‘Old ones, new ones, loved ones, neglected ones’, as the saying goes and more – from around the world and across the centuries! Always on the lookout for attractive additions to our extensive library, the band aims to explore a wide range of music which, hopefully, is as good to listen to as it is to play! We are neither a marching band nor a dance band but both elements feature regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(While the Band is proud to lead the annual Remembrance Day Parade in Mold, we do prefer to sit down to perform whenever possible – and we certainly do not<\/strong> regard ourselves as a ‘Marching Band’!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Below is a sample of our repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marches<\/em><\/strong> being perhaps the staple diet of a band, have recently included, from the good old US of A, Bandology<\/strong>, Flying Tigers<\/strong>, St Louis Blues March<\/strong> and, from closer to home, Lymington Quay<\/strong>, Barnard Castle<\/strong>, Soldiers in the Park<\/strong>, Out of the Blue<\/strong> and Walkabout<\/strong>, plus the ever popular Spanish paso doble\/march Amparito Roca<\/strong> by Jaime Texidor and the little known Karussellbrise<\/strong>, described as a polka\/march – try marching, or even dancing, to that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dance<\/em><\/strong> inspired pieces have included arrangements of such familiar pieces as Brahms’ Hungarian Dance Number 5<\/strong>, Bizet’s Farandole<\/strong>, the ubiquitous Waltz No 2<\/strong> by Shostakovich and 1950s number Blue Tango<\/strong> by Leroy Anderson. Original compositions include Mountain Country Dances<\/strong> and Ballad & Dance<\/strong> from the pen of Johnnie Vinson, and Hugh Stuart’s Three Ayres<\/strong> from Gloucester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Originating in an age of antiquity, long before the concert wind band was conceived, is Respighi’s Airs of the Court – a reworking of melodies by all but forgotten renaissance composer Jean Philippe Besard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stage & Screen<\/em><\/strong> have been represented by selections from The Blues Brothers, West Side Story, Rocky on Broadway, Shrek Dance Party<\/strong>, Fiddler on the Roof<\/strong>, highlights from Oliver<\/strong>, Irving Berlin\u2019s From Rags to Ritz<\/strong>, Bright Lights on Broadway<\/strong>, All Shook Up<\/strong> and themes from The Great Escape<\/strong>, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines<\/strong>, Strike Up the Band<\/strong> with the world of opera being represented by a suite from Carmen<\/strong> and the Overture From The Impresario<\/strong>. Follow that with something more soothing? How about Here, There and Everywhere<\/strong>, Moon River<\/strong>, A Whiter Shade of Pale<\/strong>, Yesterday<\/strong>, music from Lion King<\/strong>, the haunting saxophone solo in Bruce Fraser’s Dreamscape<\/strong> or an arrangement of the traditional melody, Londonderry Air<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n For further folk-inspired music we’ve indulged in Philip Sparkes’ Three Klezmer Miniatures<\/strong>, Vaughan Williams’ Folk Songs<\/strong> and the Americana medley, Southern Folk Rhapsody<\/strong> plus such perennial favourites as Teddy Bears Picnic<\/strong>, Caravan<\/strong> and Big Spend<\/strong>er. Over the years we’ve introduced some new numbers. To date, already performed are Tropical Flutes, Crosswinds, Vicennial Celebration<\/strong>, Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein<\/strong>, General Wooster March<\/strong>, Come Fly with Me<\/strong>, Marching Song<\/strong> by Holst, and New York, New York<\/strong>. We\u2019re also blowing the dust off Aces High<\/strong>, Liberty Bell<\/strong>, The Great Waldo<\/strong> Pepper March<\/strong>, A Little Tango Music<\/strong>, Concert Prelude<\/strong> and, topically, Singin’ in the Rain<\/strong> – let’s just hope that we’re not playing in it too often!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alan Milnes<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director of Music<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Music for most, if not all, tastes! ‘Old ones, new ones, loved ones, neglected ones’, as the saying goes and more – from around the world and across the centuries! 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Of course, Welsh anthems find their place: Men of Harlech, David of the White Rock<\/strong> and our adopted National Anthem Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of our Fathers)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n