Sit back and enjoy a day of brass band entertainment from Bolsover - for free

There can't be anything better to do than log in, sit back and enjoy a full day of brass band entertainment from the Bolsover Festival of Brass — especially as its all free!

A full day of action will start at the Heritage High School in Bolsover at 8.45am — and will last close on 12 hours.

It's going to be full of great brass band music making — so why not take time out and enjoy yourself.

Hosted by Iwan Fox of 4BR and Chris Thomas of Brass Band World magazine, it all kicks off with the first bands in the First and Fourth Sections taking to the stage on the stroke of 9.00am.

9.00am start

There are 14 bands in the First Section, which will be followed by the 15 bands battling it out for the Championship Section title honours starting at around 3.00pm.

The five Fourth Section bands will be followed on stage at 11.30am by the 9 bands in the Third Section and then the 9 bands in the Second Section at around 4.00pm.

The broadcast is being supported by Warwick Music Group, creators of pBone, pTrumpet and pCornet, with viewers having the opportunity to choose between the broadcasts from the two halls throughout the day.

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Championship Section:

Adjudicator: Alan Morrison
Broadcast start time: 3.05pm

Band Number 1: Crofton Silver (Dean Jones)
3.05pm approx

Into the Stars (Ben Hollings)
Stratos (Jonathan Bates)
Euphonium Soloist: Matthew Reasbeck
Lake of Tenderness (Ben Hollings)
Conspiracy (Rebecca Lundberg)
Starburst (Dan Price)

Band Number 2: Longridge (Mark Peacock)
3.30pm approx

Enter the Galaxies (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Moon River Cha Cha (Mancini arr. Philip Harper)
Euphonium Soloist: Toby Reifer
The Spaceman (T.J Powell)
Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard arr. Darrol Barry)
Vocalist & Trombone Soloist: Kenton Mann
Phoenix from War of the Worlds (Peter Graham)

Band Number 3: Chapeltown Silver (Sam Fisher)
3.55pm approx

Starburst (Dan Price)
Londonderry Air (Trad. arr. Iveson )
Cornet Soloist: Ben Jowett
Eleanor Rigby (Lennon & McCartney arr. Alan Fernie)
Remembrance (Ben Hollings)
Balkan Dance (Etienne Crausaz)

Band Number 4: Newstead Brass (Jim Davies)
4.20pm approx

Brasilia (Robin Dewhurst)
Trombone Soloist: Tim Mossad
Vitae Lux (Frode Alnaes arr. Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen)
Last Train Home (Pat Metheny arr. Robin Dewhurst)
Featuring: Alex Seedhouse (euphonium)
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Trad. arr. Robin Dewhurst)

Band Number 5: Llwydcoed (Chris Turner)
4.45pm approx

Nordic Polska (Andreas Edenroth arr. Philip Harper)
A Song for Japan (Steven Verhelst)
Trombone Soloist: Gareth Robinson
Welsh Clog Dance (Peter Graham)
A Little Prayer (Evelyn Glennie arr. Robert Childs)
Finale from Music of the Spheres (Philip Sparke)

Band Number 6: Harrogate (Leigh Baker)
5.10pm approx

Come Follow the Band (Cy Coleman arr. Matthew Ruddock)
Lovely Tear of Lovely Eye (Bob Chilcott arr. Sam Watson)
Blaze Away! (Abe Holzmann)
I Won't Send Roses (Jerry Herman arr. Sam Watson
Baritone Soloist: Keri Graham
Nightingale Dances (Matthew Hall)

Band Number 7: Boarshurst Silver (James Garlick)
5.35pm approx

The Waltonian (J.J Richards arr. Moren)
Grandfather's Clock (Doughty arr. Gavin Somerset)
Eb Tuba Soloist: Liam Welsh
Prelude on Lavenham (Geoffrey Nobes)
Phoenix from War of the Worlds (Peter Graham)

Band Number 8: Roberts Bakery (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
6.00pm approx

Harlequin (Bruce Broughton)
Tico-Tico (Aloysio de Oliveira arr. John Iveson)
Cornet Soloist: Sam Lovatt
Middle Movement of Old London Town (Jonathan Bates)
Final Voyage (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

