Playlist 11 December 2022 |
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| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 | 'Patrons' Choice III' - CD - Egon CD-SFZ154 - 2010 |
| Angel Trumpets - Richard Phillips | Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army BM: Howard J. Evans - 2022 | 'An Advent Journey' - CD - SP&S CD443 - 2022 - https://www.sps-shop.com/101878 |
| La Cenerentola (Cinderella) Overture - Rossini arr. Major Peter Parkes | Black Dyke Mills Band MD Major Peter Parkes - 1983 | 'Black Dyke Plays Rossini' - Vinyl - Chandos BBRD1021 - 1983 |
| O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam arr. Stephen Bulla | Soprano Cornet Soloist Kevin Crockford with the Black Dyke Mills Band MD: James Watson - 1994 | 'Soprano Legends - (Compilation)' - CD - Doyen Recording DOY298 - 2012 |
| Fantasy on Good King Wenceslas - Roy Newsome | BNFL Band MD: Richard Evans - 1984 | 'Christmas Brass' The BNFL Band ' - CD Polyphonic Reproductions - QMPR 602D - 1984 |
| Disney Fantasy - arr. Goff Richards | Brass Band of Battle Creek (USA) MD: Kenneth Bloomquist - 2005 | 'Sing, Sing, Sing' - CD - BBBC - 1993 |
| Candlelight Carol - John Rutter arr. Andrew Wainwright | Cornet Soloist James Fountain with the Virtuosi GUS Band MD: John Berryman - 2012 | 'Christmas Fantasia - The Music of Andrew Wainwright' - CD - SP&S DOY CD30 - 2012 |
| On Christmas Night - Paul Sharman | International Staff Band Of The Salvation Army - BM: Dr. Stephen Cobb - 2016 | 'Celebrate The Season' - SP&S Recording SPS 404CD - 2016 |
| Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Mendelssohn arr. David Willcocks | Foden's Band with the Halifax Choral Society and organist David Battiwalla MD: Nicholas Childs - 1998 | 'Christmas Song' - CD - Doyen DOYCD074 - 1998 |
| A Jingle Bell Fantasy - arr. Darrol Barry | Brass Band Willebroek (Belgium) MD: Frans Violet - 2006 | 'A Christmas Celebration' - CD - Bernaerts Recording - BR 2006/033 - 2006 |
| Farandole from the Suite L'Arlesienne - George Bizet arr. Drake Rimmer | The Sheldon Theatre Brass Band (USA) MD: W. Larry Brentzel - 1995 | 'Fanfare and Carols' - CD - Westmark Recording WCD29521 - 1995 |
| Christmas Festival arr. Gordon Langford | Yorkshire Building Society Band MD: Professor David King - 2003 | 'Simple Gifts' - CD - Egon Recording SFZ118 - 2003 |
| The Little Drummer Boy - Davis/Onorati and Simeone arr. Philip Sparke | Brass Band of Central Florida (USA) MD: Chad Shoopman - 2011 | 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' - CD - BBCF - 2011 |
| Schneewaltzer (The Snow Waltz) - Thomas Koschat arr. Goff Richards | Thoresby RJB Band MD: Stan Lippeatt - 2000 | 'Schneewaltzer' - CD Doyen Recording DOY CD122 - 2000 |
| Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken arr. Corsin Tuor | Vocalists: Yasmine Meguid and Daniel Zihlmann with the Brass Band Mg Rickenbach (Switzerland) MD: Corsin Tuor - 2008 | 'Brass and Voices' - CD - Brass Band Mg Rickenbach Recording - 2008 |
| March Of The Three Wise Men - Franz Liszt arr. Ronald Holz | Lexington Brass Band (USA) MD: Dr. Ron Holz - 1998 | 'tis the Season - live' - CD - www.lexingtonbrassband.com/ .........1998 |
| A Sway in a Manger - John Parkinson (https://www.corusbrass.org/) | Wingates Band MD: Andrew Berryman - 2006 | 'Asway in a Manager' - CD - Howfen Legend – 003 - 2006 |
| A Joyful Sound - Marcus Venables | New York Staff Band (USA) BM: Derek Lance - 2020 | 'Let there be Light' - CD - Salvation Army supplies - 2020 |
| Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - Franz Gruber arr. Corsin Tuor | Brass Band Berner Oberland (Switzerland) MD: Corsin Tuor - 2016 | 'Silent Night' - CD - Lucerne Music Edition - www.bbo.ch ............ 2016 |
| Illuminate - Andrew Wainwright | Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army BM: Howard J. Evans - 2022 | 'An Advent Journey' - CD - SP&S CD443 - 2022 -https://www.sps-shop.com/101878 |
| Pure Imagination from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley arr: Philip Littlemore | Cornet Soloist Russell Prescott with the Haydock Band MD: Mark Quinn - 2015 | 'Musicality' - CD - Harlequin Recordings - http://www.haydockband.com/ - 2015 |
| Gaudete - Kevin Norbury | International Staff Band of the Salvation Army BM: Dr. Stephen Cobb - 2016 | 'Celebrate the Season' - CD - SPS 404CD - 2016 |
| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 | 'Patrons' Choice III' - CD - Egon CD-SFZ154 - 2010 |
Sunday Bandstand 11 December 2022
Hello Brass Banders - This is week two into my Sunday Bandstand radio show. Once again it is Christmas music all the way with some fabulous soloists.
Why do we have candles at Christmas time? By lighting candles during Christmas eve, this represents the Star of Bethlehem that guided the Magi to the manger where baby Jesus was born.
Another set of Christians consider Jesus as the “light of the world,“ and they light candles during Christmas to celebrate the birth of the “light of the world;” Jesus.
What is considered to be the oldest Christmas Carol? It's generally accepted that one of the first Christmas carols ever to be recorded was the 129 AD 'Angels Hymn', according to The New Daily. Around this time, Christianity-themed hymns started taking over the previous pagan songs celebrating Winter Solstice...
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