George Allen's Knight Templar played by Black Dyke at the Whit Friday Quickstep Contest held at Delph in Saddleworth on June 1st 2007. Sorry about the clipped opening - this was the winning performance at Delph.
Putnam's Camp from Three Places in New England by Charles Ives. Performed by the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Fletcher. St. John's, Smith Square, London in June 1978.
Howard Shore arranged by John Whitney. The Oldham Youth Orchestra conducted by Gerard Booth. National Festival, Music for Youth. Royal Festival Hall, London, July 2003.
Glyn Williams (Euphonium) performs Grandfather's Clock by G.Doughty. The Oldham Music Centre Youth Brass Band with members of Fodens Richardson Band, Oldham (Lees) Band, Crompton House Band, Shaw Youth Band and Our Ladys Royton School Band are conducted by Jonathan Leedale at Oldham Parish Church, April 20th 2008.
Majority, Slugging a Vampire and Circus Band arranged by Douglas Young. Performed by the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Fletcher. St. John's, Smith Square, London in June 1978.
Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra performs Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets (Romeo and Juliet) conducted by Russell Parry. Holy Trinity Church, Leicester March 13th 1999.
Littleborough Saddleworth By Election - A classic from the early 1990s. Mr. Blobby and Lord Sutch put up a splendid show in this historic piece of political footage. British democracy at its very best. Look out for a young Phil Woolas and the crazy guy behind Lord Sutch.
The stereo version of the Sibelius violin concerto by Heifetz is a great recording but in some ways his 1935 performance is even finer. Here's the 3rd movement. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
Howard Shore arranged by John Whitney. The Oldham Youth Orchestra conducted by Gerard Booth. National Festival, Music for Youth. Royal Festival Hall, London, July 2003. (more) (less)
The Circus Band by Charles Ives arranged by Douglas Young. Performed by the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Fletcher in 1982.
The Leicestershire Schools Chamber Orchestra (an ensemble drawn from the LSSO) rehearses Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. Peter Fletcher and Stuart Johnson conduct. The backdrop to this clip is the Thatcher government education budget cuts that were taking place in the early 1980s.
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