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Radio: Sunday Bandstand

More great music to send out to the banding world from Chris Helme in the heartland of Yorkshire...

Radio
  More great music from Chris Helme

Sunday Bandstand: 28th January

Produced and presented by Chris Helme.

For further information please see www.chrishelme-brighouse.org.uk and follow the Sunday Bandstand links for this play list and previous shows dating back to 2014.

My website also has a review section and a brass band nostalgia section.

Your CD

Has your band produced a CD this year?

I would be very pleased to play tracks from it if you have. Or have you a burning nostalgia question about the world of brass bands, if you have then please contact me via e-mail: bandstand@chrishelme.org.uk

Click this link:

https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-28-january-2018/

Playlist:

Rhythm and Blues (Philip Sparke)
Opening for weekly show
Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles 2010

Day of the Dragon (5th Mvt) Triumph — Men of Harlech (Peter Graham)
Buy As You View Cory Band
MD: Dr. Robert Childs — 2004

Oberon Overture (Carl Maria von Weber arr. J. A. Greenwood)
Kings of Brass
MD: James Scott — 1997

The Sound Of Adventure (Armin Koller)
Brass Band Emmental
MD: Anton Helscher — 2004

Children of Sanchez (Chuck Mangione arr. Reid Gilje)
Soloist: Lyndsay Smith
Co-operative Funeralcare Band
MD: Raymond Tennant — 2003

The Spirit Within (Ben Hollings)
Scottish Borders Youth Band
MD: Alan Fernie — 2017

Mephistopheles (Shipley Douglas)
Christie-Tyler Cory Band
MD: Brian Howard — 1989

Midnight in Moscow (Traditional arr. Colin G. Dance)
Soloists: John Barber, Gareth Westwood & Simon Marshall
Foden's Richardson Band
MD: David Hirst — 2007

Joyous Song (Richard Philips)
Soloist: Kevin Ashman
International Staff Band
BM: Dr. Stephen Cobb — 2004

Romance De l'Amour (Anonymous arr. Darrol Barry)
BNFL Band
MD: Richard Evans — 1994

Blazon from The Trumpets (Gilbert Vinter)
Harry Mortimer's All Star Brass
MD: Gilbert Vinter — 1966

Fanfare, Romance and Finale (Philip Sparke)
Brass Band of Central Florida
MD: Chad Shoopman — 2012

Masque (Kenneth Hesketh)
Foden's Band
MD: Michael Fowles — 2012

Light Walk (Barrie Gott)
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
MD: John Hinckley — 1997

Salvus (Robert Redhead)
Soloist: Steve Pavey
Canadian Staff Band of the Salvation Army
BM: John Lam — 2011

Encanto (Robert W. Smith)
Scottish Borders Youth Band
MD: Alan Fernie — 2017

Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
Soloist: Jeremiah Hemphill
Brass Band of Central Florida
MD: Chad Shoopman — 2011

When the Saints (Traditional arr. Paul Duffy)
Soloist: James Morrison
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs — 2012

Storm over Leningrad from Beyond the Tamar (Philip Harper)
Ensemble De Cuivres Melodia
MD: Yvan Lagger — 2012

Winter from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi arr. Howard Snell)
Britannia Building Society Band
MD: Howard Snell — 1987

Departed Heroes (Bramwell Coles)
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs — 2011

Rhythm and Blues (Philip Sparke)
Closing for weekly show
Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles — 2010

Enjoy the show....

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