Chris Helme - Sunday Bandstand 30 October 2016

Sunday Bandstand 30 October 2016

Zdenek Fibich (21.12.1850 – 15.10.1900) was a Czech composer of classical music. He composed two string quartets, a piano trio, piano quartet and a quintet for piano, strings and winds), symphonic poems, three symphonies, at least seven operas , melodramas , liturgical music including a mass and a large cycle (almost 400 pieces, from the 1890s) of piano works called Moods, Impressions, Reminiscences and much more.

  He is far less known than Dvorak or Smetana - explained by the fact that he lived during the rise of Czech nationalism in the Habsburg Empire. Smetana and Dvorak gave themselves over to the national cause, consciously writing Czech music which the emerging nation strongly identified, Fibich’s position was more ambivalent.  

To the world of brass bands his 1893 piece of chamber music 'Poem in Db Major Op 41 No. 4' which he wrote for violin and piano is the one we know best. It is often described as 'wonderful and romantic'. This work is featured on today's show - enjoy

Playlist 30 October 2016

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

County Palatine Concert March - Maurice Johnstone Auckland Metropolitan Fire Brigade Band(New Zealand) MD: Lloyd Thorne - 1960 

To Boldly Go - Peter Graham Melbourne Staff Band of the Salvation Army (Australia) MD: Kenneth Waterworth -2015 

The Lazy Trumpeter - Edrich Siebert Cornet Soloist Alex Melville with the Whitburn Burgh Band MD: Derek Broadbent - 1979 

Evocations 1) Harlequin's Carnival 2) The Death of Don Quixote 3) Sueno (Dream) 4) The Royal Hunt of the Sun - Martin Ellerby Williams Fairey Band MD: James Gourlay - 1997 

Londonderry Air - Traditional Irish - Arr: James A. Garrett The University of Kentucky Euphonium - Tuba Ensemble - (USA) Director Dr. Skip Gray - 2013

Beautiful Gardens March - (Schoenfeld March Op. 442) - Carl Michael Ziehrer Arr: Ray Woodfield Royal Doulton Band MD: Ted Gray - 1991 

The Old Gumbie Cat and Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat from the musical Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber Arr: Goff Richards Dalkeith And Monktonhall Brass Band MD: Iain Fleming - 2001

 Street Scene - Alfred Newman Arr: Adrian Drover Trombone Soloist Gordon Campbell with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: Frank Renton - 1994 

Suite Gothique 4mvt Toccata - Leon Boellmann Arr: Eric Ball Swiss Army Band (Switzerland) MD: Andreas Sporri - 1999 

Mack and Mabel - Jerry Herman Arr: Keith Wilkinson West Yorkshire Police Band MD: Barry Thompson - 1997 

Liberty Fanfare - John Williams Arr: Steve Sykes Fountain City Brass Band (USA) MD: Dr. Joseph Parisi - 2010 

The Swan from Carnival of the Animals - Saint Saens Arr: Howard Snell Baritone Soloist Katrina Marzella with the Whitburn Band MD: Andrew Duncan - 2004

 Benvenuto Cellini - Hector Berlioz Arr: Christian Jenkins Buy As You View Cory Band MD: Dr. Robert Childs - 2003

 Arioso - J.S.Bach Arr: Howard Snell Britannia Building Society Band MD: Howard Snell - 1990

 Pearl Harbor (Selection) - Hans Zimmer Arr: Frank Bernaerts Brass Band Schoonhoven (The Netherlands) MD: Benny Wiame - 2002 

Be Still and Know - Terry Camsey Cornet Soloist David Daws with the International Staff Band of the Salvation Army BM: Stephen Cobb - 1999 

Poeme Op 41 No. 4 - Zdenek Fibich Swiss Army Band (Switzerland) MD: Andreas Sporri - 1999 

Norwegian Wood - Lennon and McCartney Arr: Adrian Drover Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: Frank Renton - 1994

 The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - Bob Gaudio / Bob Crew Arr: Darrol Barry Duet Maurice Murphy Trumpet & Don Lusher Trombone with Hammonds Sauce Works Band MD: Geoffrey Whitham - 93 

Mexican Hat Dance - Bernard Ebbinghouse Arr: Ray Farr Sellers International MD: Philip McCann - 2004 

Symphony No 4 - Finale - Tchaikovsky Arr: Weston Nicholl Black Dyke Mills Band MD: James Watson - 1992 

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