9. Langley (Cliff Parker)
6.25pm approx

Wrath — from War of the Worlds (Peter Graham)
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose (Trad arr. Gordon Langford)
Cornet Soloist: Becca Charters
Mambo from West Side Story (Bernstein arr. Eric Crees)
The World's Greatest Storyteller (arr. Philip Harper)

Band Number 10: Skelmanthorpe (Martin Heartfield)
6.50pm approx

Activate (Matthew Hall)
Legends of Cyfarthfa (Matthew Hall)
Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael arr. John Iveson)
Horn Soloist: Laura Brown
Romany Fire Dance (Jonathan Bates)
Finale from To Boldly Go (Peter Graham)

Band Number 11: Derwent Brass (Jack Capstaff)
7.15pm approx

La Bocina Espanola (Jack Capstaff)
El Capitan (John Philip Sousa)
Nana (Manuel De Falla arr. Jack Capstaff)
Cornet Soloist: Dave Neville
Fuego Cubano (Jonny Richards arr. Jack Capstaff)
Samba Del Gringo (Gordon Goodwin arr. Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)

Band Number 12: Ratby Cooperative (Mareika Schryver)
7.40pm approx

Swingin' that Bugle Call (Buddy Rich arr. Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)
Semper Fidelis (John Philip Sousa)
Beneath the Willows (Philip Harper)
Flugel Soloist: Kirk Turner
2nd Movement of Four Scottish Dances (Malcolm Arnold)
Finale from Enigma Variations (Elgar arr. Eric Ball)

Band Number 13: Strata Brass (Jonathan Bates)
8.05pm approx

Human Nature Part 2 (Youngblood Brass Band arr. J. Bates)
Butterfly (Rajaton arr. J Bates)
Soprano Cornet Soloist: David Heiland
Glow (Eric Whitacre)
Autumn Leaves (Kosma arr. Blair/Jenkins)
Armenian Fire Dance (Goff Richards)

Band Number 14: Unite the Union (John Davis)
8.30pm approx

The Teddy Bears Massacre (Paul McGhee)
Mephistopheles (Shipley Douglas)
Adagio in G Minor (Tomaso Albinoni arr. Kevin Bolton)
March to the Scaffold (Berlioz arr. Howard Snell)

Band Number 15: Blidworth Welfare (Simon Oates)
8.55pm approx

East Meets West (Philip Harper)
With His First Breath (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Euphonium Soloist: Lynden Cooper
The Water of Tyne (Trad. Arr. Philip Harper)
The Four Seasons (Vivaldi arr. Philip Harper)

First Section:

Adjudicator: Steve Pritchard-Jones
Broadcast start time: 9.00am
All timings approx

Band Number: 1 Stannington (Derek Renshaw)
9.00am approx

Comedians' Galop (Dmitri Kabalevsky arr. Frank Wright)
The Battle of Athens (Philip Harper)
Misty (Erroll Garner arr. Matt Doubleday)
Flugel Soloist: Matt Doubleday
Blue Sleeve Step (Philip Harper)
Somewhere (Leonard Bernstein arr. Philip Harper)

Band Number 2: Shirebrook Miners Welfare (Jim Henson)
9.25am approx

Extract from Feed the Birds (Richard & Robert Sherman arr. J Bates)
Sing, Sing, Sing (Louis Prima arr. Ray Woodfield)
Brown Bird Singing (Trad arr. J Todd)
Cornet Soloist: Michael Bellfield
Birdland (Joe Zawinul arr. Sandy Smith)
Finale from The Firebird (Stravinsky arr. Ray Farr)

Band Number 3: Newstead Brass (Jim Davies)
9.50am approx

Let There Be Light (Stephen Ponsford)
Sometime, Somewhere (George Shutack arr. Klaas van der Woude)
Cornet Soloist: Sarah Teasley
Last Train Home (Pat Metheny arr. Robin Dewhurst)
Legends of Cyfarthfa (Matthew Hall)

Band Number 4: Oddfellows Brass (David Holling)
10.15am approx

Lili Marlene from Keep Smiling Through Medley (arr. Darrol Barry)
Peacemakers (Dan Price)
Stella by Starlight (Hoagy Carmichael arr. Ben Geldard)
Cornet Soloist: Joe Clarbour
Abide with Me (Henry Francis Lyte)
Concert March from 1941 (John Williams arr. Steve Sykes)

