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Radio: Sunday Bandstand 24th April

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

Banstand
  A huge variety of music is on the play list this week

Sunday Bandstand: 19th March

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.

Also go to: www.radiochristmas.co.uk

Enjoy:


https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-24-april-2023/

Playlist:

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

Standard of St George
Kenneth Alford
The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain
MD: Eric Ball OBE

I Vow to Thee my Country from Jupiter The Planets
Gustav Holst arr. Stephen Roberts
Black Dyke Band
MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Fantasies for Band
David Morgan
The Staffordshire Band
MD: David Maplestone

A Brown Bird Singing
Hayden Wood arr. Philip McCann
Soloist: Philip McCann
Organist: Malcolm Hicks

Rule Britannia Overture
William Rimmer
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
MD: Robert Oughton

A Royal Son of York
Edward Watson
Yorkshire Building Society Band
MD: David King

Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes from The Gondoliers
Arthur Sullivan arr. Gordon Langford
Soloist: Russell Gray
Brisbane Excelsior Brass
MD: Barrie Gott

Jerusalem
Sir Hubert Parry
Britannia Building Society
Halifax Choral Society
MD: John Pryce Jones

Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Sir Edward Elgar arr: Eric Ball
Tredegar Town Band
MD: Steve Bastable

Finale: Allegro Presto from Enigma Variations
Sir Edward Elgar arr: Eric Ball
Tredegar Town Band
MD: Steve Bastable

Triumphant Prospect
Olaf Ritman
Amsterdam Staff Band
BM: Olaf Ritman

Purcell Variations
Kenneth Downie
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes

The Lazy Trumpeter
Edrich Siebert
Soloist: Alan Morrison
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes

Circius-Wind from the North
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen
Brassband De Bazuin Oenkerk
MD: Klaas van der Woude

Serenade for Toni
Philip Sparke
JJB Sports Leyland DAF Band
MD: Richard Evans

Carnival Day
Gordon Langford
Massed Bands Besses o' th' Barn, Hammonds Sauce Works,
Parc and Dare, Sun Life Stanshawe; Wingates Temperance
GMD: Vilem Tausky

Concerto for Horn
Bellini arr. Roy Newsome
Soloist: Gordon Higginbottom
James Shepherd Versatile Brass

Back to Bulgaria
Lee Maddeford
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan
MD: Christoph Jeanbourquin

Glory Fanfare
Otto Schwarz
Brass Band Oberösterreich
MD: Hannes Buchegger

The Middy
Kenneth Alford
The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain
MD Eric Ball OBE

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

Enjoy the show...

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