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Radio: Sunday Bandstand 22nd October

More great brass band music to enjoy from Chris Helme.

Sunday Bandstand
  Chris Helme brings more great brass band music to the airwaves

Sunday Bandstand: Sunday 22nd October

Produced and presented by Chris Helme since 2007.

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.

The show is played on 11 UK community radio stations and four overseas; Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Galway, Ireland and direct to over 175 individual people around the world.

To enjoy:


To enjoy: https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-22-october-2023/

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

Fly Over
Roy Newsome
Brass Band De Waldsang
MD: Rieks van der Velde

Overture Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss ll — arr. Aubrey Winter
Fairey Band
MD: Kenneth Dennison

America from West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein arr. Alan Fernie
Brass Band Buizingen
MD: Luc Vertommen

Arioso and Allegro
Joseph Hector Fiocco arr. Robert Childs
Soloist: Robert Childs
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: James Watson

October Festival
Eric Ball
Massed bands Besses O'th Barn, Carlton Main Frickley Colliery,
Ever Ready (GB) and GUS (Footwear) Bands
Guest MD: Robert Farnon
Royal Albert Hall

Haunted Halls
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Ghost Train
Darrol Barry
Foden's Richardson Band
MD: Garry Cutt

Spooktacular
Arr. Dan Price
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Devil's Kitchen
W.M.Hughes
Excelsior Ropes Band
MD: David Thomas

Triptych for Brass Band
Philip Sparke
Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band
MD: David Hirst

The Sand Volcano from the film The Mummy
Jerry Goldsmith arr. Goff Richards
Oberaargauer Band
MD: Manfred Obrecht

The Waltzing Cat
Leroy Anderson arr. Sandy Smith
Hepworth (Cookson Homes) Band
MD: Sandy Smith

Clear Skies
Eric Ball
Soloist: David Daws
International Staff Band
BM: Stephen Cobb

The Pines of Rome
Ottorino Respighi arr. Howard Snell
Britannia Building Society Band
MD: Howard Snell

Neapolitan Trilogy
It's Now or Never, Moonlight & Memory, Funiculi Funicula
Arr. Alwyn Humphreys
Morriston Orpheus Choir
Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen Band
MD: Alywn Humphreys

Festive Overture
Dmitri Shostakovich
Arr. Peter Kitson
Brighouse & Rastrick
MD: Allan Withington

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

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