Band Number 5: Enderby Band (Ryan Richards)
10.40am approx

Valero (James Swearingen arr. Sandy Smith)
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney arr. Ray Farr)
Soprano Cornet Soloist: Alex Baldwin
Lake of Tenderness (Ben Hollings)
Men of Harlech (Trad arr. Gareth Wood)
Finale from Glorifico Aeternum (Dean Jones)

Band Number 6: Bedworth Brass (Wayne Ruston)
11.05am approx

Malaguena (Lecuona arr. Mark Freeh)
Rhapsody for Euphonium (James Curnow)
Euphonium Soloist: Rhona Baker
Balkan Dance (Etienne Crausaz)
Dundonnell from Hymn of the Highlands (Philip Sparke)

Band Number 7: Silk Brass (Tony Wyatt)
11.30am approx

La Fiesta (Chick Correa arr. Sandy Smith)
Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma arr. Alan Catherall)
Du bist die Ruh (Franz Schubert arr. Fernie)
Soprano Soloist: John Worth
Neapolitan Scenes (Jules Massenet arr. Roy Newsome)

Band Number 8: Crofton Silver (Dean Jones)
11.55am approx

Into the Stars (Ben Hollings)
Stratos (Jonathan Bates)
Euphonium Soloist: Matthew Reasbeck
Lake of Tenderness (Ben Hollings)
Conspiracy (Rebecca Lundberg)
Starburst (Dan Price)

Band Number 9: Hebden Bridge (David Hamilton)
12.20pm approx

Prelude on Tallis (Peter Graham)
Jubilee! (Paul Drury)
Concorde (Roy Newsome)
Cornet Soloist: Charlie Heaven
Not to be Forgotten (Pat Metheny arr. Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)
Swingin' That Bugle Call (Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)

Band Number 10: GT Group Peterlee (Graeme Tindall)
12.45pm approx

Got to Get You Into My Life (Lennon/McCartney arr. Leigh Baker)
Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair (Foster arr. Roger Harvey
Trombone Soloist: Matthew Roberts
Longest Time (Billy Joel arr. Tom Davoren)
Prelude on Lavenham (Geoffrey Nobes)
Finale from Turris Fortissima (Stephen Ponsford)

Band Number 11: Boarshurst Silver (James Garlick)
1.10pm approx

The Waltonian (J. J Richards arr. Moren)
The Lord is Gracious (Darren Bartlett arr. Olaf Ritman)
Tico Tico (Abreu arr. John Iveson)
Cornet Soloist: Ryan Ashley
Felton Lonnen (Trad arr. Leigh Morris)
Cossack Wedding Dance (Peter Graham)

Band Number 12: Milton Keynes Brass (Jonathan Mott)
1.35pm approx

Amazonia (from Windows of the World) (Peter Graham)
Samba del Gringo (Gordon Goodwin arr. Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)
El Cumbanchero (Rafael Hernandez arr. Goff Richards)
Cornet Soloist: Matthew Ball
Chiquillin de Bachin (Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer arr. Gilje)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (5th Movement) (Martin Ellerby)

Band Number 13: Longridge (Mark Peacock)
2.00pm approx

Band Number 14: Amersham (Paul Fisher)
2.25pm

Into the Sky (Stephen Bulla)
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney arr. Ray Farr)
Soprano Soloist: Rob Wallace
Bali Ha'i (Rodger and Hammerstein arr. Colin Skinner)
A Little Prayer (Evelyn Glennie arr. Robert Childs)
American Salute (Morton Gould arr. Simon Kerwin)

Second Section:

Adjudicator: Sheona White
Broadcast start time: 4.00pm
All timings approx

Band Number 1: Old Hall Brass (John North)
4.00pm approx

20th Century Fox Fanfare (Alfred Newman arr. Chris Wormald)
Theme from Superman (John Williams arr. Jack Peberdy)
Nearer My God to Thee (Lowell Mason arr. Simon Wood)
The Bare Necessities (Terry Gilkeson arr. Leigh Baker)
Eb Tuba Soloist: John Sudworth
Everybody Needs Somebody (Wexler/Berns/Burke arr. Thijs Oud)

