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Radio: Sunday Bandstand

More music from the heartlands of Yorkshire with Chris Helme.

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  More great brass band music from Chris Helme

Sunday Bandstand: 1st July 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

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https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-1-july-2018/

Playlist:

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

Abundance (Marcus Venables)
International Staff Band of the Salvation Army
BM: Dr. Stephen Cobb — (2018)

Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) (Franz von Suppe)
Cory Band
MD: Philip Harper — (2018)

Far and Away (John Williams arr. Philip Harper)
The BT Band
MD: Graham O'Connor — (1998)

Brilliante (Peter Graham)
Soloist: David Thornton
Old Silkstone Band
MD: Richard Evans — (2006)

A Southern Gospel Suite (Fernie)
Brighouse & Rastrick
MD: David Hirst — (2004)

Love & Marriage — as performed by Frank Sinatra (arr. Klaas van der Woude)
Soli Brass
MD: Piet Groeneveld

Rusalka's Song to the Moon (Dvorak arr. Gordon Langford)
Soloist: Kirsty Abbotts
Sellers International Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes — (1999)

Beautiful Dreamer (Foster arr. Howard Snell)
CWS (Glasgow) Band
MD: Howard Snell — (1990)

Piper in the Meadow (traditional arr. Barrett & Siebert)
Williams Fairey Band
MD: Roy Newsome — (1986)

Marching Onward (Ivor Bosanko)
The International Staff Band
BM: LT. Col Ray Bowes — (1988)

Rhapsody in Brass (Dean Goffin)
Buy As You View Cory Band
MD: Dr. Robert Childs — (2006)

The Debutante (Herbert Clarke)
Soloist: Herbert Lincoln Clarke
Sousa Band
MD: John Philip Sousa — (1908)

Just As I Am (Wilfred Heaton)
Yorkshire Building Society
MD: Dr. David King — (1996)

Covenant (Bruce Broughton)
Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band
MD: Elgar Howarth — (2004)

Party Piece (Philip Sparke)
Soloist: Steven Mead
CWS (Glasgow) Band
MD: Archie Hutchison — (1994)

Elegy from Entertainments Suite (Gilbert Vinter)
Foden's Richardson Band — (2006)

My Heart Will Go On (Horner arr. Rieks van der Velde)
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
MD: David Hirst — (2000)

Festival March: 'The Canadian' (James Merritt)
Musikkorps der Heilsarmee Basel 1
BM: Peter Haldimann — (1996)

Olympus (George Hawkins)
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: James Watson — (1994)

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

Enjoy the show....

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