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)
