Playlist 25 June 2017 |
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| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 |
| The Colliers - Derek Broadbent | Old Silkstone Band MD: Norman Law - 2004 |
| Kaleidoscope - Rimsky Korsakov Arr: Brian Bowen | Enfield Citadel Band BM: James Williams - 1984 |
| With One Look from Sunset Boulevard - Andrew Lloyd Webber Arr: William Himes | East Yorkshire (Auntie Bessie's Yorkshire Pudding) Brass MD: Robin Tait - 1998 |
| Watching The Wheat - Traditional Arr: Henry Geehl | The Euphonium section with the Harry Mortimer's All Star Concert Band MD: Harry Mortimer - 1956 |
| Fantasia On British Sea Songs - Henry Wood Arr: Denis Wright | Vocalist Stephanie Helliwell with the Sellers Engineering Band MD: Alan Morrison - 1997 |
| Northern Landscapes - 1) Industry, 2) Seascapes, 3) Earth Dance & 4) Flight - Peter Graham | Boarshurst (Greenfield) Band MD: Jonathon Webster - 2002 |
| Cornet Concerto - (Finale) - Ernest Tomlinson | Soloist Maurice Murphy with Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Roy Newsome - live Royal Albert Hall London - 1974 |
| Firework - Jan van der Roost | Brass Band Midden Brabant (Belgium) MD: Jan van der Roost - 1994 |
| Fanfare and Flying Theme from E.T. - John Williams Arr: Steve Sykes | Foden's Richardson Band MD: Thomas Wyss - 2006 |
| Marignan March - Jean Daetwyler | Ensemble De Cuivres Valaisan (Switzerland) MD: Christophe Jeanbourquin - 2000 |
| Rienzi - Richard Wagner Arr: Hayden Johns | Hanwell Band MD: Eric Bravington - 1963 |
| The Rat Pack featuring The Lady is a Tramp (horn feature), That's Amore (flugel form solo Ian Shires) and Luck be a Lady (back row cornet feature) Arr: Sandy Smith | Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: Richard Evans - 2005 |
| The Falcons - Charles Williams | CWS (Manchester) Band MD: Alex Mortimer - 1957 |
| Titania Polka - William Rimmer | Cornet Soloist Arthur Laycock with the St Hilda Colliery Band MD: |
| You're a Lady - Peter Skellern Arr: Wim Stalman | Soli Brass (The Netherlands) MD: Piet Groeneveld - N/K |
| Crimond - Traditional Arr: Herman Oldenstijl | Desford Colliery Band MD: Jan de Haan - 1992 |
| Concert Scherzo - Alexandre Artiunian Arr: Roger Harvey | Trumpet Soloist James Watson with the Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Robert Childs - 1994 |
| I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Charles and Craig Reid Arr: Andrew Duncan | Langholm Town Band MD: Chris Shanks - 2015 |
| Allegro from Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelsshon Arr: Harris | Cornet Soloist Ken Smith (New Zealand) accompanied by pianist Maurice Till - 1953 |
| Punchinello - William Rimmer | Old Silkstone Band MD: Norman Law - 2004 |
| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 |
Sunday Bandstand 25 June 2017
Ken Smith was a virtuoso cornet player, from New Zealand. Son of conductor K.G.L. Smith, he was born in Westport, New Zealand. He was a youthful prodigy and became a virtuoso cornet player, winning the New Zealand cornet championship 3 years in succession in 1948-49-50.
He left New Zealand for the UK, to play with the Fairey Aviation Works Band in 1950. Arriving in post war Britain he, discovered a country that was so dour that, despite being quite a serious man, he felt committed to brightening up the place. He came from a family with banding in its veins and was Principal Cornet of the National Band of New Zealand that won the 1953 British Open. His return to Fairey’s Band in 1954 was nothing short of sensational, with his style, tone and amazing technique literally placing him years ahead of any of his contemporaries.
Ken conducted St Kilda Brass for a period and later moved to Australia and a senior post at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music. He toured New Zealand, the USA and Canada as a trumpet soloist throughout the 1970s working with leading symphony orchestras . He was appointed MD of the 1985 National Band that toured the U.K. and Europe. He has served as an adjudicator in both New Zealand and Australia.
As a conductor and administrator in New Zealand saw him being honoured by the Queen for his achievements. He retired and returned to Australia in 1996 and later appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to brass bands.
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