Sunday Bandstand 5 March 2017

Sunday Bandstand 5 March 2017

   Andrew Duncan was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1962. After learning to play the Trombone at Primary school he joined local brass bands playing the Trombone, Euphonium and then Tuba. He then went on to study music at Napier University in Edinburgh and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London

   1984 he became Principal Tuba with the Hallé Orchestra, a post he held until 2000. During this time he travelled the world, as well as playing with most of the major British orchestras and with London Brass, Andrew was for a member of Hallé Brass. He has held a number prestigious appointments as Professor of Tuba

   1995, he started an MA course in composition at Salford University and It was during this time he began to write and arrange for brass bands. His success in this field has won him a number of prizes.

    In 2001 he & his family moved to Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland where he works as a freelance composer/arranger and conductor and runs the Lewis Music Press.

Playlist 5 March 2017

Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke   Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010
Contest Day March - Alan Fernie  Britannia Building Society Band MD: Howard Snell - 1994
Light Cavalry - Franz von Suppe Arr: John A. Greenwood Black Dyke Band MD: Professor Nicholas Childs - 2017
The Follower - Martin Cordner Trombone Soloist Brett Baker with the Enfield Citadel Band BM: Jonathan Corry - 2015
The Devil's Tongue -  Hugo Schmidt/Nate Gay Euphonium Soloist Mark Glover with the Lion City Brass Band (Singapore) MD: Ignatius Wang - 2016
Riverdance - Bill Whelan Arr: Ray Farr Yorkshire Building Society Band MD: Professor David King - 1997 
Czardas - Johann Strauss ll - Arr: Howard Snell National Youth Brass Band of Scotland MD: Richard Evans - 2008
Moon Pictures - Andrew Duncan  Todmorden Old Band MD: Dennis Hadfield - 2001 
We've Only Just Begun - Roger Nichols Arr: Bill Geldard Trumpet Soloist James Morrison (Australia) With the Black Dyke Band MD: Professor Nicholas Childs - 2007
Schanfigger Bauernhochzeit - Hannes Meyer Arr: Bruce Fraser   Britannia Building Society Band MD: Philip McCann - 1996
Cadillac of the Silver Screen 2nd mvt from the “Phenomena” Suite- Jacob Vilhelm Larsen Ensemble De Cuivre Melodia (Switzerland) MD: Vincent Baroni - 2016
The Music of Gershwin - George Gershwin Arr: Trevor Sharpe Stocksbridge Brass Band MD: David Hirst - 2015
Old Man River Arr: Dave Ratacjak Drum Soloist Dave Ratacjak with the Brass Band of Battle Creek (USA) MD: Jeff Tyzik - 1994
Kent County Force - Ray Woodfield  Kent Police Band MD: John Groves - 2007
Erin Shore - Traditional Arr: Leigh Baker  Barnard Castle Band GMD: Richard Evans - 2005
Dances and Arias - Edward Gregson Black Dyke Band MD: Professor Nicholas Childs - 2017
Tucker - Erik Leidzen  Cornet Soloist Deputy Bandmaster Tom Giles with the SP&S Band BM: Captain Eric Ball - 1935
Solemn Entry of the Knights of St John - Richard Strauss Arr: Mark Preece The Fairey Band MD: Tom Davoren - 2015
The Swashbuckler March -  H.R.Moreton (AKA Harry Mortimer) Munn and Felton's Band MD: Stanley Boddington - 1960
Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke   Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010

   

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