Playlist 24 March 2019 |
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| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 |
| The Cantonian March - Ian Clarke | Amsterdam Staff Band (The Netherlands) BM: Olaf Ritman - 2013 |
| The Snaring of the Sun - Stephen Roberts | Ebbw Valley Brass MD: Gareth Ritter - 2015 |
| Coronation Scot (the theme from the radio programme Paul Temple) - Vivian Ellis arr: Roy Newsome | National Brass Band of New Zealand MD: Rodney G Sutton - 1980 |
| The Water Margin (the theme tune to the TV programme) - Mashru Satu | Leyland Band MD: Richard Evans - 1980 |
| Bone Idyll - Derek Bourgeois | Trombone Soloist Brett Baker with the Williams Fairey Band MD: Bryan Hurdley - 1996 |
| Dancing in the Park - Peter Graham | National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain MD: Roy Newsome - 1995 |
| Hoedown from Rodeo - Aaron Copland arr: Howard Snell | National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain MD: Roy Newsome - 1995 |
| Gala-Polka - Wemer Knopfel | Brass Band Frohsinn Schötz (Switzerland) MD: Ernst Balli - 1997 |
| Eyes of a Child - Jalkeus / Larsen | Flugel Horn Soloist Allan Withington with the Stavanger Band (Norway) MD: Jacob Vilhelm Larsen - 2011 |
| All Glorious - Dorothy Gates | New York Staff Band (USA) BM: Ron Waiksnoris - 2015 |
| Credo - Lorne Barry | Mississauga Temple Band of the Salvation Army (Canada) BM: David Moulton - 2003 |
| Robin Adair - John Hartmann | Euphonium Soloist Sydney Poole with the CWS (Manchester) Band MD: Alex Mortimer - 1960 |
| Main theme from Star Wars - John Williams arr: Philip Harper | Cory Band MD: Philip Harper - 2017 |
| Duel of the Fates - John Williams arr: Andrew Duncan | Vocalists Only Men Aloud with Cory Band MD: Philip Harper - 2017 |
| Fugue from the Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra - Benjamin Britten arr: David Childs | Foden's Band MD: Dr. Robert Childs - 2017 |
| Creepy Trombones - Bertrand Moren | Trombone Soloists Jeremie Favre, Lucas Llor & Lionel Fumeaux with the La Condordia Vertroz (Switzerland) MD: Bertrand Moren - 2018 |
| Escape Velocity - Martin Cordner | Amsterdam Staff Band (The Netherlands) BM: Olaf Ritman - 2013 |
| Bubbles - Derek Broadbent | Cornet Soloists Sonja Rolli & Markus Hunkeler with the Brass Band Frohsinn Schötz (Switzerland) MD: Ernst Balli - 1997 |
| Rufford Abbey - Drake Rimmer | St Dennis Band MD: Eddie Williams - 1971 |
| St Austell Suite 3Mvt St Austell Band - Kenneth Downie | Brighouse and Rastrick Band MD: David Hirst - 2002 |
| Rolling Along - William Himes | Enfield Citadel Band BM: James Williams - 2003 |
| Carnival Of The Animals - Finale - Saint Seans arr: | Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1983 |
| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 |
Sunday Bandstand 24 March 2019
John Hartmann (24.10.1830 - 1897 in Liverpool, England) was a Prussian brass composer. He is notable for having served Prince George, Duke of Cambridge as bandmaster in the British 4th Regiment, 12th Lancers
When Hartmann went to fulfill his mandatory service obligation to the Prussian military, he chose to be a musician. Doing that gave him the option of choosing the regiment he would serve with. He chose to serve with the Cuirassiers in Cologne. While with the Cuirassiers, he played solo cornet and violin. In 1854, his bandmaster, Herr Schallehn, left service and travelled to England, joining the Crystal Palace Company. Hartmann joined him when his service was over in October 1855. John's brother Ernest also joined Schallehn (prior to John).
Hartmann continued to play cornet in the Crystal Palace Band until he was offered the position of bandmaster of the Tyrone Militia at Sheffield. He served with them, with the 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards, and with the Royal Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham Militia), who were "one of the best brass bands in the country." He organised the band of the 2nd Battalion of the (King's Own) 4th Foot at Chichester. He served with the 4th Foot Guards in Corfu, and the 12th Lancers at Hounslow for four years (turning it from a mediocre band to a professional band).
While serving with the 12th Lancers, Hartmann was invited with his regiment to serve the Duke of Cambridge in Aldershot, Leeds, and Manchester. He did this until a requirement to be enlisted in the military forced him to choose to end his career.
Afterwards he returned to Germany, and not liking it, retired again in England, doing compositions and arrangements of music for British publishing companies.
Here are some of the solos that brass band players will be familiar with:
- Arbucklenian Polka
- Facilita
- La Belle Americaine
- Lizzie Polka
- My Old Kentucky Home
- Pretty Jane, grand fantasy
- The Return,
- Tom Bowling, grand fantasy
On this week’s show we are featuring his Fantasia Brilliante ‘Robin Adair’ played by euphonium soloist Sydney Poole with the CWS (Manchester) Band conducted by Alex Mortimer in 1960.
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