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Radio: Sunday Bandstand

More great brass band music over the airwaves from Chris Helme.

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  More great music from Chris Helme from the heart of Yorkshire...

More great music to send out to the banding world from Chris Helme in the heartland of Yorkshire...

Sunday Bandstand 7th June 2020

Produced and presented by Chris Helme. 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.

Check out my website for duplicate and triplicate CDs I am selling to make room for new ones arriving. Having bought 350 from the US.

Click this link: https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-7-june-2020/

Playlist:


Rhythm and Blues
Philip Sparke
Opening for the weekly show
Foden's Band
MD: Michael Fowles (2010)

San Marino March
George Hawkins
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
MD: George Thompson (1970)

Symphonic Music
Paul Huber
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes (1979)

The Mask of Zorro
James Horner arr. Darrol Barry
Brass Band Willebroek
MD: Frans Violet (2008)

People
Stanley Black
Soloist: Richard Marshall
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs (2007)

Singing in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown arr. Alan Catherall
Foss Dyke Band
MD: Walter Ritchie (2001)

March of the Mogul Emperors
Edward Elgar arr. Keith Wilkinson
Brass Band of the Western Reserve
MD: Dr. Keith Wilkinson (2007)

The Devil's Tongue
Hugo Schmidt and Nate Gay
Soloist: Mark Glover
Lion City Brass Band
MD: Ignatius Wang (2016)

Skyfall
Adele arr. Steve Newcombe
Vocalist Chrislyn Hamilton
Brisbane Excelsior Band
MD: Howard Taylor (2017)

Chorale and Prelude
Beethoven arr. Alastair Taylor
Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army
BM: Howard J. Evans (2015)

Sons of the Brave
Thomas Bidgood
Old Silkstone Band
MD: Norman Law (2004)

From Stabat Mater — I. Sancta Mater
Karl Jenkins arr. Andrew Wainwright & Robert Childs
Hammonds Saltaire Band
MD: Morgan Griffiths (2015)

Carnival — Helen Perkin
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Major George H. Willcocks (1957)

Circus
1. Rope Walker 2. Pierrot 3. Juggler
Huug Steketee
Soloist: Huug Steketee
Ilone Kieft playing the Harp (1997)

Jurassic Park
John Williams
Dalewool Auckland Brass (New Zealand)
MD: Nigel Weeks (2002)

Rhapsody In Blue
George Gershwin arr. Derek Ashmore
Desford Colliery Band
MD: James Watson (1991)

Fandango
Frank Perkins arr. James Howe
Brass Band of Central Florida (USA)
MD: Chap Shoopman (2012)

Ain't She Sweet
Jack Yellen and Milton Ager
Redbridge Brass
MD: John Clark (1994)

A Spin through Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich arr. Gary Westwood
Leyland Band
MD: Russell Gray (2006)

A Child Is Born
Thad Jones arr. C. Booker
Soloist: Martin Winter
Eikanger Bjorsvik Band
MD: Reid Gilje (2003)

Marignan March
Jean Daetwyler
Ensemble De Cuivres Valaisan
MD: Christophe Jeanbourquin (2000)

That's a Plenty
Lew Pollack arr. Goff Richards
Seindorf Beaumaris Band
MD: Gwyn M. Evans (2000)

Rhythm and Blues
Philip Sparke
Closing for weekly show Foden's Band
MD: Michael Fowles (2010)

Enjoy the show....

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