Sunday Bandstand 29 May 2016

29th May 2016

Sunday Bandstand 29 May 2016

In 1975, The Major, as he was always called in brass band circles, was invited to conduct Black Dyke Mills Band (now Black Dyke Band) as a one off at the National Brass Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall. The test piece was Robert Farnon's Un Vie De Matelot. The band was placed first, three points ahead of its nearest rivals Stanshawe and Brighouse and Rastrick bands. Following this success he was invited to be the band's professional conductor, a position he was to hold for the next 14 years.

The combination of the Major's musical interpretation and inspired leadership coupled with the band's top draw performances both on the contest platform and the concert stage around the world, made it an almost unbeatable combination.
With prizes at the very highest level - European, British National and British Open Championships. There are few conductors in the history of the brass band movement that have taken a band to seventeen titles, in such a relatively short time.

Playlist for 29th May 2016

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

The Champions - Major G.H.Willcocks Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1987

Tallis Variations - Philip Sparke Yorkshire Building Society Band MD: Professor David King - 2004

Cantabile - Paganini Arr: Goff Richards Euphonium Soloist Riki McDonnell with the Marple Band MD: Garry Cutt - 1999

A Brand New Day - Alan Fernie Brass Band De Waldsang (The Netherlands) MD: Rieks van der Velde - 2002

Dance Of The Tumblers - Rimsky Korsakov Arr: Stanley Boddington The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain MD: Stanley Boddington - 1970s

I Don't Know How To Love Him - Andrew Lloyd Webber Flugel Soloist Helen Caswell with the Foresters Brass 2000 MD: Peter Collins - 2005

Festivo - Darrol Barry Brass Band Schoonhoven (The Netherlands) MD: Erik Janssen - 1996

Life's Pageant - Terry Camsey Cornet Soloist Terry Camsey with the International Staff Band Of The Salvation Army BM: Col. Bernard Adams - 1972

Merry-Go-Round - Philip Sparke Soli Deo Gloria (The Netherlands) MD: Piet Groeneveld - 2002

Attleborough Suite - I. Overture 2. Ballad 3. Dance - Sir Malcolm Arnold Gothenburg Brass Band (Sweden) MD: Bengt Eklund - 2000

Adagio from Spartacus - Aram Khachaturian Arr: Gordon Langford Fodens Richardson Band MD: Russell Gray - 2005

Tucker - Erik Leidzen Cornet Soloist Deputy Bandmaster Tom Giles with the SP&S Band BM: Captain Eric Ball - 1935

Variations on a Ninth - Gilbert Vinter Sunlife Stanshawe Band MD: Walter B. Hargreaves - 1974

The Flight of the Wild Geese - Robin Dewhurst Yorkshire Building Society Band MD: Professor David King - 2006

My Way - Paul Anka Arr: Philip Harper Vocalist David Mitchell with the Cory Band MD: Philip Harper - 2013

American Trilogy Arr: Goff Richards Ashton under Lyne Band MD: Philip Chalk - 2016

Dog Fight from the Battle of Britain Suite - Sir William Walton Arr: Ted Watson Black Dyke Mills Band MD: James Watson - 2000

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

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