Playlist 22 April 2018 |
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| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 |
| Fame and Glory March - Albert Matt arr: Gregor Grant | The Fairey Band MD: Kenneth Dennison - 1970 |
| 2nd Sinfonietta for Band - i) Danse ii) Dream iii Burlesque - Jean Balissat (not the last 4th mvt) | Brass Band Berner Oberland (Switzerland) MD: James Gourlay - 1994 |
| The Meeting of the Waters - Ralph Pearce | Cornet Soloist Roger Webster with the Brighouse and Rastrick Band MD: David Hirst - 1997 |
| Top O' the Morning - arr: Bram Wiggins | Wingates Temperance Band MD: Denis Smith - 1970 |
| March of the Pacemakers - Gordon Langford | Massed Bands: Morris Concert, Ransome and Marles Works, Yorkshire Imperial Metals & Camborne Town MD: Harry Mortimer - 1970 |
| California Legend - Bruce Broughton | Sun Life Band MD: Roy Newsome - 1991 |
| Danny Boy - Traditional - Percy Grainger / Denis Wright | Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: David James - 1986 |
| The Sun Has Got Its Hat On - Noel Gay / Ralph Butler arr: Philip Sparke | Tuba Soloist Shaun Crowther with the Stars in Brass MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1987 |
| Invincible March - Sam Cope | Black Dyke Mills Band MD: James Watson - 1995 |
| Blaze of Light Concert March - Albert Elms | City of Coventry Band MD: Kenneth Dennison - 1980 |
| Viva Vivaldi - arr: Thomas Wyss | Euphonium soloists Nicholas and Robert Childs with the Britannia Building Society Band MD: Howard Snell - 1989 |
| The Blue and the Gray - Clare Grundman arr. Denzil Stephens | Point of Ayr (EIMCO) Band MD: Denzil Stephens - 1998 |
| Mini Fantasia on a London Theme - Traditional arr: Rob Collinson | The Leyland Band MD: Russell Gray - 2006 |
| Largo from the New World Symphony - Dvorak | Tenor Horn Soloist Gordon Higginbottom with the National Brass Band MD: Geoffrey Brand - 1980 |
| Four Corners of the World 1) This Sceptred Isle 2) Mystic East 3) Pacific Paradise 4) Way Out West - Ronald Hanmer (1971) | Hampshire Youth Concert Band MD: John Knight - 1973 |
| Sally In Our Alley- Traditional arr: Gordon Langford | Baritone Soloist Peter Christian with the Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1984 |
| Dance Fever - Kenneth Downie | Yorkshire Building Society Band MD: David King - 1999 |
| Funiculi Funicula - Luigi Denza | Camborne Town Band MD: Jeremy Wilcock - 2008 |
| Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet - Sergei Prokofiev arr: Pieter Koster | Brass Band Rijnmond (The Netherlands) MD: Anno Appelo - 2010 |
| Suite for Band lll) - Gabriel Major-Marothy | Hannaford Street Silver Band (Canada) MD: Gary Kulesha - 2005 |
| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 |
Sunday Bandstand 22 April 2018
Luigi Denza (24 February 1846 near Naples, Italy died in London 27 January 1922 and was composer. He studied music at the Naples Conservatory and in 1884 he moved to London where he taught singing and became a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in 1898
He is best remembered for "Funiculì, Funiculà" which he wrote in 1880, a humorous Neapolitan song inspired by the inauguration of the first funicular cable car at the summit of Mount Vesuvius.
Neapolitan journalist Peppino Turco contributed the lyrics and may have prompted the song by suggesting that Denza compose something for a song-writing competition. "Funiculì, Funiculà" was published the same year by Casa Ricordi and within a year had sold a million copies
In addition to "Funiculì, Funiculà", he composed hundreds of popular songs. Some of them have been sung by Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, and Luciano Pavarotti,.
He was also an able mandolinist and guitarist, and for these instruments he wrote a number of compositions - he also wrote the opera, Wallenstein which he wrote in 1876
In this week's show we featured this highly popular work by Luigi Denza.
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