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Radio: Sunday Bandstand 2nd October

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

Bandstand
  More great music from Chris Helme

Sunday Bandstand: 2nd October

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 is happy to play tracks and promote new CD recordings.

The show is played on nine UK community radio stations and four overseas; Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Galway, Ireland and direct to over 200 individual people around the world.

Enjoy:


https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-2-october-2022/

Playlist:

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

Viva Birkinshaw March
William Rimmer
Britannia Building Society Band
MD: Howard Snell

The Flying Dutchman
Richard Wagner arr. Howard Lorriman
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs

With One Look from Sunset Boulevard
Andrew Lloyd Webber arr. William Himes
David Urquart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Band
MD: Alan Exley

Going the Distance
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
European Youth Brass Band
MD: Erik van der Kolk

On With the Motley
Leoncavallo arr. Ray Farr
Soloist: Steve Barnsley
Buy as You View Cory Band
MD: Dr Robert Childs

The Cossack
William Rimmer
Kensington and Norwood Band
MD: Bruce Raymond

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

Oberon Overture
Carl Maria von Weber arr. J. A. Greenwood
Kings of Brass
MD: James Scott

Aristotle's Air
Christopher Bond
Brass Band Willebroek
MD: Frans Violet

Arromanches
Albert Edward Kelly arr. Peter Graham
Sellers Engineering Band
MD: Norman Law

The Present Age
Leslie Condon
Haukas Musikklag Band (Norway)
MD: Thomas -Arne Pederson

Makin Whoopee
Walter Donaldson arr. Michael Hopkinson
Soloist: David Dransfield
James Shepherd Versatile Brass
MD: Roy Curran

Nordic Trilogy
1. The Longboats
2. Hymn to Odin
3. Perilous Voyages
Darrol Barry
Cory Band
MD: Dr Robert Childs

South Pacific
Rogers and Hammerstein arr. Denis Wright
Hepworth Band
MD: Norman Law

Faith Is the Victory
Sam Creamer
Amsterdam Staff Band
BM: Olaf Ritman

Bolero
Ravel arr. Howard Snell
Britannia Building Society Band
MD: Howard Snell

Fatherland
John Hartmann arr. Andrew Owenson
Soloist: Philip McCann
Fairey Band
MD: Ken Dennison

The Salvation Army March
John Philip Sousa arr. Ray Steadman-Allen
Amsterdam Staff Band of the Salvation Army
BM: Howard Evans

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

Enjoy the show...

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