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Title |
Description |
Genre |
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Aces High |
Rousing march |
Propaganda March |
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All in the April evening |
Euphonium Solo |
Dirge |
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Anchors Aweigh |
Up-tempo nautical knees up with a catchy cornet bit |
A 'Broadsheet' March |
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A-Team |
T.V. Theme tune |
Cheesy and trumpety |
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Coronation March |
Triplet Based March |
Celebratory march |
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Cossack Patrol |
Slow, Plodding, Boring |
Russian standing in a queue music |
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Iolanthe |
Complex medley of Arthur Sullivan tunes |
Great piece of music |
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Colonel Bogey |
WWII march |
Sousa March |
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Fantasy on British Sea songs |
Lots of nautical solo's shared about the band |
A solo cornet's nightmare |
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The Lincolnshire Poacher |
Slap your thigh and eat hot-pot |
The Euphoniums’ moment of fame... |
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Instant Concert |
Medley of about 70-odd tunes |
Hootenanny's distant cousin (Once removed) |
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Christmas Crackers |
Medley of Christmas tunes which was spoiled by that 'silent night' bit in the middle |
If you weren’t christmassy after this, you were dead inside |
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Impressario |
Very difficult ensemble piece which we begged Mr. Wigham to let us play in a concert |
But he said no, we'll play Largo instead. |
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Salute to Sullivan |
Medley of Sullivan tunes...none of which anyone knew |
Good way to start a concert |
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In a Persian Market |
Baksheesh Baksheesh Empshi Empshi Emp-shi |
Sand Dance mixed with the princess in the distance |
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Indiana Jones |
Everyone could play the first 10 bars and then gave up because it was too hard |
Never played in a concert but had been in your file for 8 years |
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Largo (From the New world) |
Not much hope for the New world |
Music to bake bread to |
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First Hymn and Last Post |
Remembrance Sunday |
War time memorial tune |
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Hootenanny |
Rousing end of concert hand clapping fest. On the repeat we all stood up at regular intervals. |
Everybody playing FFF at the end and turning purple music |
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The Snowman |
We're walking in the air... |
The audience are falling asleep |
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Paint Your Wagon |
I was Born under a wandering star/I talk to the trees etc... |
Lots of off beats |
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Nessun Dorma |
Post World cup 1990 'Sudden appreciation of Opera by Philistines' tune |
It’s like Pavarotti is in the room |
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Oklahoma |
Another Medley of songs from the Film |
More offbeats |
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76 Trombones |
An excuse for the trombones to try an outdo each other for volume |
A Mr. W telling the Trombones to stop rasping tune |
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Ein Schnapps |
Nicola Wiliamson made this her own |
German drinking song, surely not long enough to get 10 pints down you though! |
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Te Deum |
Everytime we played it Mr W. said "This is the theme to the Eurovision you know!" |
Loud and monotonous until the FFF bit at the end which was very loud and monotonous |
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Tuba Smarties |
Tuba solo |
Jolly three minute tune |
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Strawberry Fair |
A folk tune with a disco beat |
A ‘can't hear anythingbut the drums’ tune |
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Troika |
Russian Christmas Husky tune |
Christmas tune |
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A whiter shade of pale |
Auto-pilot for the bass section |
60's re-mix for brass |
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On the quarter deck |
A little above the ability of the band |
March with a twist |
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Eye Level |
Theme from the TV show |
Jolly blast |
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633 Squadron |
British march |
Well loved by audience and band alike |
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The Pink Panther |
Played once in 1987 |
Jazzy |
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Y viva Espagna |
Just been to Spain nostalgia tune |
modern equivalent - Livin' la Vida loca |
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A Carmen Fantasy |
A medley of Bizet tunes |
Made for brass |
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Love Changes Everything |
From aspects of love |
Andy O'Webber at his tedious worst |
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Memory |
From Cats |
See 'Love changes everything' |
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Minuet and Groovy Four |
An interesting 'take' on Bach's Minuet in 'G'. |
Arrangement of classics... |
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To a wild Rose |
Euphonium solo |
Dirge |
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Dallas |
T.V. theme |
T.V. theme heaven |
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Sleigh Ride |
The interesting part was the whip in the middle. |
Christmas Mayhem |
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Punchinello |
A march of epic proportions, with the trombones getting RSI in the second bit. |
March |
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God save the queen |
Lets all stand up and say 'Gawd bless you ma'am' |
How to start a concert with a bang |
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Under the Double Eagle |
Played once |
Never played again |
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In The Bleak Mid-Winter |
... and wasn't this the bleakest carol ever? |
The only Carol that didn’t deserve to be called a Carol. |
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The Trap |
Lots of Tromboney bits |
Hunting tune |
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Coventry Carol |
Mr. Wigham’s favourite |
A carol about Coventry |
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Farandole |
Was geet loud, then geet quiet then geet fast and loud and then everyone needed oxygen tents |
loud and fast |
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Sempre Fedelis |
A march that got faster and faster |
Jolly march |
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Magnificent Men... and Their Flying Machines |
Often started a concert |
Ended the 1993 Easter concert- instead of Hootenanny!!! |
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Who Pays The Ferryman |
Great tune |
Rousing tune |
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Cavatina |
Boring |
Boring |
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Air On The Suite In D |
Boring unless you were a Tenor Horn |
Gentle dirge |
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Connecticut Capers |
Junior Band Staple |
Simple jaunt |
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Maryland |
Junior Band piece |
American tribute |
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The Blues |
Slow Junior Band piece |
Simple - effective? |
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The children's March |
The Junior Band’s Hootenanny |
Various nursery rhymes |
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March from Aida |
Also known as the Wrestling theme |
Often played by the Junior band |
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Lazy Trumpeter |
Cornet Solo |
Impressive concert piece |
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The Floral Dance |
Simple jolly tune |
Terry Wogan |
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Alpine Tuba |
Tuba Solo |
Think ‘Switzerland’ |
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Teddy Bear’s Picnic |
Tuba Solo |
Think ‘Woods’ and ‘Teddy Bears’ |