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He grew up playing in brass bands in Yorkshire, and notably was Principal Cornet of the world-famous Black Dyke Mills Band from 1956 to 1961. His transition from brass bands to orchestral work was helped with stints with the Hallé, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lemare Orchestra. He held the position of Principal Trumpet ...
Maurice Murphy plays “Sunshine of Your Smile” Dates: Friday, February 1, 1957 to Thursday, February 1, 1962
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Oct 28, 2010 · Maurice Murphy discography and songs: Music profile for Maurice Murphy, born 7 August 1935.
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- Heraldic Spirit
- Family Roots
- Marvellous
- Golden Tone
- Black Dyke Mills Band
- All Consuming Confidence
- Real Deal
- Better Than Work
- Colt 45
For a musician who gave the film world “the voice of a hero”, Maurice Murphy was a man who had little time for those who did not appreciate the everyday working requirements of being a professional orchestral player. His dislike of pretentiousness was legendary, his resultant wit, caustic and biting. He famously ‘shot’ one conductor with a replica ...
It was the American film composer John Williams who called him “a heraldic spirit”. It was Williams who found in Murphy (on what his first day on the job with the London Symphony Orchestra), the heroic ‘voice’ that proclaimed the brilliance of the iconic theme to the 1977 ‘Star Wars’ movie. From that time on, Williams wrote his trumpet parts with h...
Maurice Murphy’s musical journey began in Hammersmith, London, although the family roots were firmly planted in the North East. They returned there when he was aged four. His father drove a coal wagon, and played cornet in the West Stanley Salvation Army. Aged seven he took his first steps. Initially taught and encouraged by his father, the youngst...
Denis Carr, who went onto conduct several leading bands, later recalled: “I entered the Daily Herald solo contest in Gateshead. My brother offered me £1 if a won, 10 shillings if I came second. I felt I was in with a chance of the £1 until a dark-haired lad came on, and after 10 seconds flat my £1 shrank to 10 shillings. It was Maurice. I thought, ...
In early 1951 Murphy left Harton for Crookhall Colliery to play on the solo cornet bench, but was soon promoted to assistant principal and often played principal and was a regular soloist. At the National Final in London that year the principal cornet couldn’t face the solo in ‘Epic Symphony’.Murphy stepped up. The adjudicator Frank Wright wrote th...
In March 1957 he was appointed principal cornet of Black Dyke Mills Band, where over the next five years, he sealed his reputation as the leading cornet player of his generation. At a time when robust, big sounding cornet players were very much the norm, Murphy’s elegant finesse, remarkable dexterity and cultured phrasing stood out like a beacon.
“He played with a nonchalant all-consuming confidence,” Geoffrey Whitham, who played solo euphonium in the band at the time would later say. “Nothing fazed him. He knew he was the best – and we did. There was nothing he couldn’t do, but he never overdid it. It just wasn’t necessary for him.” With him at the helm, Black Dyke won the British Open in ...
Although he would have liked to have stayed in banding a bit longer, a job came up at the BBC Northern Orchestra when Willie Lang moved to the LSO. His name was on their radar, but with no formal musical qualifications some felt he wouldn’t be able to succeed. “I thought I would like to see what an audition was like,” he later said. He was offered ...
Although he hadn’t deliberately set out to become a professional musician, the path to a career was now before him. He also knew who lucky he was, and never once took it for granted. “I really couldn’t do anything else,” he said in a later interview. “And in any case, it’s better than work. I tried that too, being covered in oil and grease before n...
Rehearsing a symphony he turned to the brass section and complained: "Oh trumpets, that's much too gothic, I need it more Renaissance." In a clearly audible whisper to Barry Collarbone, his second trumpet, Murphy asked: "Is he talking to us?" Collarbone replied in the affirmative. "Well, if he talks to us like that again, I'm gonna shoot the f****r...
Listen to music by Maurice Murphy on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Maurice Murphy including Turandot: Nessun Dorma - Finale (Remasterizado), Arutunian Trumpet Concerto in A Flat Major: Andante - Allegro energico - Meno mosso - Tempo I and more.
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Nov 12, 2010 · Among his peers, Murphy was regarded as one of the world’s greatest classical music trumpeters, mostly as the talismanic principal with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) for 30 years.
