Chris Helme - Sunday Bandstand 28 August 2016

Sunday Bandstand 28 August 2016

A number of bands in the Leicestershire area in the 1970s boasted long histories which in some cases linked back to the working class movements of the nineteenth century, as was apparent with some of their names such as Wigston Temperance Band.

Many of the bands were village bands with local players such as Hathern, Ratby, Croft and Enderby.

Others such as City of Leicester Club and Institute Band, were supported by the working men's clubs and in the county Desford, Snibston and Whitwick with many having their roots in the old coal industry.

The Snibston Colliery Band had started life sometime before 1863 and was renamed Ebenezer Chapel Band and then the Coalville Coronation Band. In 1924 it was renamed as the Snibston Colliery Silver Prize Band. It was during the 1970s that through sponsorship from the William Davis Construction Company it adopted that company title as its new name.

On this week's show is a track from this band under the baton of John Berryman..

Playlist 28 August 2016

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

Honest Toil - William Rimmer - Marsden Silver (Ossett Brewery )Band MD: Geoffrey Whitham - 2007

Nativity and Finale from Dove Descending - Philip Wilby - Scottish Co-op MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs - 2004

It's Alright - Cole Porter Arr: Tom Brevik - Trombones Jonathan Beatty, Andrew Hirst, Simon Willis & Simon Kingsley with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1996

Hailstorm - William Rimmer - Cornet Soloist James Shepherd with the 'Stars in Brass' Band MD: Major Peter Parkes

Rhythmic Skaters - Emile Waldteufel Arr: B. S. Wood - Foden's Motor Works Band MD: Rex Mortimer - 1974

Hampden Roar - Fred Hartley - Scottish C.W.S. Band MD: Robert Oughton - 1969

Divertimento 1mvt Prelude - 2mvt March - 3mvt Intermezzo 4mvt Scherzo - Bryan Kelly - William Davis Construction Group Band MD: John Berryman - 1976

Rhapsody for Euphonium - James Curnow - Euphonium Soloist Steven Mead with the Brass Band BergerMusik Luzern (Switzerland) MD: Ludwig Wicki - 1993

Devil's Kitchen - W.M.Hughes - Excelsior Ropes Band (formerly The Mellingriffith Band) MD: David Thomas -1969

Malaguena - Ernesto Lecuona Arr: Mark Freeh - Brass Band of Battle Creek (USA) MD: Kenneth Bloomquist - 1994

Angus McDonald -Joseph Roeckel - Cornet Soloist Ian Beckett with pianist Dorothy Evans - 2001

Dream Catchers - Paul Lovatt - Cooper - Black Dyke Band MD: Dr. Nicholas Childs - 2009

Canto - Elgar Howarth - Cornet Soloist Håkan Hardenberger (Sweden) with the Eikanger-Bjorsvik Musikklag (Norway) MD: Elgar Howarth - 2015

Barndance and Cowboys Hymn - Philip Sparke - GUS Band MD: John Berryman - 1986

Tangents for Brass Band - Stephen Bulla - IMI. Yorkshire Imperial Band MD: David Hirst - 1991

Rondo Rotondo - Denzil Stephens - Eb Bass Soloist Hugh Williams with the Cory Band MD: Major Arthur Kenny - 1970s

HMS Pinafore Selection - Gilbert and Sullivan Arr: Drake Rimmer - CWS (Manchester) Band MD: Alex Mortimer - 1962

Nikita - Bernie Taupin / Elton John Arr: Alan Fernie - Flugel Horn Soloist Lucy Murphy with the Leyland Band MD: Garry Cutt - 2004

Thine Be The Glory - Maccabaeus - George Frederick Handel Arr: Rieks van der Velde - Brass Band Excelsior with Martin Zonnenberg Organist - (The Netherlands) MD: Rieks van der Velde - 2010

Circus Bee March - Henry Fillmore - Brass Band of Battle Creek (USA) MD: Howard Snell - 2002

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