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Programme No. 668 20th December 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Christmas Tidings | Christmas Joy | International Staff Band | Erik Leidzen | 24764 | |
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Simple Gifts | Christmas Festival Overture | YBS Band | Leroy Anderson | 21184 | |
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December | O Holy Night | Manger Musiklagg Band | Vocalist: Lydia Hoen Tjore | Adolphe Adam | DOY378CD |
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Fanfares and Carols | Yule Dance | Cory Band | Philip Harper | 22147 | |
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December | Silent Night | Manger Musiklagg Band | Franz Gruber arr. Gordon | DOY378CD | |
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Simple Gifts | Troika | YBS Band | Whistler: David Morris | Sergei Prokovieff arr. Farr | 21184 |
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A White Christmas | Dies Natalis | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | John Golland | ||
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Fanfares and Carols | Once in Royal David’s City | Cory Band | Treorchy Male Voice Choir | Philip Harper | 22147 |
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Celebrate the Season | International Staff Band | On Christmas Night | Paul Sharman | 22148 | |
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The Spirit of Christmas | Santa Claus-trophobia | Household Troops Band | Sandy Smith | 25289 | |
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Black Dyke Christmas Carol | Christmas Finale | Black Dyke Band | Narrator: Ken Greenwood Scrooge: James Sykes | Paul Lovatt-Cooper | 24782 |
Programme No. 667 13th December 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Bolero | The Entry of the King | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | Richard Wagner arr. Moren | 100159 | |
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The History of BB Music – Classical Arrangements | Giles Farnaby Suite | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | Giles Farnaby arr. Howarth | 24833 | |
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Contrasts | Serenade for Trombone | Black Dyke Band | Brett Baker | John Golland | 100152 |
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History of BB Music – The Golden Era | A Moorside Suite | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | Gustav Holst | 21234 | |
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Step Out | A Song to the Sea | Tredegar Town Band | Glen van Looy | Tom Davoran | 100619 |
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The Art of Brass | Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | Cory Band | Vocal: Stephen Hamnett | Lennon & McCartney arr. Harper | 100158 |
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The Nationals 2019 | Viking Age | Uppermill Band | Thierry Deleruyelle | 100608 | |
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Marches & Waltzes | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | Morgenblatter | Johann Strauss II | 24528 | |
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The Art of Brass | The Girl With the Flaxen Hair | Cory Band | Tom Hutchinson | Claude Debussy arr. Harper | 100158 |
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Windows of the World | Molly on the Shore | YBS Band | Percy Grainger arr. Snell | QPRL213D | |
Programme No. 666 6th December 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Crown of Gold | Winterthur Centenary | South London Fellowship Band | Ray Bowes | 21466 | |
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Sea Pictures | Cuban Overture | Fodens Band | Philip Sparke | 21477 | |
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Step Out | Kaleidoscope | Tredegar Town Band | Glen van Looy | Fredrick Schjelderup | 100619 |
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Bantock | Kubla Kahn | Salford University Band | Granville Bantock | 24557 | |
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Soloist Showcase | Zigeurnerweisen | Black Dyke Band | Cornet Section | Pablo Sarasate | 25200 |
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75 Not Out | Honey Pie | Fairey Band | Lennon & McCartney arr. Smith | 25238 | |
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The Nationals 2019 | Beecher Variations | Tewit Silver Band | Stephen Bulla | 100608 | |
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In Principal | Showcase | Tom Hutchinson | Christopher Bond | 25484 | |
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The Nationals 2019 | Black Dyke at the Movies | Black Dyke Band | Wareham/Williams/Conti | 100608 | |
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Pines of Rome | Pines of the Appian Way | Fodens Band | Ottorino Respighi arr. Snell | 21786 | |
Programme No. 665 29th November 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Crown of Gold | Harlesdon | South London Fellowship Band | Ray Bowes | 21466 | |
