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Radio: Sunday Bandstand

Join Chris Helme on his regular Sunday slot — or at any time of the day, any day, for some great brass band music...

Bandstand
  More great music from Chris Helme to enjoy when the sun is shining in Yorkshire...

More great music to send out to the banding world from Chris Helme in the heartland of Yorkshire...

Sunday Bandstand 31st May 2020

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.

The show is always open for questions, requests and we are always happy to play tracks and promote your new CD recording.

Check out my website for duplicate and triplicate CDs I am selling to make room for new ones arriving. Having bought 350 from the US.

Click this link https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-31-may-2020/

Playlist:


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

Also Sprach Zarathustra
Richard Strauss arr. Peter Graham
Massed bands with Black Dyke and the International Staff Band
BM: Dr. Stephen Cobb (2008)

Reach for the Stars
Goff Richards
Cory Band
MD: Dr Robert Childs (2003)

Polka Dots and Moon Beams
Jimmy van Huesen arr. Robin Dewhurst
Soloist: Brett Baker
Brass Band de Waldsang
MD: Rieks van der Velde (2006)

The Snaring of the Sun
Stephen Roberts
Ebbw Valley Brass
MD: Gareth Ritter (2015)

Red Sky at Night
Lear (Elgar Howarth)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
MD: Elgar Howarth (1976)

Battle of the Planets
Hoyt Crutin arr. Philip Harper
The British Army Brass Band
MD: Major David Barringer (2009)

Hunter's Moon
Gilbert Vinter — arr. Tommy Dodd
Soloist: Gordon Higginbottom
James Shepherd Versatile Brass (1974)

Flyin' to the Skies
Christoph Walter arr. Sandy Smith
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs (2011)

Pinocchio: When You Wish Upon a Star
Ned Washington arr. Barry Booth
Soloist: Carol Jarvis with Friends (2010)

Flight
David Glanneskog
North Carolina Brass Band (USA)
MD Brian Meixner (2014)

Constellation March
Bertrand Moren
Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern (Switzerland)
MD: Ludwig Wicki (2009)

Jupiter from The Planets
Gustav Holst arr. Stephen Roberts
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs (2008)

The Flying Scot
Gregor Grant
Soloist: Willie Barr
Scottish (CWS) Band
MD: Robert Oughton (1967)

Space Movements
Andre Waignein
Yorkshire Building Society Band
MD: David Hirst (2001)

First Contact — Theme From Star Trek
Jerry Goldsmith arr. Darrol Barry
Unity Brass
MD:

Space Invaders
Andy Scott
Foden's Band
MD: Michael Fowles (2010)

Starlight
Drake Rimmer
Soloist: Brian Cooling
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
MD: George Thompson (1967)

Star Trek- The Voyage Home
Leonard Rosenmann arr. Darrol Barry
Brass Band Burgermusik (Luzern)
MD Ludwig Wicki

From Earth's Confusion
Trevor Davis
International Staff Band of the Salvation Army
BM: Stephen Cobb (2000)

Somewhere in Time
John Barry arr. Klaas van der Woude
Soloist: Kay Mackenzie
Sellers International Band
MD: Philip McCann (2004)

Graf Zeppelin March
Carl Teika arr. Roy Newsome
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr Nicholas Childs (2005)

Enter the Galaxies
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Massed bands International Staff Band & New York Staff Band
BM: Dr Stephen Cobb (2011)

Back to the Future III
Alan Silvestri arr. Rodney Newton
Brass Band Berner Oberland
MD: James Gourlay (2008)

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

Enjoy the show....

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