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Music from the centenary celebrating Co-operative Funeralcare Band and from the classical world played by the Salvation Army.

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Sunday 7th October 2018



This week a selection of music by the Co-operative Funeralcare Band, founded in Glasgow 100 years ago as the Scottish Co-op Band.

Scottish Co-op Band
Conductor: Raymond Tennant

GOLDCREST (James Anderson)

ASHOKAN FAREWELL (Jay Ungar arr. Simon Kerwin)

HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERERS STONE (John Williams arr. Steve Sykes)

SPARTACUS (Aram Khachaturian arr. Howard Snell)

SING, SING, SING (Louis Prima arr. Mark Freeh)


Scottish Co-op Band
Conductor; Dr Nicholas Childs

CARNIVAL OF VENICE (Harry James arr. Mark Freeh)
Soloist: Roger Webster

HIGHLAND CATHEDRAL (Michael Korb & Ulrich Roever arr. Simon Kerwin)
Bagpipe Soloist: Mark Carmichael

HEBRIDES OVERTURE (Felix Mendelssohn arr. George Thompson)

Co-operative Funeralcare Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles

PEOPLE (Stanley Black arr. Alan Catherall)
Soloist: Jim Hayes


Sunday 14th October 2018



The Salvation Army plays classical.

RADETZKY MARCH (Johann Strauss arr. Richard Phillips)
The Kettering Citadel Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Richard Phillips

SECOND PIANO CONCERTO (Sergei Rachmaninoff arr. William Himes)
Chicago Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: William Himes

THE FLOWER DUET from LAKME (Leo Delibes arr. Norman Bearcroft)
Duet: David Daws & Carl Saunders
The Household Troops Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Major John Mott

CAVATINA (Camille Saint-Saens arr. Andrew Blyth)
Soloist: Andrew Justice

THE SWAN (Camille Saint-Saens arr. Ray Steadman-Allen)
Soloist: Derick Kane
The International Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Dr Stephen Cobb

DIVES & LAZARUS (Ralph Vaughan-Williams arr. Anthony Smith)
Bristol Easton Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Nathan Cole

KALEIDOSCOPE (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Brian Bowen)
The Enfield Citadel Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: James Williams

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