
Leeds Best of Brass 2019/20: Foden's Band
Michael Fowles - conductor
Hazo/Bates - Exultate Listen
Mozart/Hazelgrove - The Marriage of Figaro Overture Listen
Solo Showcase:
Rimmer - Hailstorm Listen
Featuring cornet soloist Mark Wilkinson
McCartney/Farr - Live and Let Die Listen
Featuring soprano cornet soloist Richard Poole
Vizzutti/Bates - The Carnival of Venus Listen
Featuring euphonium soloist Gary Curtin
Wilby - Paganini Variations Listen
Interval
Taylor/Smith - Los Hermanos de Bop Listen
Last/Tuor - The Lonely Shepherd
Featuring flugel horn soloist Melanie Whyle
Mercury/Catherall - Bohemian Rhapsody Listen
Kosma/Geldard - Autumn Leaves Listen
Featuring horn soloist Jonathan Bates
Bates - War Dance of the Red Cossacks
Bricusse/Skinner - Pure Imagination Listen
Hall - Nightingale Dances Listen
This season sees a welcome return by the 2018 National Brass Band Champion and 2019 North West Area Champion, Foden’s Band. Formed in 1900 in the Cheshire village of Sandbach, the band maintains a world-class reputation for providing quality entertainment in the field of brass music with a traditional and unique style. With Michael Fowles as Musical Director, the band has won numerous awards for CD releases as well as appearing regularly on radio and television. The band has also toured to Italy, Switzerland, America, France, Norway and Denmark.
This concert is part of the Leeds Best of Brass 2019/20 series.
Read an interview with Principal Cornet of the Foden's Band, Mark Wilkinson.
View the brochure for the Leeds Best of Brass 2019/20 series.
Further concerts as part of the Leeds Best of Brass 2019/20 series:
Saturday 19 October 2019 - Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
Saturday 16 November 2019 - Tredegar Town Band
Saturday 7 December 2019 - Leyland Band
Saturday 18 January 2020 - Black Dyke Band
Saturday 8 February 2020 - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Saturday 4 April 2020 - Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Saturday 25 April 2020 - Rothwell Temperance Band
Standard £12.50
Over 60s, under 18s/students/unwaged £10.50
(including booking fees)