Playlist 10 December 2017 |
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| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 |
| A Choral Fanfare - John Rutter Arr: Nynke van der Heide | Brass Band De Waldsang (The Netherlands) MD: Rieks Van Der Velde - 2015 |
| La Cenerentola (Cinderella) Overture - Rossini Arr: Major Peter Parkes | Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1983 |
| Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Felix Mendelssohn Arr: David Willcox | Foden's Band with the Halifax Choral Society and organist David Battiwalla MD: Professor Nicholas Childs - 1998 |
| Symphonic Highlights From Frozen - Anderson, Lopez & Beck Arr: Stephen Bulla | Cory Band MD: Philip Harper - 2014 |
| Chiapanecas - Raphael Mendez Arr: Arthur Kenny | Cornet Soloist Ian Williams with the Buy As You View Cory Band MD: Robert Childs - 2000 |
| Christmas Night - John Rutter Arr: Nynke van der Heide | Brass Band de Waldsang(The Netherlands) MD Rieks van der Velde - 2017 |
| Pixie Dust - Richard Rock | Euphonium Soloist David Thornton with the Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2016 |
| Two of the Tops - John R. Carr | Soprano Soloist Roy Roe - Cornet Soloist Philip Denton with the Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band MD: Denis Carr - 1979 |
| 'Tis The Season - Darrol Barry | Middleton Band MD: Matt Stringer - 2010 |
| Disney Fantasy - Arr: Goff Richards | Brass Band of Battle Creek (USA) MD: Kenneth Bloomquist - 2005 |
| Joy To The World Opening Fanfare - Georg Fredrich Handel Arr: Mark Freeh | Black Dyke Band MD: Professor Nicholas Childs - 2013 |
| Festive Impressions - Oliver Waespi | Yorkshire Building Society Band MD: Professor David King - 2000 |
| Sparkling Trombones - Ray Steadman-Allen | Trombones David Gladman, Ian Spowart, Kevin Smith, Anthony Peagam and Ken Evans with the Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band BM: Michael Clack - 1981 |
| Deck the Halls - Traditional Arr: Mark Freeh | Cornet Soloist George Melitsis with the Darebin City Brass - Preston Band (Victoria, Australia) MD: Andrew Snell - 2016 |
| Largo from the New World Symphony - Dvorak Arr: Martin Ellerby | Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band MD: Garry Cutt and Chris Helme with memories of Christmas playing over 60 years ago..... |
| Christmas Angels - Kenneth Downie | New York Staff Band (USA)BM: Ron Waiksnoris - 2011 |
| Ave Maria Meditation on Bach's Prelude in C - Arr: Ray Farr | Cornet Soloist Richard Marshall & Vibraphone Soloist Peter Matthews with the Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1998 |
| Christmas Bolero (Little Drummer Boy) - William Gordon | North Carolina Brass Band (USA) MD: Brian Meixner - 2016 |
| The Festive Season - Paul R. Curnow | New York Staff Band (USA) BM: Ron Waiksnoris - 2006 |
| Silent Night - Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr Arr: Andrew Wainwright | Vocalist Faryl Smith with the Virtuosi GUS Band MD: John Berryman - 2012 |
| Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills Arr: David Cunningham | Royal Doulton Band MD: Ted Gray - 1989 |
| The Shepherds Farewell - Hector Berlioz Arr: Philip Sparke | Leyland Vehicles Band MD: Richard Evans - 1984 |
| Carolcade - Trevor Davis | International Staff Band of the Salvation Army BM: Lieut-Col Ray Bowes - 1986 |
| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 |
Sunday Bandstand 10 December 2017
John Rutter was born in 1945 and received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate School.
He went on to study music at Clare College, Cambridge, His first published compositions and he conducted his first recording while still a student.
His compositional has embraced both large and small-scale choral works, orchestral and instrumental pieces, a piano concerto, two children’s operas, music for television, and specialist writing for such groups as the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the King’s Singers.
Many of the pieces he has written for Christmas have been arranged for brass bands and we are featuring two of them on this week's show.
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