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Storytelling | The World’s Greatest Storyteller | Cory Band | Philip Harper | 22174 | |
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The Nationals 2019 | Zelda | Black Dyke Band | Richard Marshall | Percy Code | 100608 |
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Origins | Canadian Folk Song Suite | International Staff Band | Morley Calvert | 24646 | |
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Step Out | Step Out | Tredegar Town Band | Glen van Looy | Robin Dewhurst | 100619 |
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Return of the Legends | Down By The Riverside | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | arr. Darrol Barry | 21370 | |
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Heaton | Toccata: O The Blessed Lord | Eikanger Bjorsvik Band | Wilfred Heaton | 21951 | |
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Soloists Showcase | Quartet for Tubas | Black Dyke Basses | Eric Ball | 25200 | |
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Immeasurable | Deep Harmony | Bellshill SA Band | Handel Parker arr. Newsome | SPS411CD | |
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The Incredible Polysteel Band | Capriccio Espagnol | The Polysteel Band | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 24948 | |
Programme No. 664 22nd November 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Favourite Marches of the SA | Hollinwood | Boscombe SA Band | Ray Steadman-Allen | 21245 | |
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Epic Themes | The Cowboys | Fodens Band | John Williams | 21218 | |
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Joy Through the Ages | The Ransomed Host | Boscombe SA Band | John Starkes | Ray Steadman-Allen | 21597 |
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Sing Sang Sung | Birdland | BB of Central Florida Band | Josef Zawinel | 24842 | |
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Music of a Legacy | Treasures From Tchaikovsky | Household Troops Band | Bramwell Coles | 25371 | |
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All Glorious | All You Need Is Love | New York Staff Band | Lennon & McCartney arr. Gates | 25477 | |
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Patrons’ Choice IV | Priere a Notre Dame | Fodens Band | Leon Boellmann arr. Eric Ball | 21595 | |
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Purcell Variations | Purcell Variations | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | Kenneth Downie | 21147 | |
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Enseavour | Cross Rhythms | International Staff Band | Steven Ponsford | 22192 | |
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Façade | Orb and Sceptre | Black Dyke Band | William Walton | 21953 | |
Programme No. 663 15th November 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Just for Fun | The Screamer | Black Dyke Band | Fred Jewell | 22139 | |
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By Arrangement | Ruler of the Spirits | Leyland Band | Carl Maria von Weber | 24773 | |
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Soloist Showcase | Miss Blue Bonnet | Fodens Band | Frank Simon | 25296 | |
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Enter the Galaxies | Aspects of Adiemus | Cory Band | Karl Jenkins | 21373 |  |
Fire in the Blood | Fire in the Blood | International Staff Band | Paul Lovatt-Cooper | 25251 |
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Mission in Brass | Cabaret | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | Kander and Ebb arr. Fernie | OBR888CD | |
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Genesis | Cornet Concerto Mov. 1 | Black Dyke Band | Richard Marshall | Martin Ellerby | 25483 |
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Hymns and Marches | Aberystwyth | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | Joseph Parry | DOY56CD | |
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Essential Dyke X | Crown Imperial | Black Dyke Band | William Walton | 21600 | |
Programme No. 662 8th November 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Best by Farr Vol. 2 | Colonel Bogey | Eikanger Bjorsvik Band | Alford/Arnold/Farr | 24947 | |
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American Landscapes | Images for Brass | Sellers International Band | Stephen Bulla | 21219 | |
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Tipperary | Tipperary | Stalybridge Old Band | Jack Judge arr. Kerwin | AMA38CD | |
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Eden | Nimrod | Black Dyke Band | Narrator: Richard Hollick | Edward Elgar | 24713 |
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On Stage | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | Fodens Band | Hugie Prince arr. Fernie | OBR857CD | |
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Blazon | The Holy War | International Staff Band | Ray Steadman-Allen | SPS91CD | |
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Pemberton Green | Pemberton Green | Pemberton Old Band | John Maines | AMA41CD | |
