Chris Helme - Sunday Bandstand 20 March 2016

Sunday Bandstand 20 March 2016

George Thompson MBE (1907-84) his early brass tuition was on the euphonium with a S.A. junior band. In 1929 he joined the Callender's Cable Works Band. Studying under tutors which included Denis Wright he was the first recipient of the LGSM (Brass Bandmastership) in 1933. He was MD at Grimethorpe 1942 to 1947 then returned south conducting a number of bands including Hanwell, winning the southern area championship in 1950. Other bands included Markham Main, John White (Footwear) Band, City of Coventry, Creswell, St Dennis. After a number of changes at Grimethorpe he returned as MD in 1957, immediately starting the band on its road to the top. With a 3rd prize at Belle Vue in 1960 which was the start of a real purple patch for the band and one of the most successful bands in the 1960s. Two of the band's finest performances during his tenure was in 1963 at the area contest 'Rienzi' and 1969 at the British Open 'Spectrum'. Retiring from Grimethorpe in 1972 his life in banding did go on.

Playlist 20 March 2016

Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke - Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010

Medalion - March - Harry Mortimer - Men O' Brass MD: Harry Mortimer - 1957

Don Pasquale Overture - Donizetti Arr: George Thompson - Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: George Thompson - 1969

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Arr: Jack Peberdy - Flugel Soloist Richard Franklin with the GUS Band MD: John Berryman - 1986

The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen - Mary Webb Arr: Alan Duguid - Regent Brass MD: Alan Duguid - 2012

Finale from Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E Op11 Arr: Gordon Langford - Tenor Horn Soloist Kevin Wadsworth with the Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1980

Jubilee - Paul Drury - New York Staff Band of the Salvation Army (USA) BM: Ron Waiksnoris - 2007

Top O' the Morning - Arr: Bram Wiggins - Wingates Temperance Band MD: Denis Smith - 1970

Peel Park The Bandstand from Lowry Sketch Book - Philip Wilby - The British Army Band MD: Captain David Barringer - 2008

Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes - Arthur Sullivan Arr: Geoffrey Brand - Cornet Soloist Brian Taylor with the Fairey Band - MD N/Kn- c Late 1970s

Poet And Peasant - Franz von Suppe Arr: George Hawkins - Cory Band MD: Philip Harper- 2016

Westwood Go! - Goff Richards - Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band MD: James Watson - 1990

Chorale and Toccata - Stephen Bulla - BNFL Band MD: Richard Evans - 1993

Solid Rock - Paul Sharman - International Staff Band Of The Salvation Army BM: Dr. Stephen Cobb - 2015

The Patriot - Arthur Pryor Arr: Peter Roberts - Trombone Soloist Ian Bousfield with the Black Dyke Band MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs - 2006

Trouble in the Air - Alan Fernie - Fodens (Courtois) Band MD; Nicholas Childs - 1998

Abstractions - Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Tromso Brass (Norway) MD: Bjørn Breistein - 2015

Back to the Future - Alain Silvestri / G.J.Green - Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern (Switzerland) MD: Ludwig Wicki - 1994

Little Red Bird - Traditional Arr: Goff Richards - Baritone Soloist Carole Crompton wit the Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band MD: James Watson - 1990

The Middy - March - Kenneth Alford - Lancashire Constabulary Band MD: Frank Hough - c:1970s

Pictures from an Exhibition - Baba Yaga and The Great Gate of Kiev - Mussorgsky Arr: Philip Sparke - Black Dyke Mills Band MD: James Watson - 1992

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