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 4pm
Please note the show for 22nd July will be one hour only owing to a schools radio broadcast but the show will be back to the now usual 2 hours the following week.
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.
Or 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 15th July:
Rhythm and Blues Philip Sparke Opening for weekly show Fodens Band MD: Michael Fowles — 2010
March of the Bow Men from the Robin Hood Suite Frederic Curzon Arr: Frank Wright Foden’s Motor Works Band MD: Rex Mortimer — 1967
Dark Side of the Moon Paul Lovatt-Cooper Black Dyke Band MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs — 2008
Firestar E. S. Carter Cornet Soloist Willie Barr with the Scottish CWS MD: Robert Oughton — 1960s
Aladdin Theme Tim Rice Arr: R. Kernen Mencken Brass Band Soli Deo Gloria MD: Jan de Haan — 1994
Relaxation from Salute to Youth Gilbert Vinter Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Major Peter Parkes — 1986
Fugue in D Minor J S Bach Arr: Ray Farr Enfield Citadel Band of the Salvation Army BM: Jonathon Corry — 2011
Stardust Hoagy Carmichael — Arr: Jimmy Howe Listen to the Band compilation from the 1960s
I Know Why Mark Gordon / Harry Warren Black Dyke Band MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs — 2011
Finale from Francesca da Rimini Tchaikovsky Arr: Iain McKnight Leyland Band MD: Richard Evans — 2011
Prelude from the 49th Parallel Vaughan Williams Arr: Roy Douglas Fodens Band MD: Bryan Hurdley — 2002
Ballade John Golland Cornet soloist Alan Morrison with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: Major Peter Parkes — 1991
Lorenzo Thomas Keighley Fodens Motor Works Band MD: Rex Mortimer — 1966
Jazz Police Gordon Goodwin Arr: Roger McDuffie Rothwell Temperance Band MD: David Roberts — 2009
Voyage of Discovery Goff Richards Black Dyke Band MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs — 2006
The Tops T. J. Powell Cornet quintet feature with the GUS Band MD: Stanley Boddington — 1962
Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor 2nd movement Max Bruch Arr: Stephen Hague Cornet Soloist Kirsty Abbotts with the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band MD: Allan Ramsey – 2006
Abide With Me Grimethorpe Colliery Band This track is from a 1970s compilation with no further information
The Royal Standard March Chesterton GUS (Footwear) Band MD: Stanley Boddington — 1962
Rhythm and Blues Philip Sparke Ending for weekly show Fodens Band MD: Michael Fowles – 2010
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