Sunday Bandstand:
Broadcast on Phoenix FM 96.7 community radio in the Halifax area of West Yorkshire. This programme is also available via www.phoenixfm.co.uk
Every Sunday afternoon from 2pm to 3pm
Produced and presented by Chris Helme, or further information please see: www.chrishelme-brighouse.org.uk
It is also available via Podcast from the Radio Phoenix website
I am always pleased to receive requests – you might want to hear a piece from your own early days in banding recordings that have long since joined the record deletions list and difficult to find, I may just have it…...
Or you have a burning nostalgia question about the world of brass bands, if you have then please contact me via e-mail: bandstand@chrishelme.org.uk
Sunday 24th July:
HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS
David Rose arr: R. Farr
Ransome Band
MD: Brian Grant — 1990s
ALBERTA SUITE (Mvts: 2 Lullaby & 3 Toccata)
Derek Broadbent
Brighouse and Rastrick Band
MD: Derek Broadbent — 2005
PIPER O’ DUNDEE
Kenneth Downie
Horn Soloist T.J.Menges
With the Fountain City Band
MD: Dr Joseph Parisi — 2010
CALIFORNIA
Emil Soderstrom
International Staff Band
BM: Lieut. Col. Bernard Adams — 1965
SWISS AIR
Roy Newsome
Tuba Soloist: Shaun Crowther
With Williams Fairey Band
MD: Roy Newsome 1988
RUSSIAN GYPSY AIR
Frank Bryce
Besses o’ th’ Barn Band
MD: Frank Bryce — 1970
SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN
Trad arr: Woodfield
James Shepherd Versatile Brass
MD: Denis Wilby — 1974
AUSTRALIAN FANTASY
Gordon Langford
Besses o’ th’ Barn Band
MD: Roy Newsome — 1983
CARNIVAL IN PARIS
Frank Hughes
Royal Doulton Band
MD: Edward Gray — 1977
OVERTURE ON FAMOUS ENGLISH AIRS
Ernest Tomlinson
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
MD: Bryden Thompson – 1977
Sunday 31st July:
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Not mentioned on sleeve notes — 1992
BREEZIN’ DOWN BROADWAY
Goff Richards
Elland Silver Band
MD: James Shepherd — 2010
SOUND OF MUSIC (selection)
Rogers and Hammerstein arr: D. Wright
GUS (Footwear) Band
MD: Stanley Boddington — 1971
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
Sondheim arr: Fernie
Flugel Soloist: Joanne Childs
Cory Band
MD: Dr Robert Childs — 2009
WEST SIDE STORY — Symphonic Dances
Bernstein arr: Eric Crees
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr Nicholas Childs — 2001
EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE
Trombone Soloist: Jonathan Beatty
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes — 1998
SINGING IN THE RAIN
Nacio Herb Brown arr: Fernie
Fodens (Courtois) Band
MD: Alan Fernie – 1990s
DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Desford Colliery Band
MD: Manfred Obrecht — 1995
APRIL IN PARIS
E. Harburg arr M. Freeh
Yorkshire Building Society
MD: David King — 2002
ANOTHER OPENING ANOTHER SHOW
Cole Porter arr: Stephen Roberts
Brass Band de Bazuin Oenkerk
MD: Klaas van der Woude — 1997
