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Radio: Sunday Bandstand 2nd July

A special tribute edition to the iconic James Shepherd.

Banstand
  This week's show is a tribute to the great James Shepherd

Sunday Bandstand: 2nd July

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 is happy to play tracks and promote new CD recordings.

The show is played on nine UK community radio stations and four overseas; Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Galway, Ireland and direct to over 200 individual people around the world.

Also go to: www.radiochristmas.co.uk

Enjoy:


https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-2-july-2023/

Playlist:

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

Queensbury
James Kaye
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: James Watson

Journey into Freedom
Eric Ball
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Geoffrey Brand

Carnival of Venice
Herman Belstedt arr. Frank Simon
Soloist: James Shepherd
Pianist Keith Swallow

Heads you win
Bill Charleson
Matthew Payne on percussion
Jayess Queensbury Band
MD: James Shepherd

Ritual Fire Dance
Manuel De Falla arr. Allan Street
Jayess (Queensbury) Band
MD: James Shepherd

Rule Britannia
John Hartmann arr. John R. Carr
Soloist: James Shepherd
Ireland Alloys Band
MD: P.V. Lewis

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Otto Nicolai arr. George Hawkins
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Geoffrey Brand

BB & CF March
J. Ord Hulme
The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain
MD: Eric Ball

Challenging Brass
Gilbert Vinter
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Geoffrey Brand

Pandora
Eugene Demare arr. J. Graham Walker
Soloist: James Shepherd
James Shepherd Versatile Brass
MD: Ray Woodfield

The Flower duet from Lakme
Delibes
Soloists: James and Claire Shepherd
Electricity Drighlington Band
MD: Tony Whitaker

Red Sky at Night
W. Hogarth Lear
James Shepherd Versatile Brass
MD: Ray Woodfield

Symphony for Brass — 2 Mvts
Victor Ewald arr. Michael J. Hopkinson
James Shepherd Versatile Brass
MD: Ray Woodfield

Cornet Carillon
Ronald Binge
Soloists: James Shepherd, David Pogson, Fred Ellis, Jack Brooke
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Roy Newsome

Russian Dance
Oscar Bohme
Soloist: James Shepherd
Ever Ready Band
MD: Walter B. Hargreaves

Nabucodonosor — Overture
Giuseppe Verdi arr. William Rimmer
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Roy Newsome

Napoli
Herman Bellstedt
Soloist: James Shepherd
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Geoffrey Brand

The way we were
Marvin Hamlisch
Trumpet Soloist: James Shepherd
James Shepherd Versatile Brass

The Champions
Major G.H.Willcocks
Kings of Brass
MD: James Scott

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

Enjoy the show...

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