Losing Ground' and 'Triumph'. Through these sections the writers weave together words and music to tell the tale of triumph over adversity, team work and sporting pride.