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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...

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  More music from the heartland of Yorkshire with Chris Helme

Sunday Bandstand: 15th April

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-15-april-2018/
Playlist:

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

Summit March (Frank Seymour arr. Edrich Siebert )
CWS (Manchester) Band
MD: Alex Mortimer — (1968)

A Caledonian Journey (Alan Fernie)
Test Valley Brass
MD: Steve Large — (1998)

Skylines: Manhattan; Chicago; Boston (David Uber Trns. John Harpin)
Soloist: Douglas Yeo
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: James Watson — (1996)

Alicante (Ricardo Sylvio arr. Frederick Charrosin)
Hanwell Brass Band
MD: Eric Bravington — (1971)

Soldiers of Christ (George Marshall)
Household Troops Band
BM: Major John Mott — (2004)

Glorious Ventures (Peter Graham arr. Andrew Blyth)
Soloist: David Daws
Enfield Citadel Band of the Salvation Army
BM: James Williams — 1995

James Cook — Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter)
Williams Fairey Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes — (1993)

Mack and Mabel (Jerry Herman arr. Keith Wilkinson)
The All-Star Girls of Brass
MD: Nicholas Childs — (2000)

When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Edrich Siebert)
Harry Mortimer's All-Star Brass
MD: Harry Mortimer — (1963)

Prelude & Capriccio (Edward Gregson)
Soloist: Brian Grant
GUS (Footwear) Band /Rigid Container Band
MD: Keith Wilkinson — (1982)

La Boda De Luis Alonso — Intermezzo (Geronimo Giménez arr. Eric Crees)
Desford Colliery (Matsuura Machinery)
MD: Eric Crees — (1997)

Forest Of Dean Op126 (Derek Bourgeois)
Stocksbridge Band
MD: Kevin Bolton — (1994)

Sound an Alarm (arr. Warren R. Belshaw)
Christie-Tyler Cory Band with the Pendyrus Male Voice Choir
MD: Denzil Stephens — (1992)

Finlandia (Jean Sibelius)
CWS (Manchester) Band
MD: Alex Mortimer — (1969)

Concert Variations (Don Lusher)
Soloist: Nicholas Hudson
Rochdale Band
GMD: Richard Evans — (1990)

Wine Women and Song Op 333 (Johann Strauss ll)
GUS (Footwear) Band
MD: Stanley Boddington — (1972)

Daughter of the Regiment Overture — (Donizetti arr. Gordon Langford)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
MD: Derek Ashmore — (1972)

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

Enjoy the show....

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