Sunday Bandstand 22 January 2023

Sunday Bandstand 22 January 2023

Scarborough Fayre - this is the latest CD produced by the Hammonds Band MD: Morgan Griffiths which was recorded in May 2022 and was released two weeks ago.

There are 15 tracks which includes a number of well known concert pieces and some others that will be new to the listener. The CD features four soloists - Cornet Soloist Kirsty Abbotts, Tenor Horn Zoe Wright, Soprano Alan Morrison and Baritone Soloist Michael Walsh.

The CD ends with a popular brass band big finish Respighi's March from The Pines of Rome arranged by Howard Snell.

This show is featuring a march from the CD which is from the pen of Johann Strauss II and it is one that is new to this presenter and no doubt to many  listeners as well. Further information about the CD is on Hammonds website https://www.hammondsband.org.uk/                  Enjoy

Playlist 22 January 2023

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
Olympus - George Hawkins Black Dyke Mills Band MD: James Watson - 1994  'Great British Marches' - CD Doyen Recording DOY39 - 1994
Music of Thanksgiving - Kenneth Downie Brass Band Bacchus Lennik (Belgium) MD:  Bart  van Neyghem - 2005  'Highlights WMC 2005 1st World Championships' - www.worldwindmusic.nl - 2005
The Lion King: The Circle of Life / You can feel the love tonight / Hakuna Matata / This Land  - Elton John & Hans Zimmer arr. Alan Fernie  Brighouse and Rastrick Band MD: David Hirst - 2003   'Mission in Brass' - CD - Obrasso Recording  CD888 - 2003 
A Winter Sunday - Gilles Rocha arr. Bertrand Moren Bass Trombone Soloist Lionel Fumeaux with the La Concordia Vertroz Band (Switzerland) MD: Bertrand Moren - 2018  'Ave Troz' - CD - 2018
The Second Waltz from the Jazz Suite - Dimitri Shostakovich arr. Alan Fernie Canny Brass (Switzerland) MD: Hans Nigg - 2022  'Live Concert December 8, 2022'  - CD - Sent by the band's president - 2022
Jenny Jones - arr: Michael Hopkinson  Tenor Horn Soloist Gordon Higginbottom with the Brass Band Berner Oberland (Switzerland) MD: Markus Bach - - 1980  'Brass Band Oberland' - Vinyl - Claves ‎– D 8006 - 1980
Blackbird Special - Dirty Dozen Brass band arr. Reid Gilje Tredegar Town Band MD: Ian Porthouse - 2012   'Tredegar in Concert Vol 1' - CD -  Avanti: TIC001 - 2012
Kyrie Eleison  (Lord Have Mercy Upon Us) - Vato Kakhidze Swiss Army Band (Switzerland) MD: Andreas Sporri - 1999  'Symphony in Brass No. 2' - CD - Amos -1999
March of the Kings Men - Denis James Plater National Band of New Zealand MD: Norman Thorn - 1967  'National Band Of New Zealand – Colonel Bogey On Parade' - Vinyl - XPS5043 - 1967
Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) - Franz von Suppe Cory Band MD: Philip Harper - 2018  'The Art of Brass' - C D - SP&S DOY CD382 - 2018
Fantasy on North Country Tunes - Ernest Tomlinson Halifax Choral Society with the Britannia Building Society Band MD: John Pryce Jones - 1995  'Best of Brass & Voices - Volume 1' - CD - Doyen Recording DOYCD041 - 1995
You are the Sunshine of my Life - Stevie Wonder arr. Goff Richards The Desford Colliery Band MD: Frank Renton - May 1998  'The Listen to the Band Collection - More Reflections for Brass' - CD - WMEM 0027-2 - Recorded between 1984 & 1998
Born to Battle - Brenton Broadstock Ransome Band MD: Graham O'Connor - 2004  'Highlights of Brass in Concert 2004' - Doyen DOYCD194
Andalucía - Enrique Granados arr. Howard Snell Flugel Horn Soloist Simon Stonehouse with the Williams Fairey Band MD: Bryan Hurdley - 1997  'Spanish Impressions' - CD - Chandos Brass CHAN 4544 - 1997
Slipstream - Philip Sparke  Brass Band Willebroek (Belgium) MD: Frans Violet - Not Known  'Here we go again' - CD - SABAM FV001 - 
Oberon Overture - Carl Maria von Weber arr.  J. A. Greenwood Kings of Brass MD: James Scott - 1997  'Down Memory Lane Vol: 2' CD - Kirklees Music: KRCD1029 - 1997 
All Through the Night - Gordon Langford  The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain MD: James Scott - 1970s  'The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain Vol: Vll' - CD - 
Where our flag waves Op473 - Johann Strauss II Hammonds Band MD: Morgan Griffiths - 2022   'Scarborough Fayre' - CD - https://www.hammondsband.org.uk/
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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