Band Number 2: Littleport Brass (Ian Knapton)
4.25pm approx

Blackbird Special (Dirty Dozen Brass Band arr. Reid Gilje)
Under the Boardwalk (Kenny Young arr. Philip Harper)
Flugel Soloist: Jan Wyndham-Hall
Salsa Tres' Prado (Philip Harper)
The New Colonial (R. B Hall)
Glorifico Aeternum (Dean Jones)

Band Number 3: Rockingham (Adam Whittle)
4.50pm approx

With a Little Help from My Friends (Lennon & McCartney arr. Leigh Baker)
All Night Long (Lionel Ritchie arr. Leigh Baker)
Little Prayer (Evelyn Glennie arr. Robert Childs)
Euphonium Soloist: Keith Taylor
Trumpeten Polka (Mnozil Brass arr. Gottleib)
Valiants Arise (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

Band Number 4: Chapeltown Silver (Sam Fisher)
5.15pm approx

Starburst (Dan Price)
Londonderry Air (Trad. arr. Iverson )
Cornet Soloist: Ben Jowett
Eleanor Rigby (Lennon & McCartney arr. Alan Fernie)
Remembrance (Ben Hollings)
Balkan Dance (Etienne Crausaz)

Band Number 5: Audley Brass (Tom Hancock)
5.40pm approx

Run to the Hills (Iron Maiden arr. Rodney Newton)
Lead Guitarist: Matthew Dashpar-Hughes
Solitaire (Neil Sedaka arr. Stephen Corbett)
Soprano Cornet Soloist: Craig Shaw
The Wondrous Cross (Dean Jones)
Nosferatu (Mario Burki)

Band Number 6: Market Rasen (David Dearnley)
6.05pm approx

Sabre Dance (Khachaturian arr. Graham Walker)
Y Bore Glas (Trad arr. Leigh Baker)
Cornet Soloist: Hannah Vaughan
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile (Harry James arr. Bill Geldard)
Wall of Sound (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

Band Number 7: Ibstock Brick Brass (Dave Lea)
6.30pm approx

Starburst (Dan Price)
Don't Doubt Him Now (Leonard Ballantine)
Cornet Soloist: Leanne Wilkins
Mid All the Traffic (Leonard Ballantine)
Glorifico Aeternum (Dean Jones)

Band Number 8: Dronfield Genquip (Damian Wileman)
6.55pm approx

Home of Legends (Paul Lovatt Cooper)
Bring Him Home (Schonberg arr. Keith Wilkinson)
Cornet Soloist: Adrian Wileman
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Don Raye arr. Ray Woodfield)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Sherwin arr. Gordon McKenzie)
Lest We Forget (Christopher Bond)

Band Number 9: Bakewell Band (Jim Henson)
7.20pm approx

Home of Legends (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Song of the Night Sky (Christopher Bond)
Cornet Soloist: Emma Hunt
In Perfect Peace (Kenneth Downie)
Everybody Needs Somebody (Burke/Wexler arr. Thijs Oud)

Third Section:

Adjudication: Nick Garman
Broadcast start time: 11.30am
All timings approx

Band Number 1: Long Eaton (Sharon Stansfield)
11.30am

Pastime with Good Company (Trad arr. Stephen Roberts)
Moon River (Mancini arr. Christopher Bond))
Horn Soloist: James Mayell
Benedictus (Karl Jenkins arr. Tony Small)
Euphonium Soloist: Emma Ramplin
Paint it Black (Rolling Stones arr. Leigh Baker)

Band Number 2: Rockingham (Adam Whittle)
11.55am approx

Band Number 3: Deepcar (Colum O'Shea)
12.45pm approx

Fanfare & Flourishes (James Curnow)
Puppet on a String (Bill Martin arr. Edrich Seibert)
Concierto de Aranjuez (Rodrigo arr. Kevin Bolton)
Flugel Soloist: Eleanor Long
Rise Like A Phoenix (Charlie Mason arr. Frank Bernaerts)
Lord of the Dance (Ronan Hardiman arr. Gavin Somerset)