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By Request | On The Quarter Deck | BNFL Band | Kenneth Alford | QPRL78D | |
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The Vikings | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Eikanger Bjorsvik Band | Grethe Tonheim | Manning Sherwin arr. Snell | 24521 |
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Façade | Dog Fight | Black Dyke Band Band | William Walton | 21953 | |
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Epic Themes | Midway March | Fodens Band | John Williams | 21218 | |
Programme No. 661 1st November 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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A Night at the Opera | Grand March from Tannhauser | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | Richard Wagner | DOY13CD | |
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Fantastic Overtures | The MerryWives of Windsor | Black Dyke Band | Oto Nicolai | 24941 | |
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Golden Slippers | Golden Slippers | International Staff Band | David Daws | Norman Bearcroft | 21129 |
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From the Mountains to the Downs | High Peak | Black Dyke Mills Band | Eric Ball | 25341 | |
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Promenade | Bonnets of Dundee | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | Elgar Howarth | 22174 | |
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The Adventurers | Solid Rock | International Staff Band | Paul Sharman | 25490 | |
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Promenade | Pineapple Poll | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | Arthur Sullivan arr. Brand | 21182 | |
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Origins | On Radcliff Highway | International Staff Band | Ray Steadman-Allen | 24646 | |
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Strangers in the Night | La Cucuracha | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | arr. Darrol Barry | OBR929CD | |
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Patrons’ Choice VI | Masque | Fodens Band | Kenneth Hesketh | 25238 | |
Programme No. 660 25th October 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Marches and Waltzes | Old Comrades | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | Carl Teika | 24528 | |
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Fantastic Overtures | The Flying Dutchman | Black Dyke Band | Richard Wagner | 24786 | |
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Fantasy | Grand Russian Fantasia | Cenral Band of the RAF | Philip Cobb | Jules Levy | 22135 |
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Regionals 2017 | Pageantry | YBS Band | Herbert Howells | 22142 | |
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Storytelling | Nordic Polska | Cory Band | arr. Philip Harper | 22174 | |
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Fairey Band in Concert | Forgotten Dreams | Fairey Band | Leroy Anderson | 24779 | |
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Black Dyke Gold Vol. VIII | A Celtic Promise | Black Dyke Band | Philip Harper | DOY395CD | |
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Whitsun Wakes | The Accursed Huntsman | Fodens Band | Cesar Franck | 21766 | |
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Promenade | Bonnie Briar Bush | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | arr. Elgar Howarth | 21182 | |
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To Boldly Go | Flashpoint | Melbourne Staff Band | Martin Cordner | 25472 | |
Programme No. 659 18th October 2019
| Image | CD | Track Name | Artist | Soloist | Composer | Product Code |
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Following the Flag | Excelsior | Household Troops Band | Erik Leidzen | 25428 | |
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Fantastic Overtures | Donna Diana | Black Dyke Band | Emil von Reznicek | 21619 | |
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Untold Stories | An Untold Story | Cory Band | Owen Farr | Paul Lovatt-Cooper | 24834 |
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Origins | The Eternal Presence | International Staff Band | Eric Ball | 24646 | |
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Great and Glorious | Daniel | Household Troops Band | Barrie Gott | 21256 | |
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75 Not Out | Japanese Slumber Song | Fairey Band | Gareth Wood | 25238 | |
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Fantasy | Rocking Trombones | Brighouse & Rastrick Band | Alan Fernie | 24638 | |
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From the Mountains to the Downs | James Cook Circumnavigator | GUS (Footwear) Band | Gilbert Vinter | 25341 | |
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Nefarious | Phoenix | Fairey Band | Peter Graham | 25437 | |
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Of Gods and Kings | Entry of the Gods Into Valhalla | Fodens Band | Richard Wagner arr. Snell | 22146 | |
