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Hello Brass Banders I have another wonderful two hours of brass band music from some of the best bands in the business - with one of them dating back to a performance in 1938, sadly a band that is no longer with us. As usual I have a fair helping of bands from overseas, which illustrates the...

Hello Brass Banders We have some real treats for you in this show. We are featuring a number of bands from overseas and a performance from a euphonium player some of you may not have come across before. He is playing a very familiar melody but I am certain you will never have heard a recording...

Hello Brass Banders Is it really a week since my last show ? - How time passes by so quickly. Well, I have another fab show for you, great bands and soloists and some pretty good music as well. King Cotton is a military march composed in 1895 by John Philip Sousa, for the Cotton States and...

Hello Brass Banders Please note I will not be posting another show until August 4th, as I am taking a break for a couple of weeks. To enjoy past shows of Sunday Bandstand whilst I am away please take a look at my website www.chrishelme-brighouse.org.uk Chris Helme - Sunday Bandstand...

Hello Brass Banders Welcome to Sunday Bandstand, if this is your first visit we hope you enjoy the show and will call again. This week we have bands from Canada, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Norway and as always some top brass from here in the UK. We have soloists, a...

Hello Brass Banders - Welcome to another two hours of brass band music from Sunday Bandstand. We have music both old and the not so old and some fabulous soloists. Don't forget if you have a request or question about the world of brass bands I would be pleased to hear from you -...

Hello Brass Banders Welcome to another two hours of brass band music from around the world. We have plenty of music, a few old favourites and some almost new pieces which you might have even played. As always we have a wonderful choice of soloists which include: Les Smail back in his...

Hello Brass Banders - Welcome to another two hours of music from the world of brass bands from Sunday Bandstand, which is based on the outskirts of Brighouse. Plenty of great bands and soloists along with some wonderful music. Some of the tracks you may have heard before but I sure many others...

Hello Brass Bands - Well another week has just flown by and here we are again with another two hours of brass band music for you to enjoy. I was visiting Wetherby this week as guest speaker at the local men's probus club, soon after I paid call call to the studios at Tempo FM the local...

Hello Brass Banders Welcome to another two hours of music from the world of brass bands. We are featuring bands from The Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand and some fine soloists. We even have a pipe band......! Born in Bicester in 1931, Anthony Hedges studied music at Keble College...

Hello Brass Banders - Well, 2018 has almost come to an end and this is the last Sunday Bandstand for another year. The show is now entering its 12th year and the number of community radio stations that play the show is continuing to grow. With more and more listeners tuning around the world the...

Hello Brass Banders Well Christmas Day is just around the corner. Best wishes for 2019 where ever you are ................ Sunday Bandstand will of course be back with a new show next week. Thomas Koschat (8 August 1845 – 19 May 1914) was an Austrian composer and bass singer. He popularised...

Hello Brass Banders - There are only nine full days left to Christmas Day. It is always interesting to look back on Christmases of yesteryear. I have a presentation about that very subject and have been to many groups this month telling my story. As we look back gone have the days when...

Welcome to this week's show with just 16 full days to go Christmas Day is just around the corner. This week we have plenty of Christmas music. There is plenty to enjoy with some old and some new music for the festive season. If you have a Christmas favourite contact me on...

Hello Brass Banders Well we are on the count down to the festive season and this week's show has a taste of the Christmas music to come over the next few shows. As usual we have bands from around the world and some wonderful soloists. If you have a Christmas request send me an email...

Hello Brass Banders. Here we are with another week gone by and it is time once again for Sunday Bandstand the two hour show of brass band music and bands from around the world. This week as well as some great home grown bands we have bands from Chicago and Sweden. There is a wonderful...

Hello Brass Banders Well he we are another week has just flown by and Sunday Bandstand is with you again. Following the passing of Simon Kerwin and following up on what I said last week I am playing various compositions and arrangements of his on this week's show. Along with two tracks where...

Hello Brass Banders Welcome to another two hours of music from the world of brass bands. We have music to suit all tastes and feature bands far and wide with a few top draw soloists as well. Don't forget if you have a request or a question about the world of brass bands you can always contact...

Hello Brass Banders... Well it is great to be back after three weeks holidaying in the sun. I did spot whilst away that Foden's were crowned national champions, so a belated congratulations to them. I also saw that the death was announced of the outstanding trombone player, Derek Southcott...

Hello Brass Banders - Welcome to another two hours of brass band music performed by bands and soloists from around the world. I will be taking a break after this show until the October 28. 2018. To catch up on a new magazine and publishing. As they say on the movies - I'll be back.....'...