Concert Band

Performances

Easter 2009

• La Forza del Destino, Verdi (arr. Lake-Kent)
• El Salon Mexico, Copland (arr. Hindsley)
• Dances from Crete, Gorb
• Divertimento for Symphony Band, Bernstein (transcribed Grundman)
• Tico Tico, Abreu (arr. Naohiro Iwai)

Christmas/New Year 2009

• Summon the Dragon, Peter Graham
• Continental Overture, Johan de Meij
• Gandalf, Johan de Meij
• Dance Movements, Molto Vivo (for woodwinds), Philip Sparke
• Dance Movements, Lento (for brass), Philip Sparke
• Shine as the Light, Peter Graham

Summer 2008

• (Autumn) Seasons, Glazunov
• Granada, Agustin Lara (arr. By Morita)
• Orient Express, Sparke
• Cartoon, Hart
• Artistry Jumps, Stan Kenton (arr. Naohiro Iwai)

Easter 2007

• Armenian Dances, Alfred Reed
• Things to Come, Arthur Bliss
• Global Variations, Nigel Hess
• Celebrations, Bruce Fraser

Christmas/New Year 2007

• Ballet Music from 'The Perfect Fool', Holst (arr. Michael Short)
• Handel In The Strand, Grainger (arr. Sousa)
• Charivari, Binney
• Things to Come, Bliss (arr. Dan Godfrey)
• Four Scottish Dances, Arnold (arr. Paynter)

Summer 2006 (at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes)

• 633 Squadron, Goodwin (arr. Baldwin)
• Scramble!, Hess
• Theme from 'Schindler's List', John Williams (arr. Custer)
• Calling All Workers, Coates (arr. Duthoit)
• Music for the film 'Henry V', William Walton
• As Time Goes By, Hupfield (arr. Moss)
• Warsaw Concerto, Addinsell (arr. Hautvast)
• Glenn Miller Special, (arr. Ashmore)
• Music for the film 'Battle of Britain', William Walton (arr. Bram Wiggins)
• Hymn to the Fallen, John Williams (arr. Lavender)
• Keep Smiling Through!, (arr. Barry)

Easter 2006

• Overture to Marriage of Figaro , Mozart, arr. Duthoit
• Comedians Gallop, Kabalevsky
• Sailing with Archangels, Poole
• Four Character Studies, Binney
• Ouverture, Ibert
• Handel in the Strand, Grainger, adapted Sousa, arr Brion and Schissel
• Candide Suite, Bernstein, arr. Grundman
• Le Cid, Massenet, arr. Odon
• Burlesque, Salnikov

Christmas/New Year 2006

• I Vespri Siciliani, Guiseppe Verdi, arr Cesarini
• Ascent, Adam Gorb
• Burlesque, Sahnikov
• Danceries, Kenneth Hesketh
• Tequila, Chuck Rio, arr Myokoin

Summer 2005

• Overture to Colas Breugnon, Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
• Sarabande and Polka from Solitaire, Malcolm Arnold
• Bermuda Triangle, Adam Gorb
• Serenade from the Wand of Youth Suite, Edward Elgar
• Bacchus on Blue Ridge, Joseph Horowitz

Easter 2005

• Overture to The Magic Flute , W.A. Mozart
• Folk Song suite, R.V. Williams
  • March ~ Seventeen come Sunday
  • Intermezzo ~ My Bonny Boy
  • March ~ Folk Song from Somerset
• Aotearoa ~ The land of the long white cloud, Philip Sparke
• Four dances from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein
  • Scherzo
  • Mambo
  • Cha-Cha
  • Cool (Fugue)

Christmas/New Year 2005

• Global Variations , Nigel Hess
• Folk Song Suite, Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Year of the Dragon, Philip Sparke
• Orient Express, Philip Sparke
• Variations on a Shaker Melody, Aaron Copland
• Gulliver's travels, Fraser
• Theme from Jurassic Park, John Williams
• Finale from Symphony No.4, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Easter 2004

• Festive Overture Opus 96 , Dmitri Shostakovich, arr, Hunsberger
• Fete Galante, Joseph Horovitz
• First Suite in E flat, Gustav Holst
• The Kings Go Forth, Gregson

Christmas/New Year 2004

• Force of Destiny , Verdi
• Finnegan's Wake, Potter
• Beowulf, Macbeth
• Huntingtower, Respighi
• Tam o'Shanter Overture, Arnold
• Three Mexican Pictures, Wood
• Divertimento, Bernstein
• London Calling, Coates

Summer 2003

• Stage Door Johnny , Ralston
• Flying God Suite, Carrpenter
• Music of Albeniz, arr. Sharpe
• Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam, Brubaker
• Romeo and Juliette, Prokofiev arr. De Meij
• El Salon Mexico, Copland arr. Huntley
• Circus Ring, Hart
• American in Paris, Gershwin

