West Lothian Schools Brass Band
CD One features The West Lothian Schools Brass Band.
Conductor: Nigel Boddice
1 Celtic Spirit (Also known as The West Lothian) - Goff Richards.
A march specially commissioned for the band reflecting it’s youthful spirit.
2 Sundance - Chris Brown.
3 Seranata - Enrico Toselli arranged by Thomas Ruedi
Euphonium solo by Isla Cameron.
4 Quicksilver - Peter Graham
Featuring the solo cornets of Caroline Munro and Vicky Blair.
5 Their hearts were full of Spring - Bobby Troup arr.by Alan Duguid
Flugelhorn solo by Laura Fitzpatrick.
6 Sun - Bruce Fraser
Featuring Katrina Marzella on Baritone.
7 In the wee small hours of the morning - Mann/Hillard arr. by Alan Fernie
Featuring guest soloist Andrew King on trombone.
8 McArthur Park - Jim Webb arranged by Adrian Dover
Featuring guest soloist Ryan Quigley on trumpet.
9 Streetscene - arranged by Adrian Dover
10 Earthrise - Edward McGuire
Commissioned by West Lothian Council to celebrate the band becoming 2003 National Youth Brass Band Champions.
11 Flight of the Bumble Bee - Rimsky Korsakov arr. Klaas van der Woude
Percussion solo by Kenny Carlyle.
12 Red Barna - arranged by Terje Grondahl
13 Lokk fra den Grone Oya - Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen
Double CD available now. To get your copy contact
West Lothian District Council, Instrumental Music Service, Craigsfarm, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 5BP.
Tel +44(0)1506 777585
Click on the links for Celtic Spirit ,Quicksilver and Their hearts were full of spring to hear a brief sample in MP3 format (128kbps). Please note that these samples are of much reduced quality for internet purposes only. The tracks on the actual CD are of normal excellent CD audio quality.
CD Two features The West Lothian Schools Wind Ensemble.
Conductor: Russell Cowieson
1 Psalm and Celebration - Bruce Pearson / Chuck Elledge.
2 Amazing Grace - Frank Tichelli.
3 Chorale and Shaker Dance II - John Zdechlik
4 Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copeland.
5 Creed - William Himes.
6 - 8 Aquarium - Johan de Meij
9 On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - David R. Holsinger.
10 - 11 Cajun Folksongs - Frank Tichelli
Producer: Keith Farrington
Sound Engineer: Richard Scott
Digital editing and mastering: RE Editing
Recorded at Howden Park Centre, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
The CD is available on Amadeus AMSCD070