Harrogate Band Recordings


Swing!
Christmas is Coming
Made in Harrogate
Come Follow the Band
Brass for an Occasion

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 Swing!

A selection of swing and jazz music from the golden age of the big bands

It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington, arr. John Bennett
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Hello Dolly - Jerry Herman, arr. Alan Morrison (Robert Illsley, cornet)
That's a Plenty - Lew Pollack, arr. Goff Richards
St Louis Blues - W.C. Handy, arr. Alan Fernie (Iain Wilson, percussion)
I Know Why and So Do You - Warren/Mack, arr. David Lancaster (David Smith, cornet)
Hot Toddy - Hendler/Flanagan, arr. Jack Peberdy
Virtuosity - Kenny Baker, arr. Jack Peberdy (Robert Illsley, cornet)
Caravan - Duke Ellington, arr. Steve Sykes (Daniel Dickinson, trombone)
Misty - Erroll Garner, arr. Derek Broadbent (Jo Campbell, soprano cornet)
Cute - Neal Hefti, arr. Philip Sparke (Steve Morland, percussion)
Birdland - Josef Zawinul, arr. Philip Sparke
Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck, arr. Kevin Edwards
Macarthur Park - Jim Webb, arr. Alan Fernie
The Wedding - Abdullah Ibrahim, arr. David Lancaster (Lynne Stockdale, flugel)
Sing, Sing, Sing - Louis Prima, arr. Ray Woodfield


 Christmas is Coming

A selection of Christmas music to suite all tastes.
Featuring the superb vocal talent of Lucy Rhodes, (BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year)

Christmas is Coming - arr. David Lancaster
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Once in Royal David's City (vocal - Lucy Rhodes)
The Carollers - R.E.Holz
Candlelight Carol - John Rutter, arr. Chris Mallet
Sweet Chiming Christmas Bells -
Christmas Compendium - Katie Bell
Silent Night (vocal - Lucy Rhodes)
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town - Fred J.Coots, arr. Mark Freeh
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Arr. Bram Gay
Away in a Manger (vocal - Lucy Rhodes)
Joy to the World - Arr. Bram Gay
Sans Day Carol - arr. David Lancaster
The Snowman (vocal - Lucy Rhodes) - Howard Blake, arr. David Lancaster
A Celtic Christmas - David Lancaster
White Christmas - Irving Berlin, arr. Mark Freeh
In the Bleak Mid-Winter (vocal - Lucy Rhodes) - Harold Darke
O Come, all ye Faithful - Arr. Bram Gay
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Arr. John Golland
 


 Made in Harrogate

A unique collection of music by Harrogate composers, arrangers and others associated with the town.
The programme for this recording arose from a concert held in November 2001 in the Royal Hall, Harrogate, to raise funds for the restoration of that fine and unique Victorian building. In its early years the Royal Hall - originally called the Kursaal - was very much the main focus of musical entertainment for residents and visitors to the spa treatments in Harrogate.
  1. Le Tricot Rouge - Wilfred Heaton (1919-2000)
  2. Three Dale Dances - Arthur Wood (1875-1953)
  3. Heroic Elegy Op. 36 - Ernest Farrar (1885-1918), arr. Neil Richmond
    Suite: The Seasons - Philip Wilby
  4.     Turn of the Leaf: Prelude and Dedication
  5.     Spring: Waltz
  6.     High Summer: Marziale
  7. Kashmiri Song - Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860-1919)
  8. Dragon Parade - David Lancaster
  9. Just As I Am - Wilfred Heaton
  10. Lord of All Hopefulness - arr. Steve Morland
  11. Royal Border Bridge - Arthur Butterworth
  12. 'Intrada' from Dies Natalis - Gerald Finzi (1901-56), arr. Neil Richmond
    The Harrogate Songbook - Cumberland Clark & Donald Avison
  13.     I Like to Go to Harrogate
  14.     The Harrogate Cure
  15.     The Harrogate Band
  16. 'Nimrod' from Enigma Variations - Sir Edward Elgar
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 Come Follow The Harrogate Band 

Fanfare and Flourishes - James Curnow
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Come Follow the Band - Cy Coleman
Adagio from Concerto d`Aranjuez - J. Rodrigo (flugel horn solo - Jason Harper)
Partita for Band - Philip Wilby
Shepherds Song - arr. Goff Richards
James Bond Collection - arr. Goff Richards
Deep Inside the Sacred Temple - G. Bizet (euphonium duet - Jamie McVicar and David Gall)
Summertime - G. Gershwin (soprano cornet solo - Andrew Jackson)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - arr. David Lancaster
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - J.S. Bach, arr. David Lancaster
Praise - Wilfred Heaton
The Day Thou Gavest - arr. Philip Wilby
Saints on Parade - arr. Bruce Gentry


 Brass For An Occasion

Trépak - P.I. Tchaikovsky, arr. T. Bousfield
Rondo - W.A. Mozart, arr. D. Wright
Amazing Grace - Traditional, arr. W. Himes
Stage Centre - G. Richards
The Lark In The Clear Air - Traditional, arr. G. Langford
Songs Of The Quay - G. Richards
The Cossack - W. Rimmer
Tenor Trombone Rag - R. Newsome
Hyfrydol - P.H. Richard, arr. P. Wilby
Cornets A-Go-Go - D. Broadbent
A Disney Fantasy - Various, arr. G Richards
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