Easter 2003

• Overture to 'Candide', Bernstein
• John Gay Suite, Buxton Orr
• Flying God Suite, Carpenter
• The Three Perils of Man, Bruce Fraser
• Un Poco Cinco, Fluck

New Year 2003

• Curtain Up! , Alfred Reed
• The Three Bears, Eric Coates
• Over the Hills and Far Away, Percy Grainger
• Tam O'Shanter Overture, Malcolm Arnold
• Cartoon, Paul Hart

New Year 2002

• Die Fledermaus - Overture , Johann Strauss
• Symphony No.1: Earth - Water - Sun - Wind, Philip Sparke
• Rondo Grottesco - Tuba feature, Derek Bourgeois
• Florentina - March, Julius Fucik
• Romanian Rhapsody Opus II, George Enescu
• Gladiator - Film Themes, Hans Zimmer
• Symphonic Metemorphosis, Paul Hindemith
• Cartoon - Fantasia, Paul Hart
• British Sea Songs, Henry Wood

Summer 2001 (on tour to Valkenburg, Holland)

• Selection from Walt Disney's Aladdin,
• Best of Bond, arr. Darriol Barry
• Folk Song Suite, Vaughan Williams
• Pomp and Circumstance No. 4, Elgar
• Best of Abba, Andersson & Ulvaeus arr. Ron Sebregts
• Serenade, Derek Bourgeois
• Liberty Bell, Sousa
• The Big Country, Jerome Moross
• Toccata, J.S. Bach, arr. Ray Farr and Kevin Laure
• Haunted House, Chris Pettit
• Independence Day, David Arnold
• In A Vodka Shop, arr. Michele Hutcheson
• Brit Cops!, arr. Chris Pettitt
• Bacharach!, arr. Les Taylor
• Jurassic Park, John Williams arr. Paul Lavender

Easter 2001

• March : The Standard of Saint George, Kenneth J. Alford
• Suite : The Three Elizabeths, Eric Coates, arr. Duthoit
• Global Variations , Nigel Hess
• Can't Buy Me Love , John Lennon & Paul McCartney arr. Arthur Wilkinson
• Popular Songs and Polka from 'Facade', William Walton arr. O'Brien
• March: Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold
• 'One' from 'A Chorus Line', Marvin Hamlisch arr. Gwyn Arch
• 'Cross the Wide Missouri', arr. Don Besig
• 'Children of Eden', Stephen Schwartz arr. Gwyn Arch
• 'The Future's in our Hands' , Jon Raybould
• 'To The Stars', Nigel Hess

New Year 2001

• 'March of the Capulets' from Romeo & Juliet, Serge Prokofiev, arr. Bill Jackson
• South Pacific - a selection of slow tunes , Richard Rodgers
• Fete Galante - suite for band, Joseph Horovitz
  1. Pavane
  2. Menuet
  3. Bouree des Masques
• Contrasting Slow Features
  • Harlem Nocturne, Earle Hagen
  • Trumpets Wild, Harold L. Walters
• St. Louis Blues , W. C. Handy , arr. Bill Jackson
• Mission Impossible - TV & Film Theme, Lalo Schifrin
• Overture - The Force of Destiny, Guiseppe Verdi
• Schindler's List - Film Theme , John Williams
• Suite Francaise , Darius Milhaud
  1. Ile de France
  2. Alsace-lorraine
  3. Provence
• 'March of the Siamese Children' from The King & I , Richard Rodgers, arr. Bill Jackson
• The Symphonic Duke , Duke Ellington, arr. Tommy Newsom

Summer 2000 (on tour to Lido Di Jesolo, Italy)

Programme selected from the following:

• Overtures
  • The Force of Destiny, Giuseppe Verdi
  • Light Cavalry, Franz von Suppé
  • Yeoman of the Guard, Arthur Sullivan
• Film Music
  • Indiana Jones, John Williams
  • Star Wars, John Williams
  • James Bond, John Barry
  • Dambusters, Eric Coates
  • Wallace and Gromit, Julian Nott
  • Lion King, Elton John
  • 633 Squadron, Ron Goodwin
• Marches
  • Aida - Grand March, Giuseppi Verdi
  • Stars and Stripes Forever, John Phillip Sousa
• Show Selections
  • Les Misérables, Michael Shoenberg
  • Starlight Express, Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Solos and Features
  • Trumpets Wild, Harold Walters
  • Lassus Trombone, Henry Filmore
  • Voodoo Flutes, Harold Walters
  • Wind in the Woods – clarinets, Roger Morrisey
• Suites and Fillers
  • Jazz Suite No 2, Dimitri Shostakovich
  • Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie Mercury
  • Londonderry Air, arr. Percy Grainger
  • Slaves Chorus – Nabucco, Guiseppi Verdi
  • Nessun Dorma, Puccini arr. Pettitt
  • Hootennany, Harold Walters
  • Jupiter – Planets, Gustav HoIst
  • Beatles, Echoes of an Era, Lennon and McCartney