Sunday Bandstand 8 May 2016

Sunday Bandstand 8 May 2016

Carrow Works Band was based in Norwich, England and was active between 1870 and at least 1913.

It was sponsored by the mustard makers Colman's. This company was a champion of new technology and installed the first private telephone line between his works in Norwich and the London office in Canon Street.

In February 1878 Charles Noble, seen here c1893, principal cornet with the band, played Gilbert and Sullivan's '...Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes...' down the telephone line to London, where a live audience gathered around the receiver. He was almost certainly the first bandsman to make a live broadcast. In this picture c1893 is the band’s principal cornet player Charles Noble.

In 1873 the band took second prize at the brass band section of the National Music Meeting at the Crystal Palace.

Information courtesy of IBEW.co.uk

Playlist 8 May 2016

Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke   - Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010

The President - William German - Dalewool Auckland Brass MD: Nigel Weeks - 2001

The Year Of The Dragon - Finale - Philip Sparke - Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag MD: Ray Farr - 1999

Timepiece - Norman Bearcroft - Euphonium Soloist Derick Kane with the International Staff Band BM: Stephen Cobb - 1999

Patterns - Edward Gregson - Williams Fairey Band GMD: Edward Gregson - 2000

Cavatina Norma from the opera Norma - Vincenzo Bellini Arr: Peter Roberts  - Soprano Soloist Peter Roberts with the Yorkshire Building Society Band MD: David King - 2002

Les Francs Juges Grand Overture - Hector Berlioz Arr: Frank Wright - The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain MD: Stanley Boddington - 1970s

Londonderry Air - Traditional - Grimethorpe Colliery Band MD: Garry Cutt

Minute Waltz - Frédéric Chopin Arr: Howard Snell - Trumpet Soloist Philippe Schartz with the Buy as you View Cory Band  MD: Dr. Robert Childs - 2003

Clangers Suite - John Du Prez - Ashton-under-Lyne Brass Band MD: Philip Chalk - 2016

Definity - 5 mvt Finale - Jonathan Bates   - Flowers Band MD: Paul Holland - 2015

Grand Promenade - John Philip Sousa - Lexington Brass Band MD: Ronald Holz - 2004

Concertino for Band and Trombone - Erik Leidzen (Re-mastered track) - Trombone Soloist Maisie Ringham with the International Staff Band BM: Senior Major Bernard Adams - 1955

Run Free from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Hans Zimmer Arr: Rieks van der Velde - Brass Band de Waldsang MD: Rieks van der Velde - 2009

Stonehenge - Jan van der Roost - Sun Life (Stanshawe) Band MD: Roy Newsome - Originally Performed 1993

Adirondacks Polka - Ernest S Williams Arr: John Slinger - Cornet Soloist James Shepherd with concert pianist Keith Swallow - 1972

Elegy - Lento Espressivo from the Downland Suite - John Ireland - Hammonds Saltaire Band  MD: Morgan Griffiths - 2011

Love On The Rocks - Neil Diamond Arr: Philip Sparke - Cornet Soloist Russell Gray with the BNFL Band MD: Richard Evans - 1994

Saltarello From The Italian Symphony - Felix Mendelssohn Arr: Geoff Colmer - Hepworth (Cookson Homes) Band MD: Mark Bentham - 2007

Washington Grays - Claudio Grafulla - Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain MD: James Scott - 1970s

Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke   - Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010

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