Sunday Bandstand 11 December 2016

Sunday Bandstand 11 December 2016

Derek Bourgeois b: 1941. After university education at Magdalene College, he spent two years at the Royal College of Music, studying composition / conducting.


1971/84, he lectured at Bristol University and director of the National Youth Orchestra from 1984/93. In 1980 he began conducting the Sun Life Band, his introduction to the world of brass bands.


1994, appointed Director of Music at St Paul's Girls School, London, a position previously held by a number of noted composers.


The First International Conference for Conductors, Publishers and Composers awarded him with their main commission in 1981. He founded the National Youth Chamber Orchestra of GB in 1988 and has been a member of the Music Advisory Panel of the Arts Council. He is a prolific composer for brass bands. On this week's show is the Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas which Derek arranged for brass bands.

Playlist 11 December 2016



Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke 

Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010



Christmas Praise - Noel Jones

 - City Of Bradford Brass Band MD: Lee Skipsey - 2016



Christmas Triptych - James Curnow

 - North Carolina Brass Band (USA) MD: Brian Meixner - 2016



Winter from "The Four Seasons" - Vivaldi Arr: Darrol Barry

 - Cornet Soloist Robert Westacott with the Brighouse & Rastrick Band MD: David Hirst - 2000



O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam Arr: Howard Lorriman

 - Oberaargauer Brass Band with the Classic Festival Choir (Austria) MD: Manfred Obrecht -2009



Forgotten Dreams - Leroy Anderson Arr: Simon Kerwin - 

Brass Band de Bazuin Oenkerk (The Netherlands) MD: Klaas van der Woude - 2011



Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra (From "Indiana Jones - The Last Crusade") - John Williams Arr: Klaas van der Woude

 - Black Dyke Band MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs - 2008



Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah - G.F.Handel - 

Black Dyke Band and the Halifax Choral Society MD: John Pryce Jones - 2001



Stille Nacht - Franz Gruber Arr: Corsin Tuor

 - Brass Band Berner Oberland (Switzerland) MD: Corsin Tuor - 2016



Charivari - John Iveson

 - Cornet Soloist Roger Webster with the Breeze Brass Band (Japan) MD: Kazuyoshi Uemura - 1995



Fantasy on Good King Wenceslas - Roy Newsome

 - The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band (Canada) MD: W. Larry Brentzel - 1995



O Come All Ye Faithful - Traditional - Arr: David Willcocks trs : Ray Steadman-Allen

 - The Treorchy Male Voice Choir with the Cory Band MD: Philip Harper - 2016



Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills Arr: David Cunningham - 

Royal Doulton Band MD: Ted Gray - 1989



O Fortuna from Carmina Burana - Carl Orff Arr: Klaas van der Woude - 

Organist Simon Lindley with the Sellers International Band MD: Philip McCann - 2004



Family Portrait from Lowry Sketchbook - Philip Wilby 

Point of Ayr Band MD: Michael Fowles - 1999



The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Paul Dukas Arr: Derek Bourgeois

 - Hammonds Saltaire Band MD: Morgan Griffiths - 2012



We Are The Reason - David Meece Arr: Richard Phillips

Vocalist Claire White-McKay with the City Of Bradford Brass Band MD: Lee Skipsey - 2016



'twas The Night Before Christmas - Drew R. Fennell - Narrator: Ed Simpson

 - North Carolina Brass Band (USA) MD: Brian Meixner - 2016



Variations - Andrew Lloyd Webber Arr: Peter Graham - 

Euphonium Soloist Steven Mead with the Williams Fairey Band MD: Howard Snell - 1998



God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - Paul Clark Arr: Edward Mylechreest

 - The Household Troops Band BM: Carl Saunders - 2014



Japanese Slumber Song - Gareth Wood - 

Delta Brass Zeeland (The Netherlands) MD: Luc Vertommen - 2008



O Little Town - Ralph Pearce

 - Cornet Soloist Gordon Ward with the New York Staff Band (USA) BM: Ron Waiksnoris - 2007



Funiculi Funicula Rhapsody - Luigi Denza and Yo Goto Arr: Michael Garasi

 - Brass Band of Central Florida (USA) MD: Michael J. Garasi - 2007



Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke 

Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010






I have a number of pieces this week from new CDs that have been kindly sent to me. Please check out the band’s website about these new CDs.




Thanks to:




North Carolina Brass Band, USA MD: Brian Meixner. 'Christmas Wrapped in Brass' - CD - www.ncbrassband.org/ .............2016


Brass Band Berner Oberland, Switzerland MD: Corsin Tuor .’Silent Night – Stille Nacht’ – CD - www.bbo.ch/ ......2016

The City of Bradford Brass Band, UK MD: Lee Skipsey. ‘ Spirit’ – CD - www.bradfordbrass.co.uk/ ...................... 2016


Cory Band MD: Philip Harper - 'A Festival of Fanfares and Carols' - CD - Doyen DOY CD364 www.coryband.com/ ..............2016

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