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Radio: Sunday Bandstand

More music from Chris Helme from the brass band heartland of Yorkshire — with a celebration of the musical life of composer Darrol Barry

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  More great music from Chris Helme

Sunday Bandstand 10th June 2018

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

Link:


https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-10-june-2018/

Playlist:


Rhythm and Blues (Philip Sparke)

Opening for weekly show
Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles — (2010)

Meridian (Darrol Barry)
William Davis Construction Group Band
MD: Dr. Keith Wilkinson (1987)

A Salford Sinfonietta (Darrol Barry)
BNFL Band
MD: Richard Evans (1993)

The Lord's My Shepherd (Irvine arr. Darrol Barry)
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs (2010)

Magic Trombones (Darrol Barry)
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
MD: Gavin Lindsay (2007)

Impromptu For Tuba (Darrol Barry)
Soloist: Ken Ferguson
Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band
MD: James Watson (1990)

Main Theme from Air Force One (Goldsmith arr. Darrol Barry)
Oberaarguaer Band
MD: Manfred Obrecht (2005)

Tuesday Blues (Darrol Barry)
Soloist: Simon Stonehouse
Williams Fairey Engineering Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes (1994)
Portrait of a City (Darrol Barry)
Christie Tyler Cory Band
MD: Brian Howard (1989)

Star Trek- The Voyage Home (Rosenmann arr. Darrol Barry)
Brass Band Burgermusik Lucerne
MD: Ludwig Wicki (2002)

Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury arr. Darrol Barry)
North Carolina Brass Band
MD: Brian Meixner (2014)

Toccata, Elegy and Scherzo (Darrol Barry)
Newbridge (Celynen) Band
MD: Paul Holland (2007)

Brass Attack (Darrol Barry)
Cory Band
MD: Dr. Robert Childs (2008)

Euphology (Darrol Barry)
Soloists: Robert and David Childs
Cory Band
MD: Nicholas Childs (2006)

Dracula (Darrol Barry)
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
MD: Alan Morrison (2009)

Misty — Errol Garner (arr. Darrol Barry)
Soloist: Maurice Murphy
Leyland DAF Band
MD: Richard Evans (2007)

The Lass of Richmond Hill (arr. Darrol Barry)
Williams Fairey Band
MD: Alan Lawton (1988)

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Gaudio /Crew arr. Darrol Barry)
Soloists: Maurice Murphy & Don Lusher
Hammonds Sauce Works Band
MD: Geoffrey Whitham (1993)

Samba Symphonique (Darrol Barry)
Cory Band
MD: Dr. Robert Childs (2007)

Way out West (Darrol Barry)
Brass Band Willebroek
MD: Frans Violet (2004)

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


Enjoy the show....

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