Band Number 4: Pleasley Colliery Band (Geof Benson)
1.10pm

Prismatic Light (Alan Fernie)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (Hollies arr. B. P Crookes)
Horn Soloist: Claire Benson
Empty Chairs, Empty Tables (Schonberg arr. Cathryn Rogers)
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Trad arr. Derek Braodbent)
Galop (Shostakovich arr. Alan Fernie)

Band Number 5: Whitworth Vale & Healey (Chris Binns)
1.35pm approx

Malaquena (Lecuona arr. Mark Freeh)
La Basilica di San Marco (Mario Burki)
Czardas (Monti arr. Chris Binns)
Eb Tuba Soloist: Ian Peters
Klezma Karnival (Philip Sparke)

Band Number 6: Stamford Brass (Julian Bright)
2.00pm approx

Living Power (Tom Davoren)
Dark Haired Marie (arr. Goff Richards)
Cornet Soloist: David Thomas
Vielen Dank Fur Die Blumen (Tom & Jerry) (Udo Jurgens arr. Mnozil Brass)
Temple 85 (Norman Bearcroft)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (from the World's Greatest Storyteller) (arr. Philip Harper)
Climb Every Mountain (Rogers & Hammerstein arr. Philip Harper)

Band Number 7: Hoover Bolton (Craig Mann)
2.25pm approx

Starburst (Dan Price)
The Spaceman (T. J Powell)
Rusalka's Song to the Moon (Dvorak arr. Langford)
Cornet Soloist: Sheena Whitehouse
Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

Band Number 8: Golborne Band (Joshua Hughes)
2.50pm approx

Dr Alpeflug (Mani Matter arr. Mario Burki)
Varied Mood (Ray Woodfield)
Euphonium Soloist: Andrew Jackson
A Time for Us (arr. Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)
Featuring: Roy Waite, Catherine Jackson, David Scarisbrick, Robert Craven, Hazel Boxall)
Hot Toddy (Hendler/Flanagan arr. Geldard)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder arr. Goff Richards)

Band Number 9: Audley Brass (Tom Hancock)
3.15pm

Fourth Section:

Adjudicator: Nick Garman
Broadcast start time: 9.00am
All timings approx

Band Number 1: Kirkby Colliery (Neville Buxton)
9.00am approx

Dallas (R.B. Hall)
Softly As I Leave You (Tony De Vito arr. Catherall)
Euphonium Soloist: Robert Saunders
Reet Petite (Berry Gordy arr. Sandy Smith)
Romance from Divertimento for Brass (Darrol Barry)
Great Gate of Kiev (Modest Mussorgsky arr. Trevor Walmsley)

Band Number 2: Matlock Band (Chris Banks)
9.25am approx

Horizons (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Stars (Schonberg arr. A. Cook)
Cornet Soloist: Karen Birkett
Lake of Tenderness (Ben Hollings)
Rocket (Alan Fernie)

Band Number 3: Ilkeston Band (Geoff Hawley)
9.50am approx

That's a Plenty (Lew Pollack arr. Goff Richards)
Blaydon Races (Trad arr. Gordon Langford)
Baritone Soloist: Aiden Barton
A Gaelic Blessing (John Rutter arr. Darrol Barry)
Bare Necessities (Gilkyson arr. Leigh Baker)
Soloists: Richard Shaw and Alistair Barton

Casatchok (Trad arr. Alan Fernie)
Band Number 4: Loxley Silver (Richard Windle)
10.15am

First Steps (Elbow arr. Richard Windle)
Noble Men (Henry Fillmore arr. Richard Windle)
A Little Prayer (Evelyn Glennie arr. Robert Childs)
Euphonium Soloist: Anne Rawnsley
Rich Man's Frug (Cy Coleman arr. Richard Windle)
Tuba Soloist: Mitchell Kirk
Gospel Hall: IV Praise! (Chris Hazell arr. Richard Windle)

Band Number 5: Blackley (Adrian Smith)
10.40am

Don't Stop Me Now (Mercury arr. Philip Harper)
Faith (Michael arr. Philip Harper)
Flugel Soloist: Charlotte Ankers
Your Song (Elton John/Bernie Taupin arr. John Philip Hannevik)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson arr. Christopher Wormald)
And American Trilogy (arr. Goff Richards)

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