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Radio: Sunday Bandstand 2nd June

Plenty of great brass band music hosted by Chris Helme.

Sunday Bandstand
  More music from the heart of Yorkshire with Chris Helme

Sunday Bandstand: Sunday 2nd June

Produced and presented by Chris Helme since 2007.

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.

The show is played on 11 UK community radio stations and four overseas; Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Galway, Ireland and direct to over 175 individual people around the world.

To enjoy:


https://www.mixcloud.com/ChrisHelme/sunday-bandstand-2-june-2024/

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

Faravista
Stijn Aertgeerts
Royal Fanfare De Werkmanzonen Band
MD: Yves Wuyts (Fanfare Band)

Lorenzo
Thomas Keighley
Buy As You View Cory Band
MD: Dr Robert Childs

Incantation and Dance
John Barnes Chance
Lexington Brass Band
MD: Ronald Holz

A Chance in Time
Ian Robinson
Fishburn Band
MD: Ian Robinson

One Day In Your Life
Renee Almand arr. Darrol Barry
Soloist: Jim Davies
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
MD: David Hirst

La Boda De Luis Alonso
Geronimo Gimenez arr. Eric Crees
Desford Colliery Band
MD: Eric Crees

Showboat
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein ll
Arr. J. Ord Hume
Redbridge Brass Band
MD: Melvin White

Roller Coaster
Stephen Bulla
Fountain City Brass Band
MD: Dr Joseph Parisi

Gypsy Baron Overture
Johann Strauss II arr. Aubrey Winter
Fairey Band
MD: Kenneth Dennison

Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission
Ennio Morricone
Soloist: Jeremiah Hemphill
Brass Band of Central Florida
MD: Chad Shoopman

Far Horizons Sailing West
Philip Wilby
Spijkerpakkenband
MD: Erik Janssen

Finlandia Op. 26 (Be Still My Soul)
Jean Sibelius
Bradford Festival Choral Society
Black Dyke Mills Band
MD: Geoffrey Brand

On The King's Highway
Erik Leidzen
Mississauga Temple Band of the Salvation Army
BM: David Moulton

Three Piano Preludes — George Gershwin
Arr. Lorna McDonald
Bones Apart Trombone Quartet
Helen Vollam; Lorna McDonald; Becky Smith; Jayne Murrill

American in Paris
George Gershwin arr. Howard Snell
Williams Fairey Band
MD: Allan Withington

Les Indestructibles
Michael Giacchino
Paris Brass Band
MD: Florent Didier

The Thunderer
J.P. Sousa arr. Harry Mortimer
Williams Fairey Band
MD: Major Peter Parkes

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

Enjoy the show...

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