Sunday Bandstand 29 May 2022

Sunday Bandstand 29 May 2022

Harold Moss (1891 - 1960) was a famous conductor, composer and judge in the British brass band sphere. He was also an accomplished trombonist and was known as The King of Trombones. He conducted Wingates Temperance Band from 1909 to 1936, and together they won the National British Brass Band Championships at the Crystal Palace in 1931.

From 1936 to 1948 he conducted Creswell Colliery. In 1948 he moved to Lancashire to conduct Leyland Motors Band. He composed several solos. Most notable of these is his cornet solo is The Nightingale.

Harold Moss was also an adjudicator many times at contests. He was a judge at the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain six times: 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958 and 1959 and at the Northwest Regional Championships in 1960.

On this week's show Leyland Band play his march Royal Tiger which was adopted as the band's signature march in the 1950s.

Playlist 29 May 2022

 

Recording Details 

Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke   Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010  'Patrons' Choice III' - CD - Egon CD-SFZ154 - 2010
Ravenswood -William Rimmer  Bodmin Town Band MD: Howard Taylor - 1995  'Bodmin Town Band - Let's Face the Music' - CD - PM Sound PMSPCD 95601 - 1995
Military Overture - Mendelssohn arr. Denis Wright Williams Fairey Band MD: Alan Lawton - 1989  'Tournament for Brass' - CD - Grasmere Recording GRCD 35 - 1989
Time to Say Goodbye - Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics) arr. Alan Fernie Soloists: Andy Lord (Cornet) and Bill Miller (Euphonium) with the Leyland Band MD: Garry Cutt - 2004  'Greatest World Hits' - CD - Obrasso Recording CD903 - 2004
Prelude and Fugue - Arise my Soul, Arise - Dean Goffin  SWT Woodfalls Band MD: Melvin White - 1998  'Fiesta - SWT Woodfalls Band' - CD -  SWT001 - 1998
Darkness Visible - Richard Grantham City of Bradford Brass MD: Lee Skipsey - 2012  'Illuminate' - CD - World of Sound  WOS 042 - 2012
Romance -Johann  Frederich Diethe                               https://kristy-rowe.com/       Baritone Soloist Kristy Rowe (Australia) accompanied pianist Benjamin Powell - 2012  'Romanze' - CD - Bocchino Music BOCC119 - 2012
The Beatles Go Brass: From Me to You / Michelle / Lucy in the Skies With Diamonds / With a Little Help from My Friends / Something / Lady Madonna / Let It Be / All You Need Is Love - Goff Richards Leyland Band MD: Garry Cutt - 2004  'Greatest World Hits' - CD - Obrasso Recording CD903 - 2004
Royal Tiger March - Harold Moss (Leyland Band signature march) Leyland Band MD: Russell Gray - 2006  'By Arrangement Leyland Band ' - CD - Egon Recording SFZ 135 - 2006 
Solitaire - Neil Sedaka arr. Stephen Corbett Trumpet Soloist Maurice Murphy with the Leyland DAF Band MD: Richard Evans - 2007  'The Lighter Side of Maurice Murphy' - CD - Doyen: DOYCD007 - 2007
Partita - Philip Sparke BNFL Band MD: Richard Evans - 1993 Partita' - CD - The BNFL Band MD: Richard Evans - Polyphonic Recording QPRL 062D - 1993
Humming Chorus from Madam Butterfly - Puccini arr. Sandy Smith Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: Richard Evans - 2005  Grimethorpe in Concert Vol: 2 - CD - Egon SFZ135 - 2004
Send In The Clowns from A Little Night Music - Stephen Sondheim arr. John Barber Vocal Soloist Richard Evans with the Fodens Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2019  'Trials and Triumphs' - CD - Doyen Recording DOY CD391 - 2019
Deep Inside The Sacred Temple - Bizet Euphonium Soloists Stephen Singleton and Bill Millar with the BNFL Band MD: Richard Evans - 1995  'Master Brass Vol 6 - 1995 All England Masters Champions Concert' - CD - Polyphonic Recordings
On the Quarter Deck - March - Kenneth Alford  Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: Richard Evans - 2007  'Grimethorpe In Concert Volume III' - CD - Egon Recording  SFZ 134 - 2007
Bobby Shaftoe - Traditional arr. Gordon Langford Leyland Band MD: Richard Evans - 1980   'Contrasts in Brass' - Double Vinyl - Chandos Label BBR 1008(S) - 1980
Aria - Philip Sparke  Tenor Horn soloist Leah Williams with the Foden's Richardson Band MD: Richard Evans -2003  'Kaleidoscope' - CD - Angelo Records AR 006-3 - 2003
Abide With Me - (Eventide) -  Henry Francis Lyte / William Henry Monk Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Compilation CD  'Best Of Brass (Popular Favourites Performed By The Greatest Brass Bands) - CD - Pulse (3) – PBXCD 450
The Wizard - George Allan  Leyland Band MD: Philip Harper - 2011  'Leyland Band – The Age of Chivalry' - CD - Doyen – DOY CD280 - 2011
Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke   Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010  'Patrons' Choice III' - CD - Egon CD-SFZ154 - 2010

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