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Foden's to kick-off new Leeds Best of Brass series

Foden's will be the first of eight leading bands entertaining audiences as part of the new Leeds Best of Brass series.

Leeds Best of Brass
  The North West Area champion kicks off the new series

Foden's Band will kick-off the 2025/26 Leeds Best of Brass series of concerts with a programme to suit all tastes at Pudsey Civic Hall on Saturday 18th October (7.30pm).

Tickets: https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/whats-on/foden-s-band-l2gp

First of Eight

The popular series will feature eight leading bands over the coming months, with the Sandbach ensemble followed by KNDS Fairey (Saturday 29th November); GUS Band (Saturday 17th January); Grimethorpe Colliery (Saturday 14th February); Black Dyke Band (Saturday 28th February); Hammonds (Saturday 28th March); Rothwell Temperance (Saturday 18th April) and Brighouse & Rastrick (Saturday 9th May).

All events will take place at Pudsey Civic Hall (LS28 TA)

Foden's programme:


Le Corsair (Berlioz arr. Brand)
Ice Castles (Bayer-Sager & Hamlisch arr. Barber)
Soloist: Richard Poole

Song of the Night Sky (Bond)
Soloist: Mark Wilkinson
Czardas (Strauss/ Snell)
The Worth Valley Railway (Gordon Langford)

Ye Banks and Braes (Trad arr. Collinson)
Soloist: Jonathan Bates
Variations on Laudate Dominum (Edward Gregson)

Valaisia Variants (Tom Davoren)
Tell Her You Saw Me (Metheny arr. Jim Fieldhouse)
Soloists: Ashley Dixon and Mike Warriner

California Dreamin' (Phillips arr. Taylor)
Serenata (Liz Lane)

Harlequin (Philip Sparke)
Soloist: Gary Curtin
Joy of Loving Hearts (Kenneth Downie)

Baba Yaga & The Great Gate of Kiev (Mussorgsky arr. Howarth)

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