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Radio: Sunday Bandstand

More music from Chris Helme as we enjoy the big thaw…

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  More music to enjoy from Chris Helme

Sunday Bandstand: 4th March

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-4-march-2018/


Playlist:


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

Helios (Jan Van Der Roost)
Brass Band Willebroek
MD: Frans Violet — (2007)

Prelude to The Mastersingers (Wagner arr. Frank Wright)
Brighouse & Rastrick
MD: Professor Walter B. Hargreaves — (1969)

Pandora (Eugene Demare)
Soloist: Ian Porthouse
Black Dyke Mills
MD: James Watson — (1994)

Indian Summer (Finale) (Eric Ball)
Wardle High School Band
MD: Stuart Marshall — (1999)

Jubilee Prelude (Philip Sparke)
JJB Sports Leyland Band
MD: Richard Evans — (1998)

Greensleeves (Traditional arr. Elgar Howarth)
Massed Bands of Grimethorpe Colliery, Wingates Temperance, Stanshawe (Bristol), Yorkshire Imperial Metals
MD: Elgar Howarth — (1977)

Suite: Happiness and Harmony (Terry Camsey)
International Staff Band
BM: Col. Bernard Adams — (1972)

Fantasy Variations (Leslie Pearson)
Soloist: Sandy Smith
Williams Fairey Band
MD: James Gourlay — (1997)

March of the Peers (Sullivan arr. William Relton)
1000 Yorkshire Voices and Brighouse & Rastrick
MD: William Relton — (1994)

Te Rauparaha (Maori Chief) March (Alexander Lithgow)
Wellington Municipal Fire Brigade Band
MD: Norman Goffin — (1968)

Voyage to Worlds Unknown (Peter Graham)
New York Staff Band (USA)
BM: Ron Waiksnoris — (2012)

The Striped Falcon (Magnus Hylane)
Soloist: Patrik Randefalk
Gothenburg Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs — (2007)

Agnus Dei from The Armed Man (Mass for Peace) (Dr. Karl Jenkins arr. Tony Small)
Cantorion (Welsh male voice Choir)
Cory Band
GMD: Dr. Karl Jenkins

Kenilworth (Arthur Bliss)
The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain
MD: Harry Mortimer OBE — (1998)

Troublemaker (Mike Davis)
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
MD: Unknown

Brilliante (Basil Windsor)
Soloist: Edward Gray
Foden's Motor Works
MD: Rex Mortimer — (1967)

Polka Dots (FL Buchtel arr. Eric Ball)
Soloists: Stan Priestley, Terry Hext, Ian Copland
Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain
MD: Eric Ball OBE — (2002)

Let's Face the Music & Dance (Irving Berlin)
The David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Band
MD: Alan Exley — (1996)

Le Corsaire (Hector Berlioz arr. Geoffrey Brand)
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes — (1978)

Sousarama (Sousa arr. Edrich Siebert)
Royal Doulton Band
MD: Edward Gray — (1978)

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

Enjoy the show....

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