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KNDS Fairey to bring their best of brass to Pudsey

The Stockport band will head to Pudsey later this month to deliver their brand of brass band entertainment.

Fairey
  The Stockport band will head to Pudsey later this month

The KNDS Fairey Band will bring their brand of entertainment to Pudsey Civic Hall on Saturday 29th November (7.30pm) as part of the 2025/26 Leeds 'Best of Brass' concert series.

It will follow the Stockport band's appearance at Brass in Concert as they showcase their audience friendly programme with music from Mozart and Rimsky Korsakov to Paul McCartney and Freddie Mercury.

The band's soloist team of Iain Culross, Daniel Marsh, Rebecca Lundberg Peter Shaw and Peter McDonough will also be featured.

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For people who wish to support the events, those booking more than four concerts to enjoy will save 10%.

Programme:

Overture: The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Jubilance (William Himes)
Soloist: Iain Culross
A Salute to Freddie Mercury and Queen
The Piper O' Dundee (Kenneth Downie)
Soloist: Daniel Marsh
Blessed Assurance (Phoebe Knapp arr. Wood)
Soloist: Rebecca Lundberg
Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky Korsakov arr. Wilkinson)

Heroic March from An Epic Symphony (Percy Fletcher)
Share My Yoke (Joy Webb arr. Bosanko)
Soloist: Peter Shaw
A Salute to Paul McCartney (selection)
Amazing Grace (Trad arr. William Himes)
Harlequin (Philip Sparke)
Soloist: Peter McDonough
Serenade (Derek Bourgeois)
Polovtsian Dances (Borodin arr. Huckridge)

Schedule:

Saturday 17th January: GUS Band
Saturday 14th February: Grimethorpe Colliery
Saturday 28th February: Black Dyke Band
Saturday 18th April: Rothwell Temperance
Saturday 28th March: Hammonds
Saturday 9th May: Brighouse & Rastrick

Find out more

https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/theme/leeds-best-of-brass-